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Cayenne Trust (The) (LSE:TCT) Graham Number : £2.29 (As of Jul. 2015)


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What is Cayenne Trust (The) 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 (2024-06-18), the stock price of Cayenne Trust (The) is £1.58. Cayenne Trust (The)'s graham number for the quarter that ended in Jul. 2015 was £2.29. Therefore, Cayenne Trust (The)'s Price to Graham Number ratio for today is 0.69.

The historical rank and industry rank for Cayenne Trust (The)'s Graham Number or its related term are showing as below:

LSE:TCT' s Price-to-Graham-Number Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 0.38   Med: 0.6   Max: 1.78
Current: 0.57

During the past 11 years, the highest Price to Graham Number ratio of Cayenne Trust (The) was 1.78. The lowest was 0.38. And the median was 0.60.

LSE:TCT's Price-to-Graham-Number is not ranked
in the Asset Management industry.
Industry Median: 0.75 vs LSE:TCT: 0.57

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


Cayenne Trust (The) Graham Number Historical Data

The historical data trend for Cayenne Trust (The)'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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Cayenne Trust (The) Graham Number Chart

Cayenne Trust (The) Annual Data
Trend Jan06 Jan07 Jan08 Jan09 Jan10 Jan11 Jan12 Jan13 Jan14 Jan15
Graham Number
Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 2.33 - 1.42 2.09 2.44

Cayenne Trust (The) Semi-Annual Data
Jan06 Jul06 Jan07 Jul07 Jan08 Jul08 Jan09 Jul09 Jan10 Jul10 Jan11 Jul11 Jan12 Jul12 Jan13 Jul13 Jan14 Jul14 Jan15 Jul15
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 2.37 2.14 1.64 2.51 2.29

Competitive Comparison of Cayenne Trust (The)'s Graham Number

For the Asset Management subindustry, Cayenne Trust (The)'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.


Cayenne Trust (The)'s Price-to-Graham-Number Distribution in the Asset Management Industry

For the Asset Management industry and Financial Services sector, Cayenne Trust (The)'s Price-to-Graham-Number distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Cayenne Trust (The)'s Price-to-Graham-Number falls into.



Cayenne Trust (The) Graham Number Calculation

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

Cayenne Trust (The)'s Graham Number for the fiscal year that ended in Jan. 2015 is calculated as

Graham Number
=sqrt of (22.5* Tangible Book per Share *EPS without NRI)
=sqrt of (22.5*1.65*0.16)
=2.44

Cayenne Trust (The)'s Graham Number for the quarter that ended in Jul. 2015 is calculated as

Graham Number
=sqrt of (22.5*Tangible Book per Share*EPS without NRI (TTM))
=sqrt of (22.5*1.664*0.14)
=2.29

* 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.


Cayenne Trust (The)  (LSE:TCT) 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.

Cayenne Trust (The)'s Price to Graham number Ratio for today is calculated as

Price to Graham number=Share Price (Today)/Graham number (Q: Jul. 2015 )
=1.58/2.29
=0.69

* 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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Cayenne Trust (The) (LSE:TCT) Business Description

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Cayenne Trust (The) PLC is an investment trust incorporated on December 14, 1992. The Company's investment objective is to achieve consistent positive absolute returns. It invests principally in the securities of UK investment trust companies and other closed-end funds. It also has the flexibility to invest in listed or unlisted open-ended funds and may invest in any security issued by any exchange traded fund, investment fund, investment company, holding company or similar collective investment scheme.

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