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Willamette Valley Vineyards (Willamette Valley Vineyards) Graham Number

: $N/A (As of Dec. 2023)
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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 (2024-04-19), the stock price of Willamette Valley Vineyards is $4.95. Willamette Valley Vineyards's graham number for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was $N/A. Therefore, Willamette Valley Vineyards's Price to Graham Number ratio for today is N/A.

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

During the past 13 years, the highest Price to Graham Number ratio of Willamette Valley Vineyards was 1.56. The lowest was 0.77. And the median was 1.08.

WVVI's Price-to-Graham-Number is not ranked *
in the Beverages - Alcoholic industry.
Industry Median: 1.5
* 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.


Willamette Valley Vineyards Graham Number Historical Data

The historical data trend for Willamette Valley Vineyards'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.

* Premium members only.

Willamette Valley Vineyards Annual Data
Trend Dec14 Dec15 Dec16 Dec17 Dec18 Dec19 Dec20 Dec21 Dec22 Dec23
Graham Number
Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 6.46 8.29 5.55 - -

Willamette Valley Vineyards Quarterly Data
Mar19 Jun19 Sep19 Dec19 Mar20 Jun20 Sep20 Dec20 Mar21 Jun21 Sep21 Dec21 Mar22 Jun22 Sep22 Dec22 Mar23 Jun23 Sep23 Dec23
Graham Number 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 Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only - - - - -

Competitive Comparison

For the Beverages - Wineries & Distilleries subindustry, Willamette Valley Vineyards'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.


Willamette Valley Vineyards Price-to-Graham-Number Distribution

For the Beverages - Alcoholic industry and Consumer Defensive sector, Willamette Valley Vineyards's Price-to-Graham-Number distribution charts can be found below:

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



Willamette Valley Vineyards Graham Number Calculation

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

Willamette Valley Vineyards'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*5.69*-0.65)
=N/A

Willamette Valley Vineyards'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*5.69*-0.65)
=N/A

* 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.


Willamette Valley Vineyards  (NAS:WVVI) 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.

Willamette Valley Vineyards's Price to Graham number Ratio for today is calculated as

Price to Graham number=Share Price (Today)/Graham number (Q: Dec. 2023 )
=4.95/N/A
=N/A

* 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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Willamette Valley Vineyards (Willamette Valley Vineyards) Business Description

Traded in Other Exchanges
Address
8800 Enchanted Way, South East, Turner, OR, USA, 97392
Willamette Valley Vineyards Inc produces and sells premium, super-premium, and ultra-premium wines. The grapes are harvested, fermented, and made into wine at the company's Turner winery, and the wines are sold principally under its Willamette Valley Vineyards label and also under the Griffin Creek, Tualatin Estate, Pambrun, Maison Bleue, Natoma, Metis, and Elton labels. It operates under two operating segments, direct sales and distributor sales. Direct sales include retail sales in its tasting room and remote sites, wine club sales, online sales, on-site events, kitchen and catering sales, and other sales made directly to the consumer without the use of an intermediary. Distributor sales include all sales through a third party where prices are given at a wholesale rate.
Executives
James W Bernau director, 10 percent owner, officer: Chief Executive Officer 2545 CLOVERDALE RD SE, TURNER OR 97392
Sarah Alice Rose director 6821 50TH AVE NE, SEATTLE WA 98115
Day Cara Pepper director 1088 SW PRESTWICK CT., WILSONVILLE OR 97070
Stanley G Turel director 604 SE 121ST AVE, C/O ARBOR PARK OFFICE, VANCOUVER WA 98683
John Alphonsus Ferry officer: CFO 15830 FOREST RIDGE LANE NE, SILVERTON OR 97381
Leslie J Copland director 2350 NW SAVIER STREET, UNIT 406, PORTLAND OR 97210
Goward Richard F. Jr. officer: CFO 2623 ABBEY LN. SE, SALEM OR 97317
Heather Westing director 25030 SW PARKWAY AVE, SUITE 300, WILSONVILLE OR 97070
James L Ellis director 7850 SE KING ROAD, MILWAUKIE OR 97222
Craig Alan Smith director 367 SANRODEE DR. SE, SALEM OR 97317
Jonathan J Ricci director C/O JONES SODA CO., 234 9TH AVE. N., SEATTLE WA 98109
O Brien Betty M director 22500 INGRAM LANE NW, SALEM OR 97304
Christopher L Sarles director 2185 SW WINCHESTER, PORTLAND OR 97225-4457
Chris Riccardi 10 percent owner 15 STEDMAN WAY, LOUDONVILLE NY 12211
Delna L. Jones director 39692 CAMINO TEMPLADO, INDIO CA 92203

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