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Canadian Western Bank (Canadian Western Bank) Graham Number : $39.75 (As of Jan. 2024)


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What is Canadian Western Bank 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 (2024-04-29), the stock price of Canadian Western Bank is $19.37. Canadian Western Bank's graham number for the quarter that ended in Jan. 2024 was $39.75. Therefore, Canadian Western Bank's Price to Graham Number ratio for today is 0.49.

The historical rank and industry rank for Canadian Western Bank's Graham Number or its related term are showing as below:

CBWBF' s Price-to-Graham-Number Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 0.46   Med: 0.72   Max: 1.28
Current: 0.5

During the past 13 years, the highest Price to Graham Number ratio of Canadian Western Bank was 1.28. The lowest was 0.46. And the median was 0.72.

CBWBF's Price-to-Graham-Number is ranked better than
69.65% of 1374 companies
in the Banks industry
Industry Median: 0.63 vs CBWBF: 0.50

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


Canadian Western Bank Graham Number Historical Data

The historical data trend for Canadian Western Bank'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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Canadian Western Bank Graham Number Chart

Canadian Western Bank Annual Data
Trend Oct14 Oct15 Oct16 Oct17 Oct18 Oct19 Oct20 Oct21 Oct22 Oct23
Graham Number
Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 31.59 38.14 42.54 37.92 38.85

Canadian Western Bank Quarterly Data
Apr19 Jul19 Oct19 Jan20 Apr20 Jul20 Oct20 Jan21 Apr21 Jul21 Oct21 Jan22 Apr22 Jul22 Oct22 Jan23 Apr23 Jul23 Oct23 Jan24
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 39.69 39.09 39.32 39.22 39.75

Competitive Comparison of Canadian Western Bank's Graham Number

For the Banks - Regional subindustry, Canadian Western Bank'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.


Canadian Western Bank's Price-to-Graham-Number Distribution in the Banks Industry

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

* The bar in red indicates where Canadian Western Bank's Price-to-Graham-Number falls into.



Canadian Western Bank Graham Number Calculation

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

Canadian Western Bank's Graham Number for the fiscal year that ended in Oct. 2023 is calculated as

Graham Number
=sqrt of (22.5* Tangible Book per Share *EPS without NRI)
=sqrt of (22.5*25.688*2.611)
=38.85

Canadian Western Bank's Graham Number for the quarter that ended in Jan. 2024 is calculated as

Graham Number
=sqrt of (22.5*Tangible Book per Share*EPS without NRI (TTM))
=sqrt of (22.5*27.227*2.579)
=39.75

* 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.


Canadian Western Bank  (OTCPK:CBWBF) 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.

Canadian Western Bank's Price to Graham number Ratio for today is calculated as

Price to Graham number=Share Price (Today)/Graham number (Q: Jan. 2024 )
=19.37/39.75
=0.49

* 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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Canadian Western Bank (Canadian Western Bank) Business Description

Address
10303 Jasper Avenue, Suite 3000, Edmonton, AB, CAN, T5J 3X6
Canadian Western Bank is a diversified financial service organization providing banking, trust, and wealth management services. The group operates through a number of subsidiaries providing different areas of financial services. Canadian Western Bank offers business banking services including general commercial banking, equipment financing and leasing, real estate financing, and other services for small- and medium-sized companies, as well as personal banking services including chequing and savings accounts, loans, mortgages, and investment products. Canadian Western Trust is engaged in retirement, trustee, and custodial solutions for financial advisors, corporations, and individuals. The company receives maximum revenue from interest income.

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