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First Trust/aberdeen Emerging Opp Fund (First Trust/aberdeen Emerging Opp Fund) Graham Number : $N/A (As of Jun. 2022)


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What is First Trust/aberdeen Emerging Opp Fund 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 (2024-05-24), the stock price of First Trust/aberdeen Emerging Opp Fund is $9.58. First Trust/aberdeen Emerging Opp Fund's graham number for the quarter that ended in Jun. 2022 was $N/A. Therefore, First Trust/aberdeen Emerging Opp Fund's Price to Graham Number ratio for today is N/A.

The historical rank and industry rank for First Trust/aberdeen Emerging Opp Fund's Graham Number or its related term are showing as below:

FEO's Price-to-Graham-Number is not ranked *
in the Asset Management industry.
Industry Median: 0.76
* Ranked among companies with meaningful Price-to-Graham-Number only.

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


First Trust/aberdeen Emerging Opp Fund Graham Number Historical Data

The historical data trend for First Trust/aberdeen Emerging Opp Fund'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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First Trust/aberdeen Emerging Opp Fund Graham Number Chart

First Trust/aberdeen Emerging Opp Fund Annual Data
Trend Dec17 Dec18 Dec19 Dec20 Dec21
Graham Number
35.44 - 30.72 25.64 -

First Trust/aberdeen Emerging Opp Fund Semi-Annual Data
Dec17 Jun18 Dec18 Jun19 Dec19 Jun20 Dec20 Jun21 Dec21 Jun22
Graham Number Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only - 25.64 35.22 - -

Competitive Comparison of First Trust/aberdeen Emerging Opp Fund's Graham Number

For the Asset Management subindustry, First Trust/aberdeen Emerging Opp Fund'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.


First Trust/aberdeen Emerging Opp Fund's Price-to-Graham-Number Distribution in the Asset Management Industry

For the Asset Management industry and Financial Services sector, First Trust/aberdeen Emerging Opp Fund's Price-to-Graham-Number distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where First Trust/aberdeen Emerging Opp Fund's Price-to-Graham-Number falls into.



First Trust/aberdeen Emerging Opp Fund Graham Number Calculation

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

First Trust/aberdeen Emerging Opp Fund's Graham Number for the fiscal year that ended in Dec. 2021 is calculated as

Graham Number
=sqrt of (22.5* Tangible Book per Share *EPS without NRI)
=sqrt of (22.5*13.906*-0.83)
=N/A

First Trust/aberdeen Emerging Opp Fund's Graham Number for the quarter that ended in Jun. 2022 is calculated as

Graham Number
=sqrt of (22.5*Tangible Book per Share*EPS without NRI (TTM))
=sqrt of (22.5*10.061*-4.496)
=N/A

* 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.


First Trust/aberdeen Emerging Opp Fund  (NYSE:FEO) 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.

First Trust/aberdeen Emerging Opp Fund's Price to Graham number Ratio for today is calculated as

Price to Graham number=Share Price (Today)/Graham number (Q: Jun. 2022 )
=9.58/N/A
=N/A

* 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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First Trust/aberdeen Emerging Opp Fund (First Trust/aberdeen Emerging Opp Fund) Business Description

Traded in Other Exchanges
N/A
Address
120 East Liberty Drive, Suite 400, Wheaton, IL, USA, 60187
First Trust/aberdeen Emerging Opp Fund is a diversified, closed-end management investment company. Its investment objective is to provide a high level of total return. The fund seeks to achieve its objective by investing a majority of its managed assets in a diversified portfolio of equity and fixed-income securities of issuers in emerging market countries.
Executives
Marika Tooze director C/O ABRDN, 1900 MARKET STREET, SUITE 200, PHILADELPHIA PA 19103
Saba Capital Management, L.p. 10 percent owner 405 LEXINGTON AVENUE, 58TH FLOOR, NEW YORK NY 10174
Boaz Weinstein 10 percent owner 405 LEXINGTON AVENUE, 58TH FLOOR, NEW YORK NY 10174
M Keefe Denise director C/O FIRST TRUST ADVISORS L.P., 120 EAST LIBERTY DRIVE, SUITE 400, WHEATON IL 60187
Kelly Catherine Dehler other: Officer- Investment Advisor C/O FIRST TRUST ADVISORS L.P., 120 EAST LIBERTY DRIVE, SUITE 400, WHEATON IL 60187
Scott Michael Friske other: Officer - Investment Advisor FIRST TRUST ADVISORS L.P., 120 EAST LIBERTY DRIVE, SUITE 400, WHEATON IL 60187
Mickey Janvier other: Director of Sub-Adviser C/O ABERDEEN STANDARD INVESTMENTS, 1900 MARKET STREET, SUITE 200, PHILADELPHIA PA 19103
James Joseph O'connor other: Director of Sub-Adviser C/O ABERDEEN STANDARD INVESTMENTS, 1900 MARKET STREET, SUITE 200, PHILADELPHIA PA 19103
Joseph Andolina other: Officer-Investment Sub-Advisor 1735 MARKET STREET, 32ND FLOOR, PHILADELPHIA PA 19103
Chris Demetriou other: Officer-Invest. Sub-Advisor 1735 MARKET STREET, 32ND FLOOR, PHILADELPHIA PA 19103
Ralph Bassett other: Officer-Investment Sub-Advisor 1735 MARKET ST., 32ND FLOOR, PHILADELPHIA PA 19103
Sofia Rosala other: Officer-Investment Sub-Advisor 1735 MARKET STREET, 32ND FLOOR, PHILADELPHIA PA 19103
Charles Tan other: Officer-Investment Sub-Advisor 1735 MARKET STREET, 32ND FLOOR, PHILADELPHIA PA 19103
Shane Shannon officer: Assistant Secretary FIRST TRUST ADVISORS L.P., 120 EAST LIBERTY DRIVE, SUITE 400, WHEATON IL 60187
Jeffrey Cotton other: Officer-Investment Sub-Advisor 1735 MARKET STREET, 32ND FLOOR, PHILADELPHIA PA 19103

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