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Fortress Investment Group LLC (Fortress Investment Group LLC) Graham Number : $5.33 (As of Sep. 2017)


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What is Fortress Investment Group LLC 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 (2024-04-26), the stock price of Fortress Investment Group LLC is $7.85. Fortress Investment Group LLC's graham number for the quarter that ended in Sep. 2017 was $5.33. Therefore, Fortress Investment Group LLC's Price to Graham Number ratio for today is 1.47.

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

FIG's Price-to-Graham-Number is not ranked *
in the Asset Management industry.
Industry Median: 0.77
* 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.


Fortress Investment Group LLC Graham Number Historical Data

The historical data trend for Fortress Investment Group LLC'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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Fortress Investment Group LLC Graham Number Chart

Fortress Investment Group LLC Annual Data
Trend Dec07 Dec08 Dec09 Dec10 Dec11 Dec12 Dec13 Dec14 Dec15 Dec16
Graham Number
Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 2.85 5.47 5.34 3.04 3.53

Fortress Investment Group LLC Quarterly Data
Dec12 Mar13 Jun13 Sep13 Dec13 Mar14 Jun14 Sep14 Dec14 Mar15 Jun15 Sep15 Dec15 Mar16 Jun16 Sep16 Dec16 Mar17 Jun17 Sep17
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 2.57 3.24 4.09 4.76 5.33

Competitive Comparison of Fortress Investment Group LLC's Graham Number

For the Asset Management subindustry, Fortress Investment Group LLC'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.


Fortress Investment Group LLC's Price-to-Graham-Number Distribution in the Asset Management Industry

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

* The bar in red indicates where Fortress Investment Group LLC's Price-to-Graham-Number falls into.



Fortress Investment Group LLC Graham Number Calculation

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

Fortress Investment Group LLC's Graham Number for the fiscal year that ended in Dec. 2016 is calculated as

Graham Number
=sqrt of (22.5* Tangible Book per Share *EPS without NRI)
=sqrt of (22.5*1.454*0.38)
=3.53

Fortress Investment Group LLC's Graham Number for the quarter that ended in Sep. 2017 is calculated as

Graham Number
=sqrt of (22.5*Tangible Book per Share*EPS without NRI (TTM))
=sqrt of (22.5*1.64*0.77)
=5.33

* 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.


Fortress Investment Group LLC  (NYSE:FIG) 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.

Fortress Investment Group LLC's Price to Graham number Ratio for today is calculated as

Price to Graham number=Share Price (Today)/Graham number (Q: Sep. 2017 )
=7.85/5.33
=1.47

* 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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Fortress Investment Group LLC (Fortress Investment Group LLC) Business Description

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Fortress Investment Group LLC is a diversified global investment management company. It operates as an alternative asset manager, which raises, invests and manages private equity funds and hedge funds. The firm's private equity funds are focused on control-oriented investments, real estate properties, and debt securities. Fortress' hedge fund offerings are composed of liquid hedge funds, which invest in more liquid capital markets, as well as credit-driven private equity and hedge funds, which focus on distressed and undervalued assets. Most of the revenue for the firm is derived from management fees, incentive income based on the performance of the funds and investment income from investments in funds.
Executives
Wesley R Edens director, 10 percent owner, officer: Principal 1345 AVENUE OF THE AMERICAS, 45TH FLOOR, NEW YORK NY 10105
Randal A Nardone director, 10 percent owner, officer: Principal and CEO 1345 AVENUE OF THE AMERICAS, 46TH FLOOR, NEW YORK NY 10105
Briger Peter L Jr director, 10 percent owner, officer: Principal 1345 AVENUE OF THE AMERICAS, 46TH FLOOR, NEW YORK NY 10105
Douglas L Jacobs director FLEETBOSTON FINANCIAL CORP, 100 FEDERAL STREET, BOSTON MA 02110
Daniel Bass officer: Chief Financial Officer 1345 AVENUE OF THE AMERICAS, 46TH FLOOR, NEW YORK NY 10105
Richard N Haass director
Robert I Kauffman director, 10 percent owner, officer: President-Europe and Director C/O FIG LLC 1345 AVENUE OF THE AMERICAS, NEW YORK, NY X1 10105
Daniel H Mudd director, officer: Chief Executive Officer 3900 WISCONSIN AVENUE, NW, WASHINGTON DC 20016
Jonathan Brown officer: Chief Accounting Officer 1345 AVENUE OF THE AMERICAS, NEW YORK NY 10105
Howard Rubin director 8401 N CENTRAL EXPRESSWAY, STE 800, DALLAS TX 75225
Takumi Shibata director NOMURA ASSET MANAGEMENT USA, INC., TWO WORLD FINANCIAL CENTER, BUILDING B, NEW YORK NY 10281

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