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TCF Financial (TCF Financial) Graham Number : $32.36 (As of Mar. 2021)


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What is TCF Financial 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 (2024-05-06), the stock price of TCF Financial is $45.18. TCF Financial's graham number for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2021 was $32.36. Therefore, TCF Financial's Price to Graham Number ratio for today is 1.40.

The historical rank and industry rank for TCF Financial's Graham Number or its related term are showing as below:

TCF' s Price-to-Graham-Number Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 0.6   Med: 1.21   Max: 2.08
Current: 1.4

During the past 13 years, the highest Price to Graham Number ratio of TCF Financial was 2.08. The lowest was 0.60. And the median was 1.21.

TCF's Price-to-Graham-Number is not ranked
in the Banks industry.
Industry Median: 0.63 vs TCF: 1.40

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


TCF Financial Graham Number Historical Data

The historical data trend for TCF Financial'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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TCF Financial Graham Number Chart

TCF Financial Annual Data
Trend Dec11 Dec12 Dec13 Dec14 Dec15 Dec16 Dec17 Dec18 Dec19 Dec20
Graham Number
Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 33.71 40.46 63.24 38.80 28.75

TCF Financial Quarterly Data
Jun16 Sep16 Dec16 Mar17 Jun17 Sep17 Dec17 Mar18 Jun18 Sep18 Dec18 Mar19 Jun19 Sep19 Dec19 Mar20 Jun20 Sep20 Dec20 Mar21
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 36.24 27.87 29.91 28.65 32.36

Competitive Comparison of TCF Financial's Graham Number

For the Banks - Regional subindustry, TCF Financial'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.


TCF Financial's Price-to-Graham-Number Distribution in the Banks Industry

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

* The bar in red indicates where TCF Financial's Price-to-Graham-Number falls into.



TCF Financial Graham Number Calculation

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

TCF Financial's Graham Number for the fiscal year that ended in Dec. 2020 is calculated as

Graham Number
=sqrt of (22.5* Tangible Book per Share *EPS without NRI)
=sqrt of (22.5*26.243*1.4)
=28.75

TCF Financial's Graham Number for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2021 is calculated as

Graham Number
=sqrt of (22.5*Tangible Book per Share*EPS without NRI (TTM))
=sqrt of (22.5*25.024*1.86)
=32.36

* 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.


TCF Financial  (NAS:TCF) 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.

TCF Financial's Price to Graham number Ratio for today is calculated as

Price to Graham number=Share Price (Today)/Graham number (Q: Mar. 2021 )
=45.18/32.36
=1.40

* 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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TCF Financial (TCF Financial) Business Description

Traded in Other Exchanges
N/A
Address
333 West Fort Street, Suite 1800, Detroit, MI, USA, 48226
TCF Financial is a bank and financial services provider operating throughout the United States and Canada. The company operates in three segments: commercial banking, which provides industrial and commercial banking and leasing services; consumer banking, which provides personal loans and wealth management services through retail banks; and enterprise services, which includes the company's capital management and operational functions. The majority of branches are concentrated in the U.S. Midwest, Colorado, Arizona, and South Dakota.
Executives
Thomas C Shafer officer: Chief Operating Officer 235 EAST MAIN STREET, MIDLAND MI 48640
Ronald A Klein director 235 EAST MAIN STREET, MIDLAND MI 48640
Brian W Maass officer: EVP, Deputy CFO, Treasurer 200 LAKE STREET EAST WAYZATA MN 55391
Sandra D. Kuohn officer: EVP, Chief HCM Officer 235 E. MAIN STREET MIDLAND MI 48640
Andrew J Jackson officer: Chief Audit Executive 200 LAKE STREET EAST WAYZATA MN 55391-1693
Daniel W Terpsma other: Officer of Principal Bus. Unit 235 E. MAIN STREET MIDLAND MI 48640
Thomas John Butterfield officer: EVP, Chief Tech/Oper Offcr 200 LAKE STREET EAST WAYZATA MN 55391
Vance K Opperman director 200 LAKE STREET EAST WAYZATA MN 55391-1693
Barbara L. Mcquade director 235 E. MAIN STREET, MIDLAND MI 48640
Roger J Sit director 200 LAKE STREET EAST, WAYZATA MN 55391-1693
Richard H King director 200 LAKE STREET EAST, WAYZATA MN 55391
Barbara J Mahone director 235 EAST MAIN STREET MIDLAND MI 48640
Arthur A Weiss director 235 EAST MAIN STREET, MIDLAND MI 48640
Theresa Wise director 400 FAIRVIEW AVENUE NORTH, SUITE 1200, SEATTLE WA 98109
Jeffrey L. Tate director 2211 H.H. DOW WAY, MIDLAND MI 48674