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WSFS Financial (WSFS Financial) Graham Number : $49.64 (As of Dec. 2023)


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What is WSFS Financial 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 WSFS Financial is $43.93. WSFS Financial's graham number for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was $49.64. Therefore, WSFS Financial's Price to Graham Number ratio for today is 0.88.

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

WSFS' s Price-to-Graham-Number Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 0.89   Med: 1.18   Max: 1.82
Current: 0.89

During the past 13 years, the highest Price to Graham Number ratio of WSFS Financial was 1.82. The lowest was 0.89. And the median was 1.18.

WSFS's Price-to-Graham-Number is ranked worse than
77.71% of 1373 companies
in the Banks industry
Industry Median: 0.63 vs WSFS: 0.89

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


WSFS Financial Graham Number Historical Data

The historical data trend for WSFS Financial'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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WSFS Financial Graham Number Chart

WSFS Financial 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 45.73 33.33 34.41 40.43 49.91

WSFS Financial 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 40.62 46.49 47.51 46.52 49.64

Competitive Comparison of WSFS Financial's Graham Number

For the Banks - Regional subindustry, WSFS Financial'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.


WSFS Financial's Price-to-Graham-Number Distribution in the Banks Industry

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

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



WSFS Financial Graham Number Calculation

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

WSFS Financial'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*24.333*4.55)
=49.91

WSFS Financial'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*24.333*4.501)
=49.64

* 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.


WSFS Financial  (NAS:WSFS) 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.

WSFS Financial's Price to Graham number Ratio for today is calculated as

Price to Graham number=Share Price (Today)/Graham number (Q: Dec. 2023 )
=43.93/49.64
=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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WSFS Financial (WSFS Financial) Business Description

Traded in Other Exchanges
Address
500 Delaware Avenue, Wilmington, DE, USA, 19801
WSFS Financial Corp is a savings and loan holding company. The company operates in three segments: WSFS Bank provides loans and leases and other financial products to commercial and consumer customers. Cash Connect segment provides ATM vault cash, smart safe, and other cash logistics services; and Wealth Management provides a broad array of planning and advisor services, investment management, personal and institutional trust services, and credit and deposit products to individuals, corporate, and institutional clients.
Executives
Patrick Joseph Ward officer: Executive Vice President C/O WSFS FINANCIAL CORPORATION, 500 DELAWARE AVENUE, WILMINGTON DE 19801
Michael J Donahue director
Christine Elizabeth Davis officer: EVP, Chief Risk Officer WSFS BANK CENTER, 500 DELAWARE AVENUE, WILMINGTON DE 19801
Shari Kruzinski officer: EVP, Chief Customer Officer WSFS BANK CENTER, 500 DELAWARE AVENUE, WILMINGTON DE 19801
Rodger Levenson officer: Executive Vice President C/O WSFS FINANCIAL CORPORATION, 500 DELAWARE AVENUE, WILMINGTON DE 19801
Francis J Leto director 501 WILLIAMSON RD, GLADWYNE PA 19035
Richard Wright officer: Executive Vice President
Nancy J Foster director C/O CIT GROUP, 505 FIFTH AVENUE, NEW YORK NY 10017
Lynn Mckee director
Diego F. Calderin director 971 FREDERICK DRIVE, WEST CHESTER PA 19380
Peggy H Eddens officer: Executive Vice President C/O WSFS FINANCIAL CORPORATION, 500 DELAWARE AVENUE, WILMINGTON DE 19801
Stephen P Clark officer: EVP C/O WSFS FINANCIAL CORPORATION, 500 DELAWARE AVENUE, WILMINGTON DE 19801
Mark A Turner director C/O WSFS FINANCIAL CORP, 500 DELAWARE AVENUE, WILMINGTON DE 19801
Paul S Greenplate officer: EVP C/O WSFS FINANCIAL CORPORATION, 500 DELAWARE AVENUE, WILMINGTON DE 19801
Michael Conklin officer: EVP, Chief Human Resources Off 500 DELAWARE AVENUE, WSFS FINANCIAL CORPORATION & BANK CENTER, WILMINGTON DE 19801