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Morgan Stanley Emerg Mkts Debt Fd (Morgan Stanley Emerg Mkts Debt Fd) Graham Number : $12.10 (As of Dec. 2023)


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What is Morgan Stanley Emerg Mkts Debt Fd 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 (2024-04-29), the stock price of Morgan Stanley Emerg Mkts Debt Fd is $7.00. Morgan Stanley Emerg Mkts Debt Fd's graham number for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was $12.10. Therefore, Morgan Stanley Emerg Mkts Debt Fd's Price to Graham Number ratio for today is 0.58.

The historical rank and industry rank for Morgan Stanley Emerg Mkts Debt Fd's Graham Number or its related term are showing as below:

MSD' s Price-to-Graham-Number Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 0.54   Med: 0.6   Max: 0.89
Current: 0.58

During the past 7 years, the highest Price to Graham Number ratio of Morgan Stanley Emerg Mkts Debt Fd was 0.89. The lowest was 0.54. And the median was 0.60.

MSD's Price-to-Graham-Number is ranked better than
74.09% of 1123 companies
in the Asset Management industry
Industry Median: 0.77 vs MSD: 0.58

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


Morgan Stanley Emerg Mkts Debt Fd Graham Number Historical Data

The historical data trend for Morgan Stanley Emerg Mkts Debt Fd'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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Morgan Stanley Emerg Mkts Debt Fd Graham Number Chart

Morgan Stanley Emerg Mkts Debt Fd Annual Data
Trend Dec17 Dec18 Dec19 Dec20 Dec21 Dec22 Dec23
Graham Number
Get a 7-Day Free Trial 17.84 10.46 - - 12.10

Morgan Stanley Emerg Mkts Debt Fd Semi-Annual Data
Dec17 Jun18 Dec18 Jun19 Dec19 Jun20 Dec20 Jun21 Dec21 Jun22 Dec22 Jun23 Dec23
Graham Number Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only - - - 10.09 12.10

Competitive Comparison of Morgan Stanley Emerg Mkts Debt Fd's Graham Number

For the Asset Management subindustry, Morgan Stanley Emerg Mkts Debt Fd'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.


Morgan Stanley Emerg Mkts Debt Fd's Price-to-Graham-Number Distribution in the Asset Management Industry

For the Asset Management industry and Financial Services sector, Morgan Stanley Emerg Mkts Debt Fd's Price-to-Graham-Number distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Morgan Stanley Emerg Mkts Debt Fd's Price-to-Graham-Number falls into.



Morgan Stanley Emerg Mkts Debt Fd Graham Number Calculation

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

Morgan Stanley Emerg Mkts Debt Fd'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*7.657*0.85)
=12.10

Morgan Stanley Emerg Mkts Debt Fd'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*7.657*0.85)
=12.10

* 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.


Morgan Stanley Emerg Mkts Debt Fd  (NYSE:MSD) 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.

Morgan Stanley Emerg Mkts Debt Fd's Price to Graham number Ratio for today is calculated as

Price to Graham number=Share Price (Today)/Graham number (Q: Dec. 2023 )
=7.00/12.10
=0.58

* 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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Morgan Stanley Emerg Mkts Debt Fd (Morgan Stanley Emerg Mkts Debt Fd) Business Description

Traded in Other Exchanges
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Address
522 Fifth Avenue, New York, NY, USA, 10036
Morgan Stanley Emerg Mkts Debt Fd Inc is a diversified, closed-end management investment company. The Fund's primary investment objective is to produce high current income and as a secondary objective to seek capital appreciation, through investments mainly in debt securities of government and government-related issuers located in emerging countries, of entities organized to restructure the outstanding debt of such issuers and debt securities of corporate issuers in or organized under the laws of emerging countries.
Executives
Michael J Key officer: Vice President 1633 BROADWAY, 29TH FLOOR, NEW YORK NY 10019
Kyle Lee officer: Portfolio Manager 1633 BROADWAY, 19TH FLOOR, NEW YORK NY 10019
Federico C Sequeda officer: Portfolio Manager TWO INTERNATIONAL PLACE, BOSTON MA 02110
Ali Akbar Causer officer: Portfolio Manager TWO INTERNATIONAL PLACE, BOSTON MA 02110
Eddie Arthur Grier other: Advisory Board Member 11700 PLAZA AMERICA DRIVE, SUITE 500, RESTON VA 20190
Frances Cashman other: Advisory Board Member MORGAN STANLEY INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT, 1633 BROADWAY 29TH FLOOR, NEW YORK NY 10019
Deidre Downes officer: Chief Compliance Officer 1633 BROADWAY, 29TH FLOOR, NEW YORK NY 10019
Patricia A Maleski director C/O J P MORGAN INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT INC, 522 FIFTH AVENUE, NEW YORK NY 10036
Timothy J Knierim officer: CCO 100 MULBERRY STREET, NEWARK NJ 07102
Sahil Tandon officer: Portfolio Manager 522 5TH AVE, NEW YORK NY 10036
Jakki L. Haussler director 221 EAST FOURTH STREET, CINCINNATI OH 45202
Nancy Everett director 1812 PARK AVE, RICHMOND VA 23220
Nystedt Bo Jens Andreas other: Portfolio Manager 522 5TH AVENUE, NEW YORK NY 10036
Warren John Mar other: Portfolio Manager 522 5TH AVENUE, NEW YORK NY 10036
Joseph C Benedetti officer: Vice President C/O INVESCO, 225 LIBERTY STREET, NEW YORK NY 10281

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