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JiaXing Gas Group Co (HKSE:09908) Graham Number : HK$19.29 (As of Dec. 2023)


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What is JiaXing Gas Group Co 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 (2024-05-13), the stock price of JiaXing Gas Group Co is HK$7.59. JiaXing Gas Group Co's graham number for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was HK$19.29. Therefore, JiaXing Gas Group Co's Price to Graham Number ratio for today is 0.39.

The historical rank and industry rank for JiaXing Gas Group Co's Graham Number or its related term are showing as below:

HKSE:09908' s Price-to-Graham-Number Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 0.39   Med: 0.93   Max: 1.02
Current: 0.39

During the past 7 years, the highest Price to Graham Number ratio of JiaXing Gas Group Co was 1.02. The lowest was 0.39. And the median was 0.93.

HKSE:09908's Price-to-Graham-Number is ranked better than
89.95% of 408 companies
in the Utilities - Regulated industry
Industry Median: 1.175 vs HKSE:09908: 0.39

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


JiaXing Gas Group Co Graham Number Historical Data

The historical data trend for JiaXing Gas Group Co's Graham Number can be seen below:

* For Operating Data section: All numbers are indicated by the unit behind each term and all currency related amount are in USD.
* For other sections: All numbers are in millions except for per share data, ratio, and percentage. All currency related amount are indicated in the company's associated stock exchange currency.

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JiaXing Gas Group Co Graham Number Chart

JiaXing Gas Group Co Annual Data
Trend Dec17 Dec18 Dec19 Dec20 Dec21 Dec22 Dec23
Graham Number
Get a 7-Day Free Trial 6.33 11.18 11.81 9.02 19.27

JiaXing Gas Group Co Semi-Annual Data
Dec17 Dec18 Jun19 Dec19 Jun20 Dec20 Jun21 Dec21 Jun22 Dec22 Jun23 Dec23
Graham Number Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 11.76 9.79 9.11 17.40 19.29

Competitive Comparison of JiaXing Gas Group Co's Graham Number

For the Utilities - Regulated Gas subindustry, JiaXing Gas Group Co'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.


JiaXing Gas Group Co's Price-to-Graham-Number Distribution in the Utilities - Regulated Industry

For the Utilities - Regulated industry and Utilities sector, JiaXing Gas Group Co's Price-to-Graham-Number distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where JiaXing Gas Group Co's Price-to-Graham-Number falls into.



JiaXing Gas Group Co Graham Number Calculation

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

JiaXing Gas Group Co's Graham Number for the fiscal year that ended in Dec. 2023 is calculated as

Graham Number
=sqrt of (22.5* Tangible Book per Share *EPS without NRI)
=sqrt of (22.5*7.788*2.12)
=19.27

JiaXing Gas Group Co's Graham Number for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 is calculated as

Graham Number
=sqrt of (22.5*Tangible Book per Share*EPS without NRI (TTM))
=sqrt of (22.5*7.788*2.124)
=19.29

* For Operating Data section: All numbers are indicated by the unit behind each term and all currency related amount are in USD.
* For other sections: All numbers are in millions except for per share data, ratio, and percentage. All currency related amount are indicated in the company's associated stock exchange currency.


JiaXing Gas Group Co  (HKSE:09908) 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.

JiaXing Gas Group Co's Price to Graham number Ratio for today is calculated as

Price to Graham number=Share Price (Today)/Graham number (Q: Dec. 2023 )
=7.59/19.29
=0.39

* For Operating Data section: All numbers are indicated by the unit behind each term and all currency related amount are in USD.
* For other sections: All numbers are in millions except for per share data, ratio, and percentage. All currency related amount are indicated in the company's associated stock exchange currency.


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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JiaXing Gas Group Co (HKSE:09908) Business Description

Traded in Other Exchanges
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Address
5th Floor, Building 3, Hualong Plaza,No. 32 Qinyi Road, Economic and Technological Development Zone, Zhejiang Province, Jiaxing, CHN
JiaXing Gas Group Co Ltd is a piped natural gas (PNG) operator in Jiaxing. The company engages in sales of gas, PNG in Jiaxing, LNG and LPG; construction and installation services to construct and install end-user pipeline network and gas facilities; and provision of natural gas transportation services, sales of vapour and construction materials, and leasing of properties. Its customers include residential and non-residential users, property developers and owners or occupants of residential and non-residential properties.

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