Alliance Data Systems Corp (ADS)

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Graham Ratings
A Defensive Graham grade requires that all ratings — except the last four — be 100% or more.
Utilities and Financials must have the last two ratings exceed 100% instead of the first three.
An Enterprising Graham grade requires that ratings #2 to #5 exceed — 75%, 90%, 50% and 5%.
Size in Sales (100% ⇒ 500 Million): 
904.28%
Current Assets ÷ [2 x Current Liabilities]: 
94.19%
Net Current Assets ÷ Long Term Debt: 
93.98%
Earnings Stability (100% ⇒ 10 Years): 
120.00%
Dividend Record (100% ⇒ 20 Years): 
30.00%
Earnings Growth (100% ⇒ 33% Growth): 
535.22%
Graham Number(%): 
120.35%
NCAV or Net-Net(%): 
0.00%
[2 x Equity] ÷ Debt: 
14.47%
Size in Assets (100% ⇒ 250 Million): 
9,018.80%

Rating Score = 6.5

Graham Result
Intrinsic Value is the price corresponding to a stock's Graham Grade: Defensive, Enterprising or NCAV.
Intrinsic Value(%) is Intrinsic Value ÷ Previous Close, expressed as a percentage.
Defensive Price (Graham №): 
87.10
Enterprising Price (Serenity №): 
10.17
NCAV Price (Net-Net): 
0.00
Graham Grade: 
Ungraded
Intrinsic Value: 
0.00
Previous Close: 
72.37
Intrinsic Value(%): 
0.00%
Currency: USD

ADS does not completely clear Graham's qualitative criteria for the Defensive, Enterprising or NCAV investment grades; and therefore no Intrinsic Value or Intrinsic Value(%) could be assigned. However, Graham also specified additional categories for Blue Chips, Utilities & Financials, and Special Situations.

Financial Condition
Sales and Balance Sheet figures used to calculate Graham Ratings, and the Net Current Asset Value.
Utilities and Financials are evaluated using Total Assets and Equity:Debt; instead of Sales, Current Assets and Current Liabilities.
Annual Sales: 
4,521.40 Million
Current Assets: 
19,634.00 Million
Total Assets: 
22,547.00 Million
Current Liabilities: 
10,422.00 Million
Long Term Debt: 
9,802.00 Million
Total Liabilities: 
21,026.00 Million
Shares Outstanding: 
50.00 Million
Currency: 
USD
Per Share Values
BVPS, TBVPS and EPS values used to calculate the Defensive Price (Graham Number) and the Enterprising Price (Serenity Number).
Defensive and Enterprising Graham investment require 10 and 5 years of uninterrupted positive earnings. NCAV requires a positive TTM EPS.
EPS years 11 and 12 are used for the 10-year Earnings Growth calculation using 3-year averages.
Book Value Per Share (BVPS): 
30.42
Tangible Book Value Per Share (TBVPS): 
1.40
Earnings Per Share (EPS): 
6.16
EPS - TTM: 
17.61
EPS - 2 Years Ago: 
10.47
EPS - 3 Years Ago: 
16.62
EPS - 4 Years Ago: 
13.76
EPS - 5 Years Ago: 
7.34
EPS - 6 Years Ago: 
8.85
EPS - 7 Years Ago: 
7.87
EPS - 8 Years Ago: 
7.42
EPS - 9 Years Ago: 
6.58
EPS - 10 Years Ago: 
5.45
EPS - 11 Years Ago: 
3.51
EPS - 12 Years Ago: 
3.06
Currency: 
USD
Dividend History
Defensive Graham investment requires 20 years of uninterrupted dividends.
Enterprising Graham investment requires a current dividend (1 year).
Last Fiscal Year: 
Paid
2 Years Ago: 
Paid
3 Years Ago: 
Paid
4 Years Ago: 
Paid
5 Years Ago: 
Paid
6 Years Ago: 
Paid
7 Years Ago: 
None
8 Years Ago: 
None
9 Years Ago: 
None
10 Years Ago: 
None
11 Years Ago: 
None
12 Years Ago: 
None
13 Years Ago: 
None
14 Years Ago: 
None
15 Years Ago: 
None
16 Years Ago: 
None
17 Years Ago: 
None
18 Years Ago: 
None
19 Years Ago: 
None
20 Years Ago: 
None
About Stock
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Ticker Symbol: 
ADS
Stock Exchange: 
United States
Fiscal Year: 
2020-12-31
Sector: Information Technology
Data Source: Finnhub Stock API
Currency: USD

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Submitted by GrahamValue. Created on Thursday 5th March 2020. Updated on Monday 17th January 2022.

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