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BCTF (Bancorp 34) Graham Number : $3.52 (As of Sep. 2024)


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What is Bancorp 34 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 (2024-12-14), the stock price of Bancorp 34 is $12.20. Bancorp 34's graham number for the quarter that ended in Sep. 2024 was $3.52. Therefore, Bancorp 34's Price to Graham Number ratio for today is 3.47.

The historical rank and industry rank for Bancorp 34's Graham Number or its related term are showing as below:

BCTF' s Price-to-Graham-Number Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 0.54   Med: 1.18   Max: 17.87
Current: 3.47

During the past 13 years, the highest Price to Graham Number ratio of Bancorp 34 was 17.87. The lowest was 0.54. And the median was 1.18.

BCTF's Price-to-Graham-Number is ranked worse than
98.66% of 1419 companies
in the Banks industry
Industry Median: 0.7 vs BCTF: 3.47

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


Bancorp 34 Graham Number Historical Data

The historical data trend for Bancorp 34'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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Bancorp 34 Graham Number Chart

Bancorp 34 Annual Data
Trend Jun14 Dec15 Dec16 Dec17 Dec18 Dec19 Dec20 Dec21 Dec22 Dec23
Graham Number
Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 13.85 14.67 21.26 14.43 -

Bancorp 34 Quarterly Data
Sep18 Dec18 Mar19 Jun19 Sep19 Dec19 Mar20 Jun20 Sep20 Dec20 Dec21 Sep22 Dec22 Mar23 Jun23 Sep23 Dec23 Mar24 Jun24 Sep24
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 - 0.54 - - 3.52

Competitive Comparison of Bancorp 34's Graham Number

For the Banks - Regional subindustry, Bancorp 34'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.


Bancorp 34's Price-to-Graham-Number Distribution in the Banks Industry

For the Banks industry and Financial Services sector, Bancorp 34's Price-to-Graham-Number distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Bancorp 34's Price-to-Graham-Number falls into.



Bancorp 34 Graham Number Calculation

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

Bancorp 34'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*12.936*-0.171)
=N/A

Bancorp 34's Graham Number for the quarter that ended in Sep. 2024 is calculated as

Graham Number
=sqrt of (22.5*Tangible Book per Share*EPS without NRI (TTM))
=sqrt of (22.5*11.962*0.046)
=3.52

* 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.


Bancorp 34  (OTCPK:BCTF) 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.

Bancorp 34's Price to Graham number Ratio for today is calculated as

Price to Graham number=Share Price (Today)/Graham number (Q: Sep. 2024 )
=12.20/3.52
=3.47

* 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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Bancorp 34 Business Description

Traded in Other Exchanges
N/A
Address
8777 E. Hartford Dive, Suite 100, Scottsdale, AZ, USA, 85255
Bancorp 34 Inc provides a variety of banking services to individuals and businesses through its branches. Its products and services are demand deposits, certificates of deposits, savings and money market accounts, commercial loans, real estate mortgage loans and credit and merchant cards and e-banking. The bank operates banking centers in Alamogordo, Las Cruces, New Mexico, Scottsdale, Arizona, and Peoria.
Executives
James Crotty officer: Co-President and CEO 500 EAST 10TH STREET, SUITE 100, ALAMOGORDO NM 88310
Elaine E. Ralls director 500 EAST 10TH STREET, ALAMOGORDO NM 88310
Van Winkle Don P. director 500 EAST 10TH STREET, ALAMOGORDO NM 88310
Wortham A. Cook director 500 EAST 10TH STREET, ALAMOGORDO NM 88310
James D. Harris director 500 EAST 10TH STREET, ALAMOGORDO NM 88310
Randal L. Rabon director 500 EAST 10TH STREET, ALAMOGORDO NM 88310
William P. Kauper officer: President/Dir Corp Development 500 EAST 10TH STREET, ALAMOGORDO NM 88310
Jan R Thiry officer: President and CEO 500 EAST 10TH STREET, ALAMOGORDO NM 88310
Jill Gutierrez director, officer: CEO 500 EAST 10TH STREET, ALAMOGORDO NM 88310
William F. Burt director 500 EAST 10TH STREET, ALAMOGORDO NM 88310