Contents
Foreword • by Warren E. Buffett xi
Preface to the Sixth Edition | The Timeless Wisdom of Graham and Dodd • by Seth A. Klarman xiii
Preface to the Second Edition xli Preface to the First Edition xliii
Introduction to the Sixth Edition | Benjamin Graham and Security Analysis: The Historical Backdrop • by James Grant 1
Introduction to the Second Edition 21
Part I
_Survey and Approach_
Introduction to Part I |The Essential Lessons
by Roger Lowenstein 39
Graham and Dodd chapters:
1. The Scope and Limits of Security Analysis. The Concept of Intrinsic Value 61
2. Fundamental Elements in the Problem of Analysis. Quantitative and Qualitative Factors 75
3. Sources of Information 89
4. Distinctions between Investment and Speculation 100
5. Classification of Securities 112
Part II
_Fixed-value Investments_
Introduction to Part II |Unshackling Bonds* by Howard S. Marks 123
Graham and Dodd chapters:
6. The Selection of Fixed-value Investments 141
7. The Selection of Fixed-value Investments: Second and Third Principles 151
8. Specific Standards for Bond Investment 169
9. Specific Standards for Bond Investment (Continued) see accompanying CD
10. Specific Standards for Bond Investment (Continued) 180
11. Specific Standards for Bond Investment (Continued) see accompanying CD
12. Special Factors in the Analysis of Railroad and Public-utility Bonds see
accompanying CD
13. Other Special Factors in Bond Analysis see accompanying CD
14. The Theory of Preferred Stocks see accompanying CD
15. Technique of Selecting Preferred Stocks for Investment 190
16. Income Bonds and Guaranteed Securities 202
17. Guaranteed Securities (Continued) 215
18. Protective Covenants and Remedies of Senior Security Holders 229
19. Protective Covenants (Continued) 242
20. Preferred-stock Protective Provisions. Maintenance of Junior Capital
see accompanying CD
21. Supervision of Investment Holdings 252
Part III
_Senior Securities with Speculative Features_
Introduction to Part III | "Blood and Judgement" • by J. Ezra Merkin 265
Graham and Dodd chapters:
22. Privileged Issues 289
23. Technical Characteristics of Privileged Senior Securities 299
24. Technical Aspects of Convertible Issues 313
25. Senior Securities with Warrants. Participating Issues. Switching and
HEDGING see accompanying CD
26. Senior Securities of Questionable Safety 323
Part IV
Theory of Common-stock Investment. _The Dividend Factor_
Introduction to Part IV | Go with the Flow • by Bruce Berkowitz 339 Graham and Dodd chapters:
27. The Theory of Common-stock Investment 348
28. Newer Canons of Common-stock Investment 366
29. The Dividend Factor in Common-stock Analysis 376
30. Stock Dividends see accompanying CD
Part V
Analysis of the Income Account. The Earnings _Factor in Common-stock Valuation_
Introduction to Part V | The Quest for Rational Investing
by Glenn H. Greenberg 395
Graham and Dodd chapters:
31. Analysis of the Income Account 409
32. Extraordinary Losses and Other Special Items in the Income Account 424
33. Misleading Artifices in the Income Account. Earnings of Subsidiaries 435
34. The Relation of Depreciation and Similar Charges to Earning Power 453
35. Public-utility Depreciation Policies see accompanying CD
36. Amortization Charges from the Investor's Standpoint see accompanying CD
37. Significance of the Earnings Record 472
38. Specific Reasons for Questioning or Rejecting the Past Record 487
39. Price-earnings Ratios for Common Stocks. Adjustments for Changes in Capitalization 496
40. Capitalization Structure 507
41. Low-priced Common Stocks. Analysis of the Source of Income 520
Part VI
Balance-sheet Analysis. Implications of Asset Values
Introduction to Part VI | Deconstructing the Balance Sheet
by Bruce Greenwald 535
Graham and Dodd chapters:
42. Balance-sheet Analysis. Significance of Book Value 548
43. Significance of the Current-asset Value 559
44. Implications of Liquidating Value. Stockholder-management Relationships 575
45. Balance-sheet Analysis (Concluded) 591
Part VII
Additional Aspects of Security Analysis. _Discrepancies between Price and Value_
Introduction to Part VII | The Great Illusion of the Stock Market and the Future of Value Investing • by David Abrams 617
Graham and Dodd chapters:
46. Stock-option Warrants see accompanying CD
47. Cost of Financing and Management 633
48. Some Aspects of Corporate Pyramiding 644
49. Comparative Analysis of Companies in the Same Field 654
50. Discrepancies between Price and Value 669
51. Discrepancies between Price and Value (Continued) 688
52. Market Analysis and Security Analysis 697
Part VIII
_Global Value Investing_
Globetrotting with Graham and Dodd • by Thomas A. Russo 711
APPENDIX see accompanying CD
About This Edition 725 Acknowledgments 727 About the contributors 729
About the Authors 733
index 735