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Malvern Bancorp (Malvern Bancorp) Graham Number : $19.88 (As of Mar. 2023)


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What is Malvern Bancorp 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 Malvern Bancorp is $16.97. Malvern Bancorp's graham number for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2023 was $19.88. Therefore, Malvern Bancorp's Price to Graham Number ratio for today is 0.85.

The historical rank and industry rank for Malvern Bancorp's Graham Number or its related term are showing as below:

MLVF' s Price-to-Graham-Number Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 0.58   Med: 0.97   Max: 3.78
Current: 0.85

During the past 13 years, the highest Price to Graham Number ratio of Malvern Bancorp was 3.78. The lowest was 0.58. And the median was 0.97.

MLVF's Price-to-Graham-Number is not ranked
in the Banks industry.
Industry Median: 0.625 vs MLVF: 0.85

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


Malvern Bancorp Graham Number Historical Data

The historical data trend for Malvern Bancorp'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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Malvern Bancorp Graham Number Chart

Malvern Bancorp Annual Data
Trend Sep13 Sep14 Sep15 Sep16 Sep17 Sep18 Sep19 Sep20 Sep21 Sep22
Graham Number
Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 20.69 22.44 5.77 - 19.93

Malvern Bancorp Quarterly Data
Jun18 Sep18 Dec18 Mar19 Jun19 Sep19 Dec19 Mar20 Jun20 Sep20 Dec20 Mar21 Jun21 Sep21 Dec21 Mar22 Jun22 Sep22 Dec22 Mar23
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 - - 19.93 19.86 19.88

Competitive Comparison of Malvern Bancorp's Graham Number

For the Banks - Regional subindustry, Malvern Bancorp'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.


Malvern Bancorp's Price-to-Graham-Number Distribution in the Banks Industry

For the Banks industry and Financial Services sector, Malvern Bancorp's Price-to-Graham-Number distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Malvern Bancorp's Price-to-Graham-Number falls into.



Malvern Bancorp Graham Number Calculation

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

Malvern Bancorp's Graham Number for the fiscal year that ended in Sep. 2022 is calculated as

Graham Number
=sqrt of (22.5* Tangible Book per Share *EPS without NRI)
=sqrt of (22.5*19.184*0.92)
=19.93

Malvern Bancorp's Graham Number for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2023 is calculated as

Graham Number
=sqrt of (22.5*Tangible Book per Share*EPS without NRI (TTM))
=sqrt of (22.5*19.299*0.91)
=19.88

* 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.


Malvern Bancorp  (NAS:MLVF) 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.

Malvern Bancorp's Price to Graham number Ratio for today is calculated as

Price to Graham number=Share Price (Today)/Graham number (Q: Mar. 2023 )
=16.97/19.88
=0.85

* 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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Malvern Bancorp (Malvern Bancorp) Business Description

Traded in Other Exchanges
N/A
Address
42 East Lancaster Avenue, Paoli, PA, USA, 19301
Malvern Bancorp Inc operates several financial centers as well as an online banking site. The company provides checking and savings accounts, and in turn issues loans for commercial and residential real estate projects. Malvern's customer base consists of individual clients along with small and mid-sized businesses in the area.
Executives
Stephen P Scartozzi director MALVERN BANCORP, INC., 42 EAST LANCASTER AVENUE, PAOLI PA 19301
Cynthia F Leitzell director 42 E. LANCASTER AVE, PAOLI PA 19031
Norman Feinstein director 2901 BUTTERFIELD ROAD, OAK BROOK IL 60523
Andrew D. Fish director 93 WORTH STREET, SUITE 1005, NEW YORK PA 10013
Julia D Corelli director 42 E. LANCASTER AVE, PAOLI PA 19031
Howard Kent director 42 E. LANCASTER AVE, PAOLI PA 19031
James W Barrett director 42 E. LANCASTER AVE, PAOLI PA 19301
Anthony Weagley director, officer: President & CEO C/O CENTER BANCORP INC, 2455 MORRIS AVENUE, UNION NJ 07083
William Iii Woolworth officer: SVP & CRO 42 E. LANCASTER AVENUE, PAOLI PA 19301
William J Boylan officer: EVP & Chief Lending Officer 58 RIDGE DRIVE, MONTVILLE NJ 07045
Therese Woodman director MALVERN FEDERAL BANCORP INC., 42 EAST LANCASTER AVENUE, PAOLI PA 19301
Joseph D Gangemi officer: SVP & CFO 326 SEQUOIA COURT, HOWELL NJ 07731
George E Steinmetz director MALVERN FEDERAL BANCORP INC, 42 EAST LANCASTER AVENUE, PAOLI PA 19301
Mary Orlando officer: SZP & COO 42 E LANCASTER AVENUE, PAOLI PA 19301-1455
Justin Power officer: SZP & CLO 42 E LANCASTER AVENUE, PAOLI PA 19301-1455

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