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Stellus Capital Investment (Stellus Capital Investment) Graham Number : $15.64 (As of Dec. 2023)


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What is Stellus Capital Investment 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 (2024-05-01), the stock price of Stellus Capital Investment is $14.20. Stellus Capital Investment's graham number for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was $15.64. Therefore, Stellus Capital Investment's Price to Graham Number ratio for today is 0.91.

The historical rank and industry rank for Stellus Capital Investment's Graham Number or its related term are showing as below:

SCM' s Price-to-Graham-Number Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 0.5   Med: 0.63   Max: 0.91
Current: 0.91

During the past 12 years, the highest Price to Graham Number ratio of Stellus Capital Investment was 0.91. The lowest was 0.50. And the median was 0.63.

SCM's Price-to-Graham-Number is ranked worse than
57.21% of 1124 companies
in the Asset Management industry
Industry Median: 0.77 vs SCM: 0.91

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


Stellus Capital Investment Graham Number Historical Data

The historical data trend for Stellus Capital Investment'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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Stellus Capital Investment Graham Number Chart

Stellus Capital Investment Annual Data
Trend Dec14 Dec15 Dec16 Dec17 Dec18 Dec19 Dec20 Dec21 Dec22 Dec23
Graham Number
Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 21.48 18.12 23.78 15.28 15.45

Stellus Capital Investment Quarterly Data
Mar19 Jun19 Sep19 Dec19 Mar20 Jun20 Sep20 Dec20 Mar21 Jun21 Sep21 Dec21 Mar22 Jun22 Sep22 Dec22 Mar23 Jun23 Sep23 Dec23
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 15.28 14.89 15.78 12.18 15.64

Competitive Comparison of Stellus Capital Investment's Graham Number

For the Asset Management subindustry, Stellus Capital Investment'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.


Stellus Capital Investment's Price-to-Graham-Number Distribution in the Asset Management Industry

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

* The bar in red indicates where Stellus Capital Investment's Price-to-Graham-Number falls into.



Stellus Capital Investment Graham Number Calculation

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

Stellus Capital Investment's Graham Number for the fiscal year that ended in Dec. 2023 is calculated as

Graham Number
=sqrt of (22.5* Tangible Book per Share *EPS without NRI)
=sqrt of (22.5*13.261*0.8)
=15.45

Stellus Capital Investment's Graham Number for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 is calculated as

Graham Number
=sqrt of (22.5*Tangible Book per Share*EPS without NRI (TTM))
=sqrt of (22.5*13.261*0.82)
=15.64

* 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.


Stellus Capital Investment  (NYSE:SCM) 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.

Stellus Capital Investment's Price to Graham number Ratio for today is calculated as

Price to Graham number=Share Price (Today)/Graham number (Q: Dec. 2023 )
=14.20/15.64
=0.91

* 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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Stellus Capital Investment (Stellus Capital Investment) Business Description

Traded in Other Exchanges
Address
4400 Post Oak Parkway, Suite 2200, Houston, TX, USA, 77027
Stellus Capital Investment Corp is a closed-end, non-diversified management investment company. Its objective is to maximize the total return to its stockholders in the form of current income and capital appreciation. It invests through a first lien, second lien, unitranche, and mezzanine debt financing, often with a corresponding equity investment. The company invests in various sectors, such as business services, energy, general industrial, government services, healthcare, software, and specialty finance. Business activity of the firm is functioned through the United States and it generates revenue in the form of interest income on debt investments and capital gains and distributions.
Executives
Bruce R Bilger director C/O STELLUS CAPITAL, 10000 MEMORIAL DRIVE, SUITE 500, HOUSTON TX 77024
Robert T. Ladd director, officer: President and CEO STELLUS CAPITAL, 10000 MEMORIAL DRIVE STE 500, HOUSTON TX 77024
Dean D'angelo director STELLUS CAPITAL, 10000 MEMORIAL DRIVE STE 500, HOUSTON TX 77024
J Tim Arnoult director 100 NORTH TRYON STREET, NC1-007-52-10, CHARLOTTE NC 28255
Joshua T. Davis director STELLUS CAPITAL, 10000 MEMORIAL DRIVE STE 500, HOUSTON TX 77024
W. Todd Huskinson officer: CFO & Chief Compliance Officer STELLUS CAPITAL, 10000 MEMORIAL DRIVE STE 500, HOUSTON TX 77024
Robert Ladd director, officer: President and CEO C/O LADDCAP VALUE ADVISORS LLC, 650 FIFTH AVENUE, SUITE 600, NEW YORK NY 10019
Paul Keglevic director STELLUS CAPITAL, 10000 MEMORIAL DRIVE STE 500, HOUSTON TX 77024
Dc Funding Spv 2, L.l.c. 10 percent owner, other: See Footnotes 1 and 2 1166 AVENUE OF THE AMERICAS, NINTH FLOOR, NEW YORK NY 10036
D. E. Shaw & Co, L.p. 10 percent owner, other: See Footnotes 1 and 2 1166 AVENUE OF THE AMERICAS, NINTH FLOOR, NEW YORK NY 10036
David E Shaw 10 percent owner, other: See Footnotes 1 and 2 120 WEST FORTY-FIFTH STREET, 39TH FLOOR, NEW YORK NY 10036
D. E. Shaw Direct Capital, L.l.c. 10 percent owner, other: See Footnotes 1 and 2 1166 AVENUE OF THE AMERICAS, NINTH FLOOR, NEW YORK NY 10036
William C Repko director STELLUS CAPITAL, 10000 MEMORIAL DRIVE STE 500, HOUSTON TX 77024

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