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TSS (TSSI) Graham Number : $N/A (As of Dec. 2023)


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What is TSS 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 (2024-05-12), the stock price of TSS is $0.919. TSS's graham number for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was $N/A. Therefore, TSS's Price to Graham Number ratio for today is 291,871,887.14.

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

TSSI' s Price-to-Graham-Number Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 2.4   Med: 5.05   Max: 10.87
Current: 10.21

During the past 13 years, the highest Price to Graham Number ratio of TSS was 10.87. The lowest was 2.40. And the median was 5.05.

TSSI's Price-to-Graham-Number is not ranked
in the Software industry.
Industry Median: 2.24 vs TSSI: 10.21

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


TSS Graham Number Historical Data

The historical data trend for TSS'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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TSS Graham Number Chart

TSS Annual Data
Trend Dec14 Dec15 Dec16 Dec17 Dec18 Dec19 Dec20 Dec21 Dec22 Dec23
Graham Number
Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 0.15 0.10 - - 0.09

TSS Quarterly Data
Mar19 Jun19 Sep19 Dec19 Mar20 Jun20 Sep20 Dec20 Mar21 Jun21 Sep21 Dec21 Mar22 Jun22 Sep22 Dec22 Mar23 Jun23 Sep23 Dec23
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Competitive Comparison of TSS's Graham Number

For the Information Technology Services subindustry, TSS'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.


TSS's Price-to-Graham-Number Distribution in the Software Industry

For the Software industry and Technology sector, TSS's Price-to-Graham-Number distribution charts can be found below:

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



TSS Graham Number Calculation

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

TSS'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*0.127*0.003)
=0.09

TSS'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*0.127*3.4694469519536E-18)
=0.00

* 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.


TSS  (OTCPK:TSSI) 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.

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

Price to Graham number=Share Price (Today)/Graham number (Q: Dec. 2023 )
=0.919/0.00
=291,871,887.14

* 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.


TSS Graham Number Related Terms

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TSS (TSSI) Business Description

Traded in Other Exchanges
N/A
Address
110 East Old Settlers Road, Round Rock, TX, USA, 78664
TSS Inc provides various services for planning, design, development, and maintenance of mission-critical facilities and information infrastructure, as well as integration services. Its services consist of technology consulting, design and engineering, project management, systems integration, systems installation, and facilities management. Its Facilities unit which is involved in the design, project management and maintenance of data center and mission-critical business operations, and Systems Integration unit that integrates IT equipment for Original Equipment Manufacturer vendors and customers to use inside data center environments, including modular data centers. The activities are organized into two segments: facilities, and systems integration. It generates revenue from United States.
Executives
Darryll E Dewan director, officer: President and CEO 4400 VIA ESPERANZA, SANTA BARBARA CA 93110
Richard M. Metzler director 1805 WEST AVENUE, AUSTIN TX 78701
Matt Crichton officer: Sr. V.P., Business Development 101 LOCHINVAR COURT, CARY NC 27511
Kieran Brennan officer: Sr. V.P., Sales & Marketing 5131 BRIARGROVE LANE, DALLAS TX 75287
Gerard J Gallagher director, 10 percent owner, officer: President and COO 7226 LEE DEFOREST DRIVE, SUITE 104, COLUMBIA MD 21046
Glen Ikeda 10 percent owner P.O. BOX 3306, AUBURN CA 95604
Peter H Woodward director 30 WEST 63RD STREET, SUITE 18G, NEW YORK NY 10023
John K Penver officer: Interim CFO 3709 HUMBLE COVE, AUSTIN TX 78730
Martin T. Olsen officer: Exec. VP, Sales & Marketing 2128 W. BRAKER LANE BK12, AUSTIN TX 78758
Thomas P Rosato director, 10 percent owner, officer: Chief Executive Officer 7226 LEE DEFOREST DRIVE, SUITE 104, COLUMBIA MD 21046
Maura Mcnerney officer: Chief Financial Officer 7226 LEE DEFOREST DRIVE, SUITE 104, COLUMBIA MD 21046
Ken Schwarz officer: Chief Financial Officer 14901 BOGLE DRIVE, SUITE 300, CHANTILLY VA 20151
Daniel J Phelps director 1001 O'BRIEN DRIVE, MENLO PARK CA 94025
Anthony Angelini director, officer: Chief Executive Officer
Tarsier Nanocap Value Fund, Lp 10 percent owner, other: see footnote #1 C/O HUMMINGBIRD MANAGEMENT, LLC, 145 E. 57TH STREET, 8TH FLOOR, NEW YORK NY 10022

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