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GABELLI CONVERTIBLE &OME SECURITIES FUND (GABELLI CONVERTIBLE &OME SECURITIES FUND) Graham Number : $N/A (As of Dec. 2022)


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What is GABELLI CONVERTIBLE &OME SECURITIES FUND 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 (2024-06-08), the stock price of GABELLI CONVERTIBLE &OME SECURITIES FUND is $3.67. GABELLI CONVERTIBLE &OME SECURITIES FUND's graham number for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2022 was $N/A. Therefore, GABELLI CONVERTIBLE &OME SECURITIES FUND's Price to Graham Number ratio for today is N/A.

The historical rank and industry rank for GABELLI CONVERTIBLE &OME SECURITIES FUND's Graham Number or its related term are showing as below:

During the past 7 years, the highest Price to Graham Number ratio of GABELLI CONVERTIBLE &OME SECURITIES FUND was 2.33. The lowest was 0.41. And the median was 0.57.

GCV's Price-to-Graham-Number is not ranked *
in the Asset Management industry.
Industry Median: 0.76
* 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.


GABELLI CONVERTIBLE &OME SECURITIES FUND Graham Number Historical Data

The historical data trend for GABELLI CONVERTIBLE &OME SECURITIES FUND'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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GABELLI CONVERTIBLE &OME SECURITIES FUND Graham Number Chart

GABELLI CONVERTIBLE &OME SECURITIES FUND Annual Data
Trend Dec17 Dec18 Dec19 Dec20 Dec21 Dec22 Sep23
Graham Number
Get a 7-Day Free Trial 13.37 15.40 4.13 - 1.61

GABELLI CONVERTIBLE &OME SECURITIES FUND Semi-Annual Data
Dec17 Jun18 Dec18 Jun19 Dec19 Jun20 Dec20 Jun21 Dec21 Jun22 Dec22 Sep23
Graham Number Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 17.29 4.13 - - -

Competitive Comparison of GABELLI CONVERTIBLE &OME SECURITIES FUND's Graham Number

For the Asset Management subindustry, GABELLI CONVERTIBLE &OME SECURITIES FUND'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.


GABELLI CONVERTIBLE &OME SECURITIES FUND's Price-to-Graham-Number Distribution in the Asset Management Industry

For the Asset Management industry and Financial Services sector, GABELLI CONVERTIBLE &OME SECURITIES FUND's Price-to-Graham-Number distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where GABELLI CONVERTIBLE &OME SECURITIES FUND's Price-to-Graham-Number falls into.



GABELLI CONVERTIBLE &OME SECURITIES FUND Graham Number Calculation

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

GABELLI CONVERTIBLE &OME SECURITIES FUND's Graham Number for the fiscal year that ended in Sep. 2023 is calculated as

Graham Number
=sqrt of (22.5* Tangible Book per Share *EPS without NRI)
=sqrt of (22.5*3.845*0.03)
=1.61

GABELLI CONVERTIBLE &OME SECURITIES FUND's Graham Number for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2022 is calculated as

Graham Number
=sqrt of (22.5*Tangible Book per Share*EPS without NRI (TTM))
=sqrt of (22.5*4.181*-1.67)
=N/A

* 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.


GABELLI CONVERTIBLE &OME SECURITIES FUND  (NYSE:GCV) 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.

GABELLI CONVERTIBLE &OME SECURITIES FUND's Price to Graham number Ratio for today is calculated as

Price to Graham number=Share Price (Today)/Graham number (Q: Dec. 2022 )
=3.67/N/A
=N/A

* 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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GABELLI CONVERTIBLE &OME SECURITIES FUND (GABELLI CONVERTIBLE &OME SECURITIES FUND) Business Description

Traded in Other Exchanges
N/A
Address
One Corporate Center, Rye, NY, USA, 10580-1422
GABELLI CONVERTIBLE & INCOME SECURITIES FUND INC is a diversified closed-end management investment company. Its investment objective is to seek a high level of total return through a combination of current income and capital appreciation by investing in convertible securities. The company invests in various portfolios such as Health Care, Financial Services, Energy and Utilities, Telecommunications, Food and Beverage, Aerospace and Automotive and others. All the operation of the group is operated through the regions of United States.
Executives
Mario J Gabelli director, 10 percent owner, officer: Chairman 191 MASON STREET, GREENWICH CT 06830
John Birch director C/O GAMCO INVESTORS, INC., ONE CORPORATE CENTER, RYE NY 10580
Peter D. Goldstein officer: Secretary 249 ROYAL PALM WAY, SUITE 503, PALM BEACH FL 33480
Werner J Roeder director ONE CORPORATE CENTER, RYE NY 10580
Daniel Diss Harding director C/O DINSMORE CAPITAL MANAGEMENT CO., 65 MADISON AVENUE, MORRISTOWN NJ 07960
Anthony S. Colavita director C/O GAMCO INVESTORS, INC., ONE CORPORATE CENTER, RYE NY 10580
Michael J Melarkey director ONE CORPORATE CENTER, RYE NY 10580
Dugald A Fletcher director 111 WEST 57TH STREET, SUITE 1100, NEW YORK NY 10019
John Chester Ball officer: Treasurer 800 CONNECTICUT AVENUE, NORWALK CT 06854
Leslie Fahrenkopf Foley director C/O GAMCO INVESTORS, INC., ONE CORPORATE CENTER, RYE NY 10580
Kuni Nakamura director 1 MARTIN BUTLER COURT, RYE NY 10580
Vincent D Enright director ONE CORPORATE CENTER, RYE NY 10580
Thomas H Dinsmore director C/O DINSMORE CAPITAL MANAGEMENT, 65 MADISON AVE, MORRISTOWN NJ 07960
Joseph H Egan officer: Acting Treasurer ONE CORPORATE CENTER, RYE NY 10580
Salvatore J Zizza director 810 SEVENTH AVE, 27TH FLOOR, NEW YORK NY 10019

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