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Oxford Square Capital (Oxford Square Capital) Graham Number : $3.63 (As of Dec. 2023)


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What is Oxford Square Capital 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 (2024-04-25), the stock price of Oxford Square Capital is $3.20. Oxford Square Capital's graham number for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was $3.63. Therefore, Oxford Square Capital's Price to Graham Number ratio for today is 0.88.

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

OXSQ' s Price-to-Graham-Number Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 0.37   Med: 0.48   Max: 1.51
Current: 0.88

During the past 13 years, the highest Price to Graham Number ratio of Oxford Square Capital was 1.51. The lowest was 0.37. And the median was 0.48.

OXSQ's Price-to-Graham-Number is ranked worse than
56.23% of 1124 companies
in the Asset Management industry
Industry Median: 0.77 vs OXSQ: 0.88

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


Oxford Square Capital Graham Number Historical Data

The historical data trend for Oxford Square Capital'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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Oxford Square Capital Graham Number Chart

Oxford Square Capital 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 - 2.02 9.41 - 4.29

Oxford Square Capital 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 - - - - 3.63

Competitive Comparison of Oxford Square Capital's Graham Number

For the Asset Management subindustry, Oxford Square Capital'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.


Oxford Square Capital's Price-to-Graham-Number Distribution in the Asset Management Industry

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

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



Oxford Square Capital Graham Number Calculation

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

Oxford Square Capital'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*2.552*0.32)
=4.29

Oxford Square Capital'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*2.552*0.23)
=3.63

* 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.


Oxford Square Capital  (NAS:OXSQ) 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.

Oxford Square Capital's Price to Graham number Ratio for today is calculated as

Price to Graham number=Share Price (Today)/Graham number (Q: Dec. 2023 )
=3.20/3.63
=0.88

* 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.


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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Oxford Square Capital (Oxford Square Capital) Business Description

Traded in Other Exchanges
Address
8 Sound Shore Drive, Suite 255, Greenwich, CT, USA, 06830
Oxford Square Capital Corp is a closed-end, non-diversified management investment company with a focus is to seek an attractive risk-adjusted total return by investing in corporate debt securities and collateralized loan obligation (CLO) structured finance investments that own corporate debt securities. its capital is generally used by its corporate borrowers to finance organic growth, acquisitions, recapitalizations, and working capital. The group invests in various industries such as Structured Finance, IT Consulting, Business Services, Utilities, Software, Healthcare, Telecommunication Services, Plastics Manufacturing, and Diversified Insurance.
Executives
Saul B Rosenthal officer: COO, Secretary and Treasurer 8 SOUND SHORE DR STE 215, GREENWICH CT 06830
Jonathan H Cohen director, officer: CEO, President and Director 8 SOUND SHORE DR STE 215, GREENWICH CT 06830
Barry Osherow director 8 SOUND SHORE DRIVE, SUITE 255, GREENWICH CT 06830
Steven P Novak director 3031 TISCH WAY, STE 900, SAN JOSE CA 95128
George Iii Stelljes director C/O GLADSTONE CAPITAL CORP, 1521 WESTBRANCH DRIVE SUITE 200, MCLEAN VA 22102
Richard W Neu director 1100 WILSON BOULEVARD, SUITE 3000, ARLINGTON VA 22209
Bruce L. Rubin officer: CFO, CAO, SEC, TREAS TICC CAPITAL CORP., 8 SOUND SHORE DRIVE, SUITE 255, GREENWICH CT 06830
Gerald Cummins officer: Chief Compliance Officer C/O OXFORD LANE CAPITAL CORP., 8 SOUND SHORE DRIVE, SUITE 255, GREENWICH CT 06830
Patrick Conroy officer: Chief Financial Officer 8 SOUND SHORE DRIVE STE 215, GREENWICH CT 06830
Tonia L Pankopf director 8 SOUND SHORE DR STE 215, GREENWICH CT 06830
Charles M Royce director C/O ROYCE & ASSOCIATES, LLC, 745 FIFTH AVENUE, NEW YORK NY 10151
G Peter Obrien director C/O ROYCE & ASSOCIATES, LLC, 745 FIFTH AVENUE, NEW YORK NY 10151
Lee D Stern officer: Executive Vice President C/O AECOM TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION, 555 S. FLOWER STREET, SUITE 3700, LOS ANGELES CA 90071

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