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Forum Merger IV (Forum Merger IV) Graham Number : $N/A (As of Mar. 2023)


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What is Forum Merger IV 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 (2024-06-04), the stock price of Forum Merger IV is $10.26. Forum Merger IV's graham number for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2023 was $N/A. Therefore, Forum Merger IV's Price to Graham Number ratio for today is N/A.

The historical rank and industry rank for Forum Merger IV's Graham Number or its related term are showing as below:

During the past 2 years, the highest Price to Graham Number ratio of Forum Merger IV was 3.38. The lowest was 1.79. And the median was 1.84.

FMIVU's Price-to-Graham-Number is not ranked *
in the Diversified Financial Services industry.
Industry Median: 1.78
* 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.


Forum Merger IV Graham Number Historical Data

The historical data trend for Forum Merger IV'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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Forum Merger IV Graham Number Chart

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Competitive Comparison of Forum Merger IV's Graham Number

For the Shell Companies subindustry, Forum Merger IV'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.


Forum Merger IV's Price-to-Graham-Number Distribution in the Diversified Financial Services Industry

For the Diversified Financial Services industry and Financial Services sector, Forum Merger IV's Price-to-Graham-Number distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Forum Merger IV's Price-to-Graham-Number falls into.



Forum Merger IV Graham Number Calculation

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

Forum Merger IV's Graham Number for the fiscal year that ended in Dec. 2022 is calculated as

Graham Number
=sqrt of (22.5* Tangible Book per Share *EPS without NRI)
=sqrt of (22.5**0)
=N/A

Forum Merger IV's Graham Number for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2023 is calculated as

Graham Number
=sqrt of (22.5*Tangible Book per Share*EPS without NRI (TTM))
=sqrt of (22.5**0)
=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.


Forum Merger IV  (NAS:FMIVU) 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.

Forum Merger IV's Price to Graham number Ratio for today is calculated as

Price to Graham number=Share Price (Today)/Graham number (Q: Mar. 2023 )
=10.26/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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Forum Merger IV (Forum Merger IV) Business Description

Traded in Other Exchanges
N/A
Address
1615 South Congress Avenue, Suite 103, Delray Beach, FL, USA, 33445
Forum Merger IV Corp is a blank check company.
Executives
Bank Of America Corp /de/ 10 percent owner BANK OF AMERICA CORPORATE CENTER, 100 N TRYON ST, CHARLOTTE NC 28255
Bofa Securities, Inc. 10 percent owner 100 N TRYON ST, NC1-007-14-30, CHARLOTTE NC 28255
Steven Berns director TRADEWEB MARKETS INC., 1177 AVENUE OF THE AMERICAS, NEW YORK NY 10036
David Boris director, 10 percent owner, officer: Co-CEO, CFO C/O TRIO MERGER CORP., 777 THIRD AVENUE, 37TH FLOOR, NEW YORK NY 10017
Marshall Kiev director, 10 percent owner, officer: Co-CEO, President 135 EAST 57TH STREET 8TH FLOOR, NEW YORK NY 10022
Richard Katzman director KAZ INC, 1775 BROADWAY SUITE 2405, NEW YORK NY 10019
Neil Goldberg director 135 EAST 57TH STREET 8TH FLOOR, NEW YORK NY 10022
Tory Kiam director 1615 SOUTH CONGRESS AVENUE, SUITE 103, DELRAY BEACH FL 33445
Forum Capital Management Iv Llc director, 10 percent owner 1615 SOUTH CONGRESS AVENUE, SUITE 103, DELRAY BEACH FL 33445
Forum Investors Iv Llc director, 10 percent owner, other: *Director by Deputization 1615 SOUTH CONGRESS AVENUE, SUITE 103, DELRAY BEACH FL 33445