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Bank of Ireland Group (LSE:BIRG) Graham Number : €18.46 (As of Dec. 2023)


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What is Bank of Ireland Group 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 (2024-05-02), the stock price of Bank of Ireland Group is €10.04. Bank of Ireland Group's graham number for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was €18.46. Therefore, Bank of Ireland Group's Price to Graham Number ratio for today is 0.54.

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

LSE:BIRG' s Price-to-Graham-Number Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 0.34   Med: 0.62   Max: 0.92
Current: 0.54

During the past 13 years, the highest Price to Graham Number ratio of Bank of Ireland Group was 0.92. The lowest was 0.34. And the median was 0.62.

LSE:BIRG's Price-to-Graham-Number is ranked better than
62.68% of 1372 companies
in the Banks industry
Industry Median: 0.62 vs LSE:BIRG: 0.54

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


Bank of Ireland Group Graham Number Historical Data

The historical data trend for Bank of Ireland Group'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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Bank of Ireland Group Graham Number Chart

Bank of Ireland Group Annual Data
Trend Dec14 Dec15 Dec16 Dec17 Dec18 Dec19 Dec20 Dec21 Dec22 Dec23
Graham Number
Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 9.06 - 14.86 13.37 18.46

Bank of Ireland Group Semi-Annual Data
Jun14 Dec14 Jun15 Dec15 Jun16 Dec16 Jun17 Dec17 Jun18 Dec18 Jun19 Dec19 Jun20 Dec20 Jun21 Dec21 Jun22 Dec22 Jun23 Dec23
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 14.87 14.73 13.37 17.18 18.46

Competitive Comparison of Bank of Ireland Group's Graham Number

For the Banks - Regional subindustry, Bank of Ireland Group'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.


Bank of Ireland Group's Price-to-Graham-Number Distribution in the Banks Industry

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

* The bar in red indicates where Bank of Ireland Group's Price-to-Graham-Number falls into.



Bank of Ireland Group Graham Number Calculation

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

Bank of Ireland Group'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*10.56*1.434)
=18.46

Bank of Ireland Group's Graham Number for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 is calculated as

Graham Number
=sqrt of (22.5*Tangible Book per Share*EPS without NRI (TTM))
=sqrt of (22.5*10.56*1.434)
=18.46

* 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.


Bank of Ireland Group  (LSE:BIRG) 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.

Bank of Ireland Group's Price to Graham number Ratio for today is calculated as

Price to Graham number=Share Price (Today)/Graham number (Q: Dec. 2023 )
=10.04/18.46
=0.54

* 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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Bank of Ireland Group (LSE:BIRG) Business Description

Address
40 Mespil Road, Dublin, IRL, D04 C2N4
Bank of Ireland Group PLC is an Irish financial services group operating mostly in Ireland and the United Kingdom. Services include mortgages, business, and corporate lending, term loans, leasing, foreign exchange, life assurance, and pension products, among others. The bank's trading divisions include Retail Ireland, Wealth and Insurance, Retail UK, Corporate and Treasury (C&T) and Group Centre. The bank generates the majority of its revenue from Retail Ireland serves consumer and business customers across a broad range of segments and sectors. Revenue is also derived from fees for a range of banking and transaction services. The bank has access to distribution in the United Kingdom via its relationship as a financial services partner with the nation's post office.

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