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TriMas (TriMas) Graham Number

: $10.32 (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 (2024-04-23), the stock price of TriMas is $25.88. TriMas's graham number for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was $10.32. Therefore, TriMas's Price to Graham Number ratio for today is 2.51.

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

TRS' s Price-to-Graham-Number Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 2.5   Med: 3.14   Max: 8.06
Current: 2.51

During the past 13 years, the highest Price to Graham Number ratio of TriMas was 8.06. The lowest was 2.50. And the median was 3.14.

TRS's Price-to-Graham-Number is ranked worse than
87.94% of 282 companies
in the Packaging & Containers industry
Industry Median: 1.135 vs TRS: 2.51

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


TriMas Graham Number Historical Data

The historical data trend for TriMas'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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TriMas 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 11.77 4.78 9.08 8.84 8.66

TriMas 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 10.53 8.51 9.35 11.38 10.32

Competitive Comparison

For the Packaging & Containers subindustry, TriMas'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.


TriMas Price-to-Graham-Number Distribution

For the Packaging & Containers industry and Consumer Cyclical sector, TriMas's Price-to-Graham-Number distribution charts can be found below:

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



TriMas Graham Number Calculation

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

TriMas'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*3.353*0.995)
=8.66

TriMas'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*3.353*1.411)
=10.32

* 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.


TriMas  (NAS:TRS) 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.

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

Price to Graham number=Share Price (Today)/Graham number (Q: Dec. 2023 )
=25.88/10.32
=2.51

* 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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TriMas (TriMas) Business Description

Traded in Other Exchanges
Address
38505 Woodward Avenue, Suite 200, Bloomfield Hills, MI, USA, 48304
TriMas Corp is a United States-based company that designs, manufactures, and distributes engineered and applied products. The company operates through three segments. The packaging segment manufactures and distributes closure and dispensing systems. The aerospace segment supplies blind bolts, fasteners, rivets, and other products for the aerospace industry. The specialty product segment manufactures and distributes steel cylinders, wellhead engines, compression systems, industrial sealing, and fasteners.
Executives
Teresa M. Finley director 927 STOVALL BOULEVARD NE, ATLANTA GA 30319
Daniel P Tredwell director 177 BROAD STREET, 10TH FLOOR, STAMFORD CT 06901
Scott A Mell officer: Chief Financial Officer 4884 CIDER HILL DRIVE, ROCHESTER MI 48306
Jodi F. Robin officer: General Counsel and Secretary 38505 WOODWARD AVENUE, BLOOMFIELD HILLS MI 48304
Paul Swart other: Chief Accounting Officer 38505 WOODWARD AVENUE, STE. 200, BLOOMFIELD HILLS MI 48304
Jeffrey A Fielkow director 38505 WOODWARD AVENUE, SUITE 200, BLOOMFIELD HILLS MI 48304
Samuel Iii Valenti director, officer: Chairman 39400 WOODWARD AVENUE, SUITE 100, BLOOMFIELD HILLS MI 48304
Thomas A Amato director, officer: President and CEO 38505 WOODWARD AVENUE, SUITE 200, BLOOMFIELD HILLS MI 48304
Salik Fabio Leandro Matheus officer: President, TriMas Packaging 3012 FOREST CREEK CT., NAPERVILLE IL 60565
John Philip Schaefer officer: President, TriMas Aerospace 27411 VALDERAS, MISSION VIEJO CA 92691
Jeffrey M Greene director 4990 OLDE TOWNE WAY, MARIETTA GA 30068
Robert J Zalupski officer: Vice President & Treasurer 38505 WOODWARD AVENUE, SUITE 200, BLOOMFIELD HILLS MI 48304
Joshua A Sherbin officer: Vice President & Secretary 38505 WOODWARD AVENUE, SUITE 200, BLOOMFIELD HILLS MI 48304
Herbert K Parker director 38505 WOODWARD AVENUE, SUITE 200, BLOOMFIELD HILLS MI 48304
Holly M Boehne director 6955 BLACK DUCK DRIVE, LINO LAKES MN 55014