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ERH (Allspring Utilities and Highome Fund) Graham Number : $24.20 (As of Aug. 2024)


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What is Allspring Utilities and Highome 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 (2025-03-03), the stock price of Allspring Utilities and Highome Fund is $11.259. Allspring Utilities and Highome Fund's graham number for the quarter that ended in Aug. 2024 was $24.20. Therefore, Allspring Utilities and Highome Fund's Price to Graham Number ratio for today is 0.47.

The historical rank and industry rank for Allspring Utilities and Highome Fund's Graham Number or its related term are showing as below:

ERH' s Price-to-Graham-Number Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 0.44   Med: 0.64   Max: 1
Current: 0.47

During the past 13 years, the highest Price to Graham Number ratio of Allspring Utilities and Highome Fund was 1.00. The lowest was 0.44. And the median was 0.64.

ERH's Price-to-Graham-Number is ranked better than
77.82% of 1231 companies
in the Asset Management industry
Industry Median: 0.64 vs ERH: 0.47

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


Allspring Utilities and Highome Fund Graham Number Historical Data

The historical data trend for Allspring Utilities and Highome 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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Allspring Utilities and Highome Fund Graham Number Chart

Allspring Utilities and Highome Fund Annual Data
Trend Aug15 Aug16 Aug17 Aug18 Aug19 Aug20 Aug21 Aug22 Aug23 Aug24
Graham Number
Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 16.02 25.50 12.30 - 24.20

Allspring Utilities and Highome Fund Semi-Annual Data
Feb15 Aug15 Feb16 Aug16 Feb17 Aug17 Feb18 Aug18 Feb19 Aug19 Feb20 Aug20 Feb21 Aug21 Feb22 Aug22 Feb23 Aug23 Feb24 Aug24
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 12.23 - - - 24.20

Competitive Comparison of Allspring Utilities and Highome Fund's Graham Number

For the Asset Management subindustry, Allspring Utilities and Highome 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.


Allspring Utilities and Highome Fund's Price-to-Graham-Number Distribution in the Asset Management Industry

For the Asset Management industry and Financial Services sector, Allspring Utilities and Highome Fund's Price-to-Graham-Number distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Allspring Utilities and Highome Fund's Price-to-Graham-Number falls into.



Allspring Utilities and Highome Fund Graham Number Calculation

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

Allspring Utilities and Highome Fund's Graham Number for the fiscal year that ended in Aug. 2024 is calculated as

Graham Number
=sqrt of (22.5* Tangible Book per Share *EPS without NRI)
=sqrt of (22.5*12.055*2.16)
=24.20

Allspring Utilities and Highome Fund's Graham Number for the quarter that ended in Aug. 2024 is calculated as

Graham Number
=sqrt of (22.5*Tangible Book per Share*EPS without NRI (TTM))
=sqrt of (22.5*12.055*2.16)
=24.20

* 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.


Allspring Utilities and Highome Fund  (AMEX:ERH) 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.

Allspring Utilities and Highome Fund's Price to Graham number Ratio for today is calculated as

Price to Graham number=Share Price (Today)/Graham number (Q: Aug. 2024 )
=11.259/24.20
=0.47

* 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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Allspring Utilities and Highome Fund Business Description

Traded in Other Exchanges
N/A
Address
1415 Vantage Park Drive, 3rd Floor, Charlotte, NC, USA, 28203
Allspring Utilities and High Income Fund is a diversified closed-end management investment company. Its investment objective is to seek a high level of current income and moderate capital growth, with an emphasis on providing tax-advantaged dividend income. The company allocates a majority of its total assets to a sleeve that places a focus on common, preferred, and convertible preferred stocks of utility companies and the rest of its total assets to a sleeve of U.S. dollar denominated below investment grade (high yield) debt.
Executives
Jennifer Lea Grunberg officer: Chief Compliance Officer 350 PARK AVENUE, ALLSPRING GLOBAL INVESTMENTS, NEW YORK NY 10022
Paul Werner Felsch officer: Chief Complaince Officer 100 HERITAGE RESERVE, ALLSPRING GLOBAL INVESTMENTS, MENOMONEE FALLS WI 53051
Jane A Freeman director ALLSPRING FUNDS MANAGEMENT, LLC, 525 MARKET STREET, 12TH FLOOR, SAN FRANCISCO CA 94105
Christopher Micah Baker officer: Chief Compliance Officer ALLSPRING GLOBAL INVESTMENTS, 101 SEAPORT BLVD, BOSTON MA 02356
Karin Brotman officer: Chief Compliance Officer ALLSPRING GLOBAL INVESTMENTS, 525 MARKET STREET, SAN FRANCISCO CA 94105
Kate Sandman Mckinley officer: Chief Compliance Officer ALLSPRING GLOBAL INVESTMENTS, 101 SEAPORT BLVD, BOSTON MA 02210
Richard Matthew Prasse officer: Secretary WELLS FARGO LAW DEPARTMENT, 125 HIGH STREET, FLOOR 13, BOSTON MA 02110-2704
Christopher M Lee other: Portfolio Manager WELLS CAPITAL MANAGEMENT, 525 MARKET STREET, 12TH FLOOR, SAN FRANCISCO CA 94105
Michael Joseph Schueller other: Portfolio Manager 100 HERITAGE RESERVE, 2ND FLOOR, WELLS CAPITAL MANAGEMENT, MENOMONEE FALLS WI 53051-4400
Jack E Spudich other: Portfolio Manager 1 N JEFFERSON AVE, 7TH FLOOR, SAINT LOUIS MT 63103-2205
Kent A Newcomb other: Portfolio Manager 1 N JEFFERSON AVE, 7TH FLOOR, SAINT LOUIS MT 63103-2205
Daniel J. Mavico officer: Chief Compliance Officer 401 S TRYON STREET, FLOOR 2, CHARLOTTE NC 28202-1911
Kevin T. Roskopf other: Share Repurchase Committee Mem WELLS FARGO ASSET MANAGEMENT, 100 HERITAGE RESERVE, 1ST FLOOR, MENOMONEE FALLS WI 53051-4400
Andrew R Tuttle officer: Portfolio Mgr. 25 RECREATION PARK DRIVE, SUITE 206, HINGHAM MA 02043
William R. Ebsworth director WELLS FARGO FUNDS MANAGEMENT, LLC, 525 MARKET STREET, 12TH FLOOR, SAN FRANCISCO CA 94105