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Dycom Industries (Dycom Industries) Graham Number : $57.10 (As of Jan. 2024)


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What is Dycom Industries 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 (2024-04-28), the stock price of Dycom Industries is $142.76. Dycom Industries's graham number for the quarter that ended in Jan. 2024 was $57.10. Therefore, Dycom Industries's Price to Graham Number ratio for today is 2.50.

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

DY' s Price-to-Graham-Number Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 1.96   Med: 3.49   Max: 7.91
Current: 2.5

During the past 13 years, the highest Price to Graham Number ratio of Dycom Industries was 7.91. The lowest was 1.96. And the median was 3.49.

DY's Price-to-Graham-Number is ranked worse than
83.89% of 1136 companies
in the Construction industry
Industry Median: 1 vs DY: 2.50

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


Dycom Industries Graham Number Historical Data

The historical data trend for Dycom Industries'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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Dycom Industries Graham Number Chart

Dycom Industries Annual Data
Trend Jul14 Jul15 Jul16 Jul17 Jan19 Jan20 Jan21 Jan22 Jan23 Jan24
Graham Number
Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 20.48 23.43 20.55 40.98 57.11

Dycom Industries Quarterly Data
Apr19 Jul19 Oct19 Jan20 Apr20 Jul20 Oct20 Jan21 Apr21 Jul21 Oct21 Jan22 Apr22 Jul22 Oct22 Jan23 Apr23 Jul23 Oct23 Jan24
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 40.87 47.05 52.14 56.97 57.10

Competitive Comparison of Dycom Industries's Graham Number

For the Engineering & Construction subindustry, Dycom Industries'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.


Dycom Industries's Price-to-Graham-Number Distribution in the Construction Industry

For the Construction industry and Industrials sector, Dycom Industries's Price-to-Graham-Number distribution charts can be found below:

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



Dycom Industries Graham Number Calculation

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

Dycom Industries's Graham Number for the fiscal year that ended in Jan. 2024 is calculated as

Graham Number
=sqrt of (22.5* Tangible Book per Share *EPS without NRI)
=sqrt of (22.5*21.784*6.654)
=57.11

Dycom Industries's Graham Number for the quarter that ended in Jan. 2024 is calculated as

Graham Number
=sqrt of (22.5*Tangible Book per Share*EPS without NRI (TTM))
=sqrt of (22.5*21.784*6.653)
=57.10

* 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.


Dycom Industries  (NYSE:DY) 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.

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

Price to Graham number=Share Price (Today)/Graham number (Q: Jan. 2024 )
=142.76/57.10
=2.50

* 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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Dycom Industries (Dycom Industries) Business Description

Traded in Other Exchanges
Address
11780 US Highway 1, Suite 600, Palm Beach Gardens, FL, USA, 33408
Dycom Industries Inc is a provider of specialty contracting services to the telecommunications infrastructure and utility industries. its operating companies supply telecommunications providers with a comprehensive portfolio of specialty services, including program management; planning; engineering and design; aerial, underground, and wireless construction; maintenance; and fulfillment services and provides underground facility locating services for various utilities, including telecommunications providers, and other construction and maintenance services for electric and gas utilities. It also provides a range of construction, maintenance, and installation services, including the placement and splicing of fiber, copper, and coaxial cables. The company operates throughout the United States.
Executives
Sharon Villaverde officer: VP & Chief Accounting Officer 11780 U.S. HIGHWAY 1, SUITE 600, PALM BEACH GARDENS FL 33408
Jason T Lawson officer: VP and CHRO 11780 U.S. HIGHWAY 1, SUITE 600, PALM BEACH GARDENS FL 33408
Marco Luis Avila director 11780 US HIGHWAY 1, SUITE 600, PALM BEACH GARDENS FL 33408
Ryan F Urness officer: VP, GC & Secretary 11780 U.S. HIGHWAY 1, SUITE 600, PALM BEACH GARDENS FL 33408
H Andrew Deferrari officer: Sr. VP & CFO 11780 U.S. HIGHWAY 1, SUITE 600, PALM BEACH GARDENS FL 33408
Richard K Sykes director 11780 U.S. HIGHWAY 1, SUITE 600, PALM BEACH GARDENS FL 33408
Dwight B Duke director 11780 U.S. HIGHWAY 1, SUITE 600, PALM BEACH GARDENS FL 33408
Steven E Nielsen director, officer: President and CEO 11780 U.S. HIGHWAY 1, SUITE 600, PALM BEACH GARDENS FL 33408
Carmen M Sabater director 11780 U.S. HIGHWAY 1, SUITE 600, PALM BEACH GARDENS FL 33408
Stephen C Robinson director 11780 U.S. HIGHWAY 1, SUITE 600, PALM BEACH GARDENS FL 33408
Patricia Higgins director 11780 U.S. HIGHWAY 1, SUITE 600, PALM BEACH GARDENS FL 33408
Timothy R Estes officer: Executive VP & COO 11780 U.S. HIGHWAY 1, SUITE 600, PALM BEACH GARDENS FL 33408
Daniel S Peyovich officer: Executive VP of Operations 11780 U.S. HIGHWAY 1, SUITE 600, PALM BEACH GARDENS FL 33408
Jennifer M Fritzsche director 11780 U.S. HIGHWAY 1, SUITE 600, PALM BEACH GARDENS FL 33408
Pruitt Peter T Jr director 11780 U.S. HIGHWAY 1, SUITE 600, PALM BEACH GARDENS FL 33408