Cameron International (Cameron International) Graham Number : $9.67 (As of Dec. 2015)

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What is Cameron International Graham Number?

Graham Number is a figure that measures a stock's fundamental value by taking into account the company's earnings per share and book value per share. The Graham number is the upper bound of the price range that a defensive investor should pay for the stock. According to the theory, any stock price below the Graham number is considered undervalued, and thus worth investing in.

As of today (2024-05-05), the stock price of Cameron International is $66.01. Cameron International's graham number for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2015 was $9.67. Therefore, Cameron International's Price to Graham Number ratio for today is 6.82.

The historical rank and industry rank for Cameron International's Graham Number or its related term are showing as below:

CAM's Price-to-Graham-Number is not ranked ^*
in the Oil & Gas industry.
Industry Median: 0.85
* Ranked among companies with meaningful Price-to-Graham-Number only.

Graham Number is a combination of asset valuation and earnings power valuation. It is a very conservative way of valuing a stock.

Cameron International Graham Number Historical Data

The historical data trend for Cameron International's Graham Number can be seen below:

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Cameron International Graham Number Chart

Cameron International Annual Data

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Graham Number

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23.11

28.85

23.12

24.57

9.67

Cameron International Quarterly Data
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Graham Number	Get a 7-Day Free Trial															24.73	16.67	15.90	15.74	9.67

Competitive Comparison of Cameron International's Graham Number

For the Oil & Gas Equipment & Services subindustry, Cameron International's Price-to-Graham-Number, along with its competitors' market caps and Price-to-Graham-Number data, can be viewed below:

* Competitive companies are chosen from companies within the same industry, with headquarter located in same country, with closest market capitalization; x-axis shows the market cap, and y-axis shows the term value; the bigger the dot, the larger the market cap. Note that "N/A" values will not show up in the chart.

Cameron International's Price-to-Graham-Number Distribution in the Oil & Gas Industry

For the Oil & Gas industry and Energy sector, Cameron International's Price-to-Graham-Number distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Cameron International's Price-to-Graham-Number falls into.

Cameron International Graham Number Calculation

Graham Number is a concept based on Ben Graham's conservative valuation of companies.

Cameron International's Graham Number for the fiscal year that ended in Dec. 2015 is calculated as

	Graham Number
=	sqrt of (22.5	*	Tangible Book per Share	*	EPS without NRI)
=	sqrt of (22.5	*	11.549	*	0.36)
=	9.67

Cameron International's Graham Number for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2015 is calculated as

	Graham Number
=	sqrt of (22.5	*	Tangible Book per Share	*	EPS without NRI (TTM))
=	sqrt of (22.5	*	11.549	*	0.36)
=	9.67

Cameron International (NYSE:CAM) Graham Number Explanation

Ben Graham actually did not publish a formula like this. But he wrote in The Intelligent Investor (1948 version) regarding to the criteria for purchases:

Current price should not be more than 15 times average earnings of the past three years.

Current price should not be more than 1.5 times the book value last reported. However, a multiplier of earnings below 15 could justify a correspondingly higher multiplier of assets. As a rule of thumb we suggest that the product of the multiplier times the ratio of price to book value should not exceed 22.5. (This figure corresponds to 15 times earnings and 1.5 times book value. It would admit an issue selling at only 9 times earnings and 2.5 times asset value, etc.)

Unlike valuation methods such as DCF or Discounted Earnings, the Graham number does not take growth into the valuation. Unlike the valuation methods based on book value alone, it takes into account the earnings power. Therefore, the Graham Number is a combination of asset valuation and earnings power valuation.

In general, the Graham number is a very conservative way of valuing a stock. It cannot be applied to companies with negative book values.

Cameron International's Price to Graham number Ratio for today is calculated as

Price to Graham number	=	Share Price (Today)	/	Graham number (Q: Dec. 2015 )
	=	66.01	/	9.67
	=	6.82

Be Aware

Please keep these in mind:

1. Graham Number does not take growth into account. Therefore it underestimates the values of the companies that have good earnings growth. We feel that if the earnings per share grows more than 10% a year, Graham Number underestimates the value.
2. Graham Number punishes the companies that have temporarily low earnings. Therefore, an average of earnings makes more sense in the calculation of Graham Number.
3. Graham Numbers underestimates companies that are light with book.

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Cameron International (Cameron International) Business Description

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Cameron International Corp, a Delaware corporation, was incorporated on November 10, 1994. The Company is a provider of flow equipment products, systems and services to oil, gas and process industries. Cooper Cameron is also a manufacturer of centrifugal air compressors, integral and separable gas compressors and turbochargers. The Company's operations are organized into three business segments: Drilling & Production Systems 'DPS', Valves & Measurement 'V&M' and Compression Systems 'CS'. DPS is a provider of systems and equipment used to control pressures, direct flows of oil and gas wells and separate oil and gas from impurities. DPS's products include surface and subsea production systems, blowout preventers, drilling and production control systems, oil and gas separation equipment, gas conditioning units, membrane separation systems, water processing systems, block valves, gate valves, actuators, chokes, wellheads, drilling riser and aftermarket parts and services. DPS's customers include oil and gas majors, national oil companies, independent producers, engineering and construction companies, drilling contractors, rental companies and geothermal energy producers. V&M is a provider of valves and also supplies measurement systems mainly used to control, direct and measure the flow of oil and gas as it moved from individual wellheads through flow lines, gathering lines and transmission systems to refineries, petrochemical plants and industrial centers for processing. V&M's products include gate valves, ball valves, butterfly valves, Orbit(r) valves, double block & bleed valves, plug valves, globe valves, check valves, actuators, chokes and aftermarket parts and services. Measurement products include totalizers, turbine meters, flow computers, chart recorders, ultrasonic flow meters and sampling systems. V&M's main customers include oil and gas majors, independent producers, engineering and construction companies, pipeline operators, drilling contractors and chemical, petrochemical and refining companies. CS is a provider of compression equipment and aftermarket parts and services for the oil, gas and process industries. Integrally geared centrifugal compressors are used by customers around the world in a variety of industries, including air separation, petrochemical and chemical. CS's products include integral engine-compressors, separable compressors, turbochargers, integrally geared centrifugal compressors, compressor systems and controls. Cameron has manufacturing facilities worldwide that conduct a broad variety of processes, including machining, fabrication, assembly and testing, using a variety of forged and cast alloyed steels and stainless steel as the main raw materials. Cameron competes in all areas of its operations with a number of other companies, some of which have financial and other resources comparable to or greater than those of Cameron. Cameron considers the following trade names to be material to its business

Executives

Peter J Fluor	director	20 N. BROADWAY, OKLAHOMA CITY OK 73102
James T Hackett	director	C/O FLUOR CORPORATION, 6700 LAS COLINAS BLVD, IRVING TX 75039
Douglas L Foshee	director	1001 LOUISIANA STREET, HOUSTON TX 77002
Jack B Moore	director	5 GREENWAY PLAZA, STE 110, HOUSTON TX 77046
Timothy J Probert	director	12300 PARK CREST DR, STAFFORD TX 77477
Robert Scott Rowe	officer: Vice President	1333 WEST LOOP SOUTH, SUITE 1700, HOUSTON TX 77027
Paulett Eberhart	director	C/O LPL FINANCIAL, 4707 EXECUTIVE DRIVE, SAN DIEGO CA 32121
Charles M Sledge	officer: Sr Vice Pres & CFO	1611 SCENIC MOUNTAIN COURT, KINGWOOD TX 77345
Bruce W Wilkinson	director	1333 WEST LOOP SOUTH, STE 1700, HOUSTON TX 77027
Jon Erik Reinhardsen	director	1333 WEST LOOP SOUTH, SUITE 1700, HOUSTON TX 77027
Dennis S Baldwin	officer: VP Controller and CAO	1333 WEST LOOP SOUTH, SUITE 1700, HOUSTON TX 77027
Brent J Smolik	director	1001 NOBLE ENERGY WAY, HOUSTON TX 77070
Gary M. Halverson	officer: Sr Vice President	1333 WEST LOOP SOUTH, SUITE 1700, HOUSTON TX 77027
H. Keith Jennings	officer: Vice President & Treasurer	2000 ST. JAMES PLACE, HOUSTON TX 77056
Owen Serjeant	officer: Vice President	24955 INTERSTATE 45 NORTH, THE WOODLANDS X1 77380