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PC Connection (PC Connection) Graham Number : $45.93 (As of Dec. 2023)


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What is PC Connection 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 (2024-04-26), the stock price of PC Connection is $64.43. PC Connection's graham number for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was $45.93. Therefore, PC Connection's Price to Graham Number ratio for today is 1.40.

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

CNXN' s Price-to-Graham-Number Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 0.98   Med: 1.19   Max: 1.48
Current: 1.4

During the past 13 years, the highest Price to Graham Number ratio of PC Connection was 1.48. The lowest was 0.98. And the median was 1.19.

CNXN's Price-to-Graham-Number is ranked better than
54.13% of 1587 companies
in the Hardware industry
Industry Median: 1.51 vs CNXN: 1.40

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


PC Connection Graham Number Historical Data

The historical data trend for PC Connection'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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PC Connection Graham Number Chart

PC Connection 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 37.05 32.04 37.01 44.49 45.89

PC Connection Quarterly Data
Mar19 Jun19 Sep19 Dec19 Mar20 Jun20 Sep20 Dec20 Mar21 Jun21 Sep21 Dec21 Mar22 Jun22 Sep22 Dec22 Mar23 Jun23 Sep23 Dec23
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 44.56 43.16 42.59 43.99 45.93

Competitive Comparison of PC Connection's Graham Number

For the Electronics & Computer Distribution subindustry, PC Connection'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.


PC Connection's Price-to-Graham-Number Distribution in the Hardware Industry

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

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



PC Connection Graham Number Calculation

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

PC Connection'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*28.973*3.23)
=45.89

PC Connection'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*28.973*3.236)
=45.93

* 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.


PC Connection  (NAS:CNXN) 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.

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

Price to Graham number=Share Price (Today)/Graham number (Q: Dec. 2023 )
=64.43/45.93
=1.40

* 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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PC Connection (PC Connection) Business Description

Traded in Other Exchanges
Address
730 Milford Road, Merrimack, NH, USA, 03054-4631
PC Connection Inc is a provider of information technology solutions. It provides products such as computer systems, software and peripheral equipment, networking communications, and other products and accessories that company purchase from manufacturers and distributors. The company also offers services involving design, configuration, and implementation of IT solutions. It conducts business operations through three business segments namely Business Solutions, Enterprise Solutions, and Public Sector Solutions. The company generates maximum revenue Enterprise Solutions segment.
Executives
Thomas C Baker officer: Sr. VP, CFO & Treasurer 730 MILFORD ROAD, MERRIMACK NH 03054
Negrini David Beffa director, officer: VP, Corporate Communications PC CONNECTION, 730 MILFORD ROAD, MERRIMACK NH 03054
Timothy J Mcgrath officer: President & CEO PC CONNECTION, 730 MILFORD ROAD, MERRIMACK NH 03054
Jack L Ferguson officer: Treasurer & Interim CFO PC CONNECTION, INC., 730 MILFORD ROAD, MERRIMACK NH 03054
Barbara Duckett director 730 MILFORD ROAD, MERRIMACK NH 03054
Patricia Gallup director, 10 percent owner, officer: Chairman & Chief Admin Officer 730 MILFORD ROAD, MERRIMACK NH 03054
Pc Connection Inc 10 percent owner ROUTE 101A, 730 MILFORD RD, MERRIMACK NH 03054
Comack Trust 10 percent owner 450 MARLBORO STREET, KEENE NH 03431
Jay E Bothwick director C/O PC CONENCTION, 730 MILFORD ROAD, MERRIMACK NH 03054
Gary Kinyon director 730 MILFORD ROAD, MERRIMACK NH 03054
Estate Of David Mclellan Hall 10 percent owner C/O PC CONNECTION, 730 MILFORD ROAD, MERRIMACK NH 03054
Joseph A Baute director 730 MILFORD ROAD, MERRIMACK NH 03054
Stephen P Sarno officer: Sr. VP, Treasurer & CFO C/O SAPIENT CORPORATION, 25 FIRST STREET, CAMBRIDGE MA 02141
David Hall director, 10 percent owner, officer: Vice Chairman 730 MILFORD ROAD, MERRIMACK NH 03054
Glynn W Schulze officer: Interim CFO and VP C/O PC CONNECTION, INC., 730 MILFORD ROAD, MERRIMACK NH 03054