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Richardson Electronics (Richardson Electronics) Graham Number : $5.95 (As of Feb. 2024)


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What is Richardson Electronics 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 (2024-04-27), the stock price of Richardson Electronics is $9.995. Richardson Electronics's graham number for the quarter that ended in Feb. 2024 was $5.95. Therefore, Richardson Electronics's Price to Graham Number ratio for today is 1.68.

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

RELL' s Price-to-Graham-Number Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 0.79   Med: 1.16   Max: 2.39
Current: 1.68

During the past 13 years, the highest Price to Graham Number ratio of Richardson Electronics was 2.39. The lowest was 0.79. And the median was 1.16.

RELL's Price-to-Graham-Number is ranked worse than
55.77% of 1587 companies
in the Hardware industry
Industry Median: 1.51 vs RELL: 1.68

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


Richardson Electronics Graham Number Historical Data

The historical data trend for Richardson Electronics'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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Richardson Electronics Graham Number Chart

Richardson Electronics Annual Data
Trend May14 May15 May16 May17 May18 May19 May20 May21 May22 May23
Graham Number
Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only - - 5.83 17.05 18.63

Richardson Electronics Quarterly Data
May19 Aug19 Nov19 Feb20 May20 Aug20 Nov20 Feb21 May21 Aug21 Nov21 Feb22 May22 Aug22 Nov22 Feb23 May23 Aug23 Nov23 Feb24
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 21.61 18.87 15.97 11.26 5.95

Competitive Comparison of Richardson Electronics's Graham Number

For the Electronic Components subindustry, Richardson Electronics'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.


Richardson Electronics's Price-to-Graham-Number Distribution in the Hardware Industry

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

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



Richardson Electronics Graham Number Calculation

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

Richardson Electronics's Graham Number for the fiscal year that ended in May. 2023 is calculated as

Graham Number
=sqrt of (22.5* Tangible Book per Share *EPS without NRI)
=sqrt of (22.5*11.093*1.39)
=18.63

Richardson Electronics's Graham Number for the quarter that ended in Feb. 2024 is calculated as

Graham Number
=sqrt of (22.5*Tangible Book per Share*EPS without NRI (TTM))
=sqrt of (22.5*10.99*0.143)
=5.95

* 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.


Richardson Electronics  (NAS:RELL) 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.

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

Price to Graham number=Share Price (Today)/Graham number (Q: Feb. 2024 )
=9.995/5.95
=1.68

* 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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Richardson Electronics (Richardson Electronics) Business Description

Traded in Other Exchanges
Address
40W267 Keslinger Road, P.O. Box 393, LaFox, IL, USA, 60147-0393
Richardson Electronics Ltd provides engineered solutions, power grid, and microwave tubes and related consumables, power conversion, RF and microwave components, high-value flat panel detector solutions, replacement parts, tubes, and service training for diagnostic imaging equipment and customized display solutions. Its products have applications in alternative energy, healthcare, aviation, broadcast, communications, industrial, marine, medical, military, scientific, and semiconductor markets. The company segments include PMT (Power and Microwave Technologies Group), Canvys, (Green Energy Solutions) GES, and Healthcare reportable segments. The company derives the majority of its revenues from the PMT segment.
Executives
Robert H Kluge director C/O RICHARDSON ELECTRONICS, LTD., 40W267 KESLINGER ROAD P.O. BOX 393, LAFOX IL 60147
Kathleen Mcnally officer: Sr. VP Global Supply Chain C/O RICHARDSON ELECTRONICS, LTD., PO BOX 393, 40W267 KESLINGER ROAD, LAFOX IL 60147-0393
Wendy Diddell officer: EVP Corporate Development C/O RICHARDSON ELECTRONICS, LTD., PO BOX 393, 40W267 KESLINGER ROAD, LAFOX IL 60147
Gregory J Peloquin officer: EVP, EDG 40W267 KESLINGER RD, P O BOX 393, LAFOX IL 60147-0393
Paul J Plante director C/O RICHARDSON ELECTRONICS, LTD., PO BOX 393, 40W267 KESLINGER RD., LAFOX IL 60147
Jacques Belin director 40W267 KESLINGER RD., LAFOX IL 60147
James Benham director 40W267 KESLINGER RD., LAFOX IL 60147
Kenneth Halverson director 40W267 KESLINGER RD., LAFOX IL 60147
Jens Frank Ruppert officer: EVP Canvys 40W267 KESLINGER ROAD, P.O. BOX 393, LAFOX IL 60147
Robert J Ben officer: CFO, CAO, Corporate Secretary 40W267 KESLINGER ROAD PO BOX 393, LAFOX IL 60147
Fitzgerald Patrick Thomas Iii officer: EVP Healthcare 40W267 KESLINGER ROAD, P.O. BOX 393, LAFOX IL 60147
James Dudek officer: Controller & Chief Accounting C/O RICHARDSON ELECTRONICS, LTD, PO BOX 393, 40W267 KESLINGER ROAD, LAFOX IL 60147
Kathleen S Dvorak officer: EVP & CFO C/O RICHARDSON ELECTRONICS, LTD, PO BOX 393, 40W267 KESLINGER ROAD, LAFOX IL 60147
Edward J Richardson director, 10 percent owner, officer: Chairman & CEO C/O RICHARDSON ELECTRONICS, LTD, PO BOX 393, 40W267 KESLINGER ROAD, LAFOX IL 60147
Sandeep Beotra officer: EVP Mergers & Acquisitions 40W267 KESLINGER RD., LAFOX IL 60147