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M & G Highome Investment Trust (LSE:MGHC) Graham Number : £0.16 (As of Nov. 2016)


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What is M & G Highome Investment Trust 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 (2024-06-14), the stock price of M & G Highome Investment Trust is £0.00. M & G Highome Investment Trust's graham number for the quarter that ended in Nov. 2016 was £0.16. Therefore, M & G Highome Investment Trust's Price to Graham Number ratio for today is 0.00.

The historical rank and industry rank for M & G Highome Investment Trust's Graham Number or its related term are showing as below:

During the past 13 years, the highest Price to Graham Number ratio of M & G Highome Investment Trust was 3.28. The lowest was 0.00. And the median was 0.35.

LSE:MGHC's Price-to-Graham-Number is not ranked *
in the Asset Management industry.
Industry Median: 0.75
* 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.


M & G Highome Investment Trust Graham Number Historical Data

The historical data trend for M & G Highome Investment Trust'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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M & G Highome Investment Trust Graham Number Chart

M & G Highome Investment Trust Annual Data
Trend May07 May08 May09 May10 May11 May12 May13 May14 May15 May16
Graham Number
Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only - 1.53 0.19 0.18 0.07

M & G Highome Investment Trust Semi-Annual Data
May07 Nov07 May08 Nov08 May09 Nov09 May10 Nov10 May11 Nov11 May12 Nov12 May13 Nov13 May14 Nov14 May15 Nov15 May16 Nov16
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 0.09 0.18 - 0.07 0.16

Competitive Comparison of M & G Highome Investment Trust's Graham Number

For the Asset Management subindustry, M & G Highome Investment Trust'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.


M & G Highome Investment Trust's Price-to-Graham-Number Distribution in the Asset Management Industry

For the Asset Management industry and Financial Services sector, M & G Highome Investment Trust's Price-to-Graham-Number distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where M & G Highome Investment Trust's Price-to-Graham-Number falls into.



M & G Highome Investment Trust Graham Number Calculation

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

M & G Highome Investment Trust's Graham Number for the fiscal year that ended in May. 2016 is calculated as

Graham Number
=sqrt of (22.5* Tangible Book per Share *EPS without NRI)
=sqrt of (22.5*0.011*0.018)
=0.07

M & G Highome Investment Trust's Graham Number for the quarter that ended in Nov. 2016 is calculated as

Graham Number
=sqrt of (22.5*Tangible Book per Share*EPS without NRI (TTM))
=sqrt of (22.5*0.011*0.1)
=0.16

* 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.


M & G Highome Investment Trust  (LSE:MGHC) 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.

M & G Highome Investment Trust's Price to Graham number Ratio for today is calculated as

Price to Graham number=Share Price (Today)/Graham number (Q: Nov. 2016 )
=0.00/0.16
=0.00

* 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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M & G Highome Investment Trust (LSE:MGHC) Business Description

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M & G High Income Investment Trust PLC was incorporated in United Kingdom on December 23, 1996. It is a split capital investment trust company with three classes of share: Zero Dividend Preference Shares, Income Shares and Capital Shares. The Company's investment objective is to achieve an above average and increasing income over the 20 year life of the Company and seeking to achieve capital growth.

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