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Svenska Handelsbanken AB (Svenska Handelsbanken AB) Graham Number

: $8.48 (As of Dec. 2023)
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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 (2024-04-19), the stock price of Svenska Handelsbanken AB is $4.90. Svenska Handelsbanken AB's graham number for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was $8.48. Therefore, Svenska Handelsbanken AB's Price to Graham Number ratio for today is 0.58.

The historical rank and industry rank for Svenska Handelsbanken AB's Graham Number or its related term are showing as below:

SVNLY' s Price-to-Graham-Number Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 0.6   Med: 0.81   Max: 1.12
Current: 0.61

During the past 13 years, the highest Price to Graham Number ratio of Svenska Handelsbanken AB was 1.12. The lowest was 0.60. And the median was 0.81.

SVNLY's Price-to-Graham-Number is ranked better than
50.65% of 1378 companies
in the Banks industry
Industry Median: 0.61 vs SVNLY: 0.61

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


Svenska Handelsbanken AB Graham Number Historical Data

The historical data trend for Svenska Handelsbanken AB'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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Svenska Handelsbanken AB Annual Data
Trend Dec14 Dec15 Dec16 Dec17 Dec18 Dec19 Dec20 Dec21 Dec22 Dec23
Graham Number
Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 6.53 7.20 7.48 7.13 8.62

Svenska Handelsbanken AB Quarterly Data
Mar19 Jun19 Sep19 Dec19 Mar20 Jun20 Sep20 Dec20 Mar21 Jun21 Sep21 Dec21 Mar22 Jun22 Sep22 Dec22 Mar23 Jun23 Sep23 Dec23
Graham Number 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 Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 7.01 7.07 7.70 8.01 8.48

Competitive Comparison

For the Banks - Diversified subindustry, Svenska Handelsbanken AB'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.


Svenska Handelsbanken AB Price-to-Graham-Number Distribution

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

* The bar in red indicates where Svenska Handelsbanken AB's Price-to-Graham-Number falls into.



Svenska Handelsbanken AB Graham Number Calculation

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

Svenska Handelsbanken AB'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*4.838*0.683)
=8.62

Svenska Handelsbanken AB'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*4.838*0.661)
=8.48

* 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.


Svenska Handelsbanken AB  (OTCPK:SVNLY) 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.

Svenska Handelsbanken AB's Price to Graham number Ratio for today is calculated as

Price to Graham number=Share Price (Today)/Graham number (Q: Dec. 2023 )
=4.90/8.48
=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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Svenska Handelsbanken AB (Svenska Handelsbanken AB) Business Description

Address
Kungstradgardsgatan 2, Stockholm, SWE, SE-106 70
Handelsbanken is one of the largest Swedish banks with significant exposure to the Swedish mortgage market; about 44% of total loans are tied to the Swedish real estate market. Outside of Sweden, the bank operates primarily in the U.K. and Netherlands. Handelsbanken generates about three fourths of its income through its interest spread-based business, including mortgages, household loans, and corporate loans to large and small enterprises. The bank increasingly offers asset-management, mutual fund and private banking services to its clients.

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