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CubeSmart (CubeSmart) Graham Number

: $22.50 (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 (2024-04-16), the stock price of CubeSmart is $41.88. CubeSmart's graham number for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was $22.50. Therefore, CubeSmart's Price to Graham Number ratio for today is 1.86.

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

CUBE' s Price-to-Graham-Number Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 1.86   Med: 2.43   Max: 3.95
Current: 1.86

During the past 13 years, the highest Price to Graham Number ratio of CubeSmart was 3.95. The lowest was 1.86. And the median was 2.43.

CUBE's Price-to-Graham-Number is ranked worse than
88.18% of 584 companies
in the REITs industry
Industry Median: 0.8 vs CUBE: 1.86

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


CubeSmart Graham Number Historical Data

The historical data trend for CubeSmart'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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CubeSmart 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 13.48 13.43 17.04 19.11 22.57

CubeSmart 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 19.11 20.87 21.96 21.66 22.50

Competitive Comparison

For the REIT - Industrial subindustry, CubeSmart'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.


CubeSmart Price-to-Graham-Number Distribution

For the REITs industry and Real Estate sector, CubeSmart's Price-to-Graham-Number distribution charts can be found below:

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



CubeSmart Graham Number Calculation

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

CubeSmart'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*12.436*1.82)
=22.57

CubeSmart'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*12.436*1.81)
=22.50

* 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.


CubeSmart  (NYSE:CUBE) 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.

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

Price to Graham number=Share Price (Today)/Graham number (Q: Dec. 2023 )
=41.88/22.50
=1.86

* 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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CubeSmart (CubeSmart) Business Description

Traded in Other Exchanges
Address
5 Old Lancaster Road, Malvern, PA, USA, 19355
CubeSmart is a real estate investment trust that acquires, owns, and manages self-storage facilities throughout the United States. The company's real estate portfolio is composed of buildings with numerous enclosed storage areas for both residential and commercial customers to rent mainly on a month-by-month basis. Most of CubeSmart's facilities are located in Florida, Texas, California, New York, and Illinois. Cumulatively, these states account for both the majority of the square footage in the company's real estate portfolio and the majority of its revenue. CubeSmart derives nearly all of its revenue from rental income from tenants utilizing its storage facilities.
Executives
Christopher P Marr officer: Chief Financial Officer 460 E. SWEDESFORD ROAD, SUITE 3000, WAYNE PA 19087
Jeffrey P Foster officer: Sr. VP - Chief Legal Officer 460 EAST SWEDESFORD ROAD, SUITE 3000, WAYNE PA 19087
Timothy M Martin officer: SVP & Chief Accounting Officer 460 E. SWEDESFORD ROAD, SUITE 3000, WAYNE PA 19087
Matthew D Denarie officer: Chief Accounting Officer 5 OLD LANCASTER ROAD, MALVERN PA 19355
Jennifer Schulte officer: Chief Human Resources Officer 5 OLD LANCASTER ROAD, MALVERN PA 19355
Jit Kee Chin director ONE FEDERAL STREET, 23RD FLOOR, BOSTON MA 02110
Jair K Lynch director 5 OLD LANCASTER RD, MALVERN PA 19355
Joel D Keaton officer: Sr VP of Operations 5 OLD LANCASTER ROAD, MALVERN PA 19355
Marianne M Keler director 12061 BLUEMONT WAY, RESTON VA 20190
Jonathan L Perry officer: SVP and CIO 5 OLD LANCASTER ROAD, MALVERN PA 19355
Dororthy Dowling director 5 OLD LANCASTER ROAD, MALVERN PA 19355
Diefenderfer William M Iii director 300 CONTINENTAL DRIVE, NEWARK DE 19713
Dean Jernigan director, officer: CEO and President C/O FARMLAND PARTNERS INC., 8670 WOLFF COURT, SUITE 240, WESTMINSTER CO 80031
Deborah Ratnersalzberg director 301 WATER ST SE SUITE 201, WASHINGTON DC 20003
John W Fain director 1000 SEMMES AVE, RICHMOND VA 23224

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