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International Speedway (International Speedway) Graham Number : $35.39 (As of Aug. 2019)


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What is International Speedway 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 (2024-05-06), the stock price of International Speedway is $44.99. International Speedway's graham number for the quarter that ended in Aug. 2019 was $35.39. Therefore, International Speedway's Price to Graham Number ratio for today is 1.27.

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

ISCA's Price-to-Graham-Number is not ranked *
in the Travel & Leisure industry.
Industry Median: 1.42
* 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.


International Speedway Graham Number Historical Data

The historical data trend for International Speedway'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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International Speedway Graham Number Chart

International Speedway Annual Data
Trend Nov09 Nov10 Nov11 Nov12 Nov13 Nov14 Nov15 Nov16 Nov17 Nov18
Graham Number
Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 27.21 25.39 30.36 38.48 59.80

International Speedway Quarterly Data
Nov14 Feb15 May15 Aug15 Nov15 Feb16 May16 Aug16 Nov16 Feb17 May17 Aug17 Nov17 Feb18 May18 Aug18 Nov18 Feb19 May19 Aug19
Graham Number Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 65.01 59.74 35.32 34.91 35.39

Competitive Comparison of International Speedway's Graham Number

For the Leisure subindustry, International Speedway'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.


International Speedway's Price-to-Graham-Number Distribution in the Travel & Leisure Industry

For the Travel & Leisure industry and Consumer Cyclical sector, International Speedway's Price-to-Graham-Number distribution charts can be found below:

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



International Speedway Graham Number Calculation

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

International Speedway's Graham Number for the fiscal year that ended in Nov. 2018 is calculated as

Graham Number
=sqrt of (22.5* Tangible Book per Share *EPS without NRI)
=sqrt of (22.5*31.103*5.11)
=59.80

International Speedway's Graham Number for the quarter that ended in Aug. 2019 is calculated as

Graham Number
=sqrt of (22.5*Tangible Book per Share*EPS without NRI (TTM))
=sqrt of (22.5*31.456*1.77)
=35.39

* 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.


International Speedway  (NAS:ISCA) 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.

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

Price to Graham number=Share Price (Today)/Graham number (Q: Aug. 2019 )
=44.99/35.39
=1.27

* 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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International Speedway (International Speedway) Business Description

Traded in Other Exchanges
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Address
One Daytona Boulevard, Daytona Beach, FL, USA, 32114
International Speedway operates 13 motorsports stadiums that host more than 100 motorsports events during the racing season, including the famed Daytona 500 and Talladega Superspeedway races. The company has built a casino at its Kansas Speedway in a joint venture with Penn National Gaming. International Speedway is majority-owned by the France family, which also owns privately held NASCAR. About 70% of revenue comes from the motorsports segment, which includes lucrative broadcasting rights.
Executives
Larree M Renda director
Hyatt J Brown director 300 N. BEACH STREET, DAYTONA BEACH FL 32114
Larry Aiello director ONE RIVERFRONT PLZ, CORNING NY 14831
Ford Edsel B Ii director C/O FORD MOTOR COMPANY, ONE AMERICAN ROAD, DEARBORN MI 48126
Edward H Rensi director 8400 KEARNEY ROAD, DOWNERS GROVE IL 60516
Gregory W Penske director 3534 NORTH PECK ROAD, EL MONTE CA 91731

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