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CHI (CALAMOS CONVERTIBLE OPPORTUNITIES &OME FUND) Graham Number : $22.22 (As of Oct. 2024)


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What is CALAMOS CONVERTIBLE OPPORTUNITIES &OME 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 (2025-03-25), the stock price of CALAMOS CONVERTIBLE OPPORTUNITIES &OME FUND is $10.06. CALAMOS CONVERTIBLE OPPORTUNITIES &OME FUND's graham number for the quarter that ended in Oct. 2024 was $22.22. Therefore, CALAMOS CONVERTIBLE OPPORTUNITIES &OME FUND's Price to Graham Number ratio for today is 0.45.

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

CHI' s Price-to-Graham-Number Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 0.38   Med: 0.53   Max: 1.32
Current: 0.45

During the past 8 years, the highest Price to Graham Number ratio of CALAMOS CONVERTIBLE OPPORTUNITIES &OME FUND was 1.32. The lowest was 0.38. And the median was 0.53.

CHI's Price-to-Graham-Number is ranked better than
78.86% of 1230 companies
in the Asset Management industry
Industry Median: 0.64 vs CHI: 0.45

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


CALAMOS CONVERTIBLE OPPORTUNITIES &OME FUND Graham Number Historical Data

The historical data trend for CALAMOS CONVERTIBLE OPPORTUNITIES &OME 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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CALAMOS CONVERTIBLE OPPORTUNITIES &OME FUND Graham Number Chart

CALAMOS CONVERTIBLE OPPORTUNITIES &OME FUND Annual Data
Trend Oct17 Oct18 Oct19 Oct20 Oct21 Oct22 Oct23 Oct24
Graham Number
Get a 7-Day Free Trial 28.41 37.57 - - 22.25

CALAMOS CONVERTIBLE OPPORTUNITIES &OME FUND Semi-Annual Data
Oct17 Apr18 Oct18 Apr19 Oct19 Apr20 Oct20 Apr21 Oct21 Apr22 Oct22 Apr23 Oct23 Apr24 Oct24
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 - - - 14.32 22.22

Competitive Comparison of CALAMOS CONVERTIBLE OPPORTUNITIES &OME FUND's Graham Number

For the Asset Management subindustry, CALAMOS CONVERTIBLE OPPORTUNITIES &OME 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.


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

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

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



CALAMOS CONVERTIBLE OPPORTUNITIES &OME FUND Graham Number Calculation

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

CALAMOS CONVERTIBLE OPPORTUNITIES &OME FUND's Graham Number for the fiscal year that ended in Oct. 2024 is calculated as

Graham Number
=sqrt of (22.5* Tangible Book per Share *EPS without NRI)
=sqrt of (22.5*10.045*2.19)
=22.25

CALAMOS CONVERTIBLE OPPORTUNITIES &OME FUND's Graham Number for the quarter that ended in Oct. 2024 is calculated as

Graham Number
=sqrt of (22.5*Tangible Book per Share*EPS without NRI (TTM))
=sqrt of (22.5*10.045*2.185)
=22.22

* 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.


CALAMOS CONVERTIBLE OPPORTUNITIES &OME FUND  (NAS:CHI) 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.

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

Price to Graham number=Share Price (Today)/Graham number (Q: Oct. 2024 )
=10.06/22.22
=0.45

* 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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CALAMOS CONVERTIBLE OPPORTUNITIES &OME FUND Business Description

Traded in Other Exchanges
N/A
Address
2020 Calamos Court, Naperville, IL, USA, 60563-2787
CALAMOS CONVERTIBLE OPPORTUNITIES & INCOME FUND operates as a closed-end management investment company. Its investment objective is to provide total return through a combination of capital appreciation and current income. The Fund invests in convertible securities and high-yield securities.
Executives
Mark Mickey officer: chief compliance officer 2020 CALAMOS COURT, NAPERVILLE IL 60563
Erik D. Ojala officer: VP, Sec'y & Chief Legal Off. 2020 CALAMOS CT., NAPERVILLE IL 60563
Susan L Schoenberger officer: VP and Assistant Secretary 2020 CALAMOS COURT, NAPERVILLE IL 60563
Thrivent Financial For Lutherans 10 percent owner 901 MARQUETTE AVENUE, SUITE 2500, MINNEAPOLIS MN 55402-3211
Northwestern Mutual Life Insurance Co 10 percent owner 720 EAST WISCONSIN AVENUE, MILWAUKEE WI 53202
Metlife Investment Management, Llc 10 percent owner ONE METLIFE WAY, WHIPPANY NJ 07981
Daniel Dufresne officer: Vice President 2020 CALAMOS COURT, NAPERVILLE IL 60563
Stephen Atkins officer: Treasurer 2020 CALAMOS COURT, NAPERVILLE IL 60563
Lloyd Wennlund director 2020 CALAMOS COURT, NAPERVILLE IL 60563
David D Tripple director 2020 CALAMOS COURT, NAPERVILLE IL 60563
Christopher M Toub director 2020 CALAMOS COURT, NAPERVILLE IL 60563
Karen Stuckey director 2020 CALAMOS COURT, NAPERVILLE IL 60563
Dave Vanisko officer: Treasurer 2020 CALAMOS COURT, NAPERVILLE IL 60563
Massachusetts Mutual Life Insurance Co 10 percent owner 1295 STATE STREET, SPRINGFIELD MA 01111
Thomas E Herman officer: VP and CFO 2020 CALAMOS COURT, NAPERVILLE IL 60563