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PSG Financial Services Limited (JSE:KST) Graham Number : R6.55 (As of Aug. 2023)


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What is PSG Financial Services Limited 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 (2024-05-16), the stock price of PSG Financial Services Limited is R15.50. PSG Financial Services Limited's graham number for the quarter that ended in Aug. 2023 was R6.55. Therefore, PSG Financial Services Limited's Price to Graham Number ratio for today is 2.37.

The historical rank and industry rank for PSG Financial Services Limited's Graham Number or its related term are showing as below:

JSE:KST' s Price-to-Graham-Number Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 1.18   Med: 2.36   Max: 4.62
Current: 2.37

During the past 13 years, the highest Price to Graham Number ratio of PSG Financial Services Limited was 4.62. The lowest was 1.18. And the median was 2.36.

JSE:KST's Price-to-Graham-Number is ranked worse than
90.32% of 1136 companies
in the Asset Management industry
Industry Median: 0.76 vs JSE:KST: 2.37

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


PSG Financial Services Limited Graham Number Historical Data

The historical data trend for PSG Financial Services Limited'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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PSG Financial Services Limited Graham Number Chart

PSG Financial Services Limited Annual Data
Trend Feb14 Feb15 Feb16 Feb17 Feb18 Feb19 Feb20 Feb21 Feb22 Feb23
Graham Number
Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 4.65 4.99 - 5.83 6.16

PSG Financial Services Limited Semi-Annual Data
Feb14 Aug14 Feb15 Aug15 Feb16 Aug16 Feb17 Aug17 Feb18 Aug18 Feb19 Aug19 Feb20 Aug20 Feb21 Aug21 Feb22 Aug22 Feb23 Aug23
Graham Number Get a 7-Day Free Trial 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 - 5.83 5.90 6.16 6.55

Competitive Comparison of PSG Financial Services Limited's Graham Number

For the Asset Management subindustry, PSG Financial Services Limited'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.


PSG Financial Services Limited's Price-to-Graham-Number Distribution in the Asset Management Industry

For the Asset Management industry and Financial Services sector, PSG Financial Services Limited's Price-to-Graham-Number distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where PSG Financial Services Limited's Price-to-Graham-Number falls into.



PSG Financial Services Limited Graham Number Calculation

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

PSG Financial Services Limited's Graham Number for the fiscal year that ended in Feb. 2023 is calculated as

Graham Number
=sqrt of (22.5* Tangible Book per Share *EPS without NRI)
=sqrt of (22.5*2.382*0.709)
=6.16

PSG Financial Services Limited's Graham Number for the quarter that ended in Aug. 2023 is calculated as

Graham Number
=sqrt of (22.5*Tangible Book per Share*EPS without NRI (TTM))
=sqrt of (22.5*2.459*0.776)
=6.55

* 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.


PSG Financial Services Limited  (JSE:KST) 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.

PSG Financial Services Limited's Price to Graham number Ratio for today is calculated as

Price to Graham number=Share Price (Today)/Graham number (Q: Aug. 2023 )
=15.50/6.55
=2.37

* 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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PSG Financial Services Limited (JSE:KST) Business Description

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3 Howick Close, 4th Floor, The Edge, Tyger Waterfront, Tyger Valley, Bellville, ZAF, 7530
PSG Financial Services Limited is an independent financial services group. Business is executed through three operating divisions: PSG Wealth, PSG Asset Management, and PSG Insure. PSG Wealth provides the group with nearly half of its income, with PSG Insure outweighing PSG Asset Management. Through the Wealth unit, PSG delivers a comprehensive suite of products to individuals, families, and businesses. Some of the PSG Wealth offerings include investment products, stockbroking, estate and trust services, and many other related products. Offerings under PSG Insure cover a range of short-term insurance solutions, for both personal and commercial needs. PSG rounds out its portfolio with the PSG Asset Management group which offers a range of local unit trusts and international funds.

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