JHere are today’s updates for Validea’s Value Investor model based on Benjamin Graham’s published strategy. This deep value methodology selects stocks that have low P/B and P/E ratios, as well as low debt and strong long-term earnings growth.
EASTMAN KODAK COMPANY (KODK) is a small cap value stock in the photography industry. The rating under our strategy based on Benjamin Graham went from 71% to 86% depending on the company’s underlying fundamentals and the stock’s valuation. A score of 80% or higher generally indicates that the strategy has some interest in the stock and a score above 90% generally indicates strong interest.
Company Description: Eastman Kodak Company is a global technology company focused on printing, materials advancement and chemical businesses. The Company provides hardware, software, consumables and services primarily to customers in the commercial printing, packaging, publishing, manufacturing and entertainment industries. The Company’s segments include Traditional Printing, Digital Printing, Advanced Materials and Chemicals, and Brand. The traditional printing segment includes prepress solutions. The Digital Printing segment consists of four business segments, including electrophotographic printing solutions business, prosperous business, versamark business and kodak software business. The Advanced Materials and Chemicals segment comprises four business segments, including industrial films and chemicals, motion pictures, advanced materials and functional printing, and kodak services for enterprises. The Brand segment contains the brand licensing business.
The following table summarizes whether the stock meets each of the tests for this strategy. Not all of the criteria in the table below are given the same weight or are independent, but the table provides a brief overview of the stock’s strengths and weaknesses in the context of the strategy’s criteria.
| SECTOR: | PAST |
| SALES: | PAST |
| CURRENT RATIO: | PAST |
| LONG-TERM DEBT IN RELATION TO NET CURRENT ASSETS: | PAST |
| LONG-TERM EPS GROWTH: | FAIL |
| P/E RATIO: | PAST |
| PRICE/BOOK RATIO: | PAST |
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About Benjamin Graham: The late Benjamin Graham may be the oldest of the gurus we follow, but his impact on the investment world lasted decades after his death in 1976. Known as both the “Father of Investing of value” and the founder of the entire field of security analysis, Graham mentored many of the greatest investors in history – including Warren Buffett – and inspired many others, including John Templeton, Mario Gabelli and another of Validea’s gurus, John Neff. Graham built his fortune and reputation after going through extremely difficult times, including the Great Depression and his own family’s financial struggles after his father died when Benjamin was a young man. His investment business posted annual returns of around 20% from 1936 to 1956, far exceeding the average market return of 12.2% during this period.
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