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Adams Diversified Equity Fund (Adams Diversified Equity Fund) Graham Number : $45.76 (As of Dec. 2023)


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What is Adams Diversified Equity Fund 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 (2024-04-29), the stock price of Adams Diversified Equity Fund is $18.98. Adams Diversified Equity Fund's graham number for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was $45.76. Therefore, Adams Diversified Equity Fund's Price to Graham Number ratio for today is 0.41.

The historical rank and industry rank for Adams Diversified Equity Fund's Graham Number or its related term are showing as below:

ADX' s Price-to-Graham-Number Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 0.36   Med: 0.39   Max: 0.45
Current: 0.41

During the past 7 years, the highest Price to Graham Number ratio of Adams Diversified Equity Fund was 0.45. The lowest was 0.36. And the median was 0.39.

ADX's Price-to-Graham-Number is ranked better than
90.65% of 1123 companies
in the Asset Management industry
Industry Median: 0.77 vs ADX: 0.41

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


Adams Diversified Equity Fund Graham Number Historical Data

The historical data trend for Adams Diversified Equity Fund'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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Adams Diversified Equity Fund Graham Number Chart

Adams Diversified Equity Fund Annual Data
Trend Dec17 Dec18 Dec19 Dec20 Dec21 Dec22 Dec23
Graham Number
Get a 7-Day Free Trial 42.65 38.06 53.21 - 45.98

Adams Diversified Equity Fund Semi-Annual Data
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 52.69 - - 37.53 45.76

Competitive Comparison of Adams Diversified Equity Fund's Graham Number

For the Asset Management subindustry, Adams Diversified Equity Fund'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.


Adams Diversified Equity Fund's Price-to-Graham-Number Distribution in the Asset Management Industry

For the Asset Management industry and Financial Services sector, Adams Diversified Equity Fund's Price-to-Graham-Number distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Adams Diversified Equity Fund's Price-to-Graham-Number falls into.



Adams Diversified Equity Fund Graham Number Calculation

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

Adams Diversified Equity Fund'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*20.563*4.57)
=45.98

Adams Diversified Equity Fund'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*20.563*4.525)
=45.76

* 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.


Adams Diversified Equity Fund  (NYSE:ADX) 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.

Adams Diversified Equity Fund's Price to Graham number Ratio for today is calculated as

Price to Graham number=Share Price (Today)/Graham number (Q: Dec. 2023 )
=18.98/45.76
=0.41

* 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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Adams Diversified Equity Fund (Adams Diversified Equity Fund) Business Description

Traded in Other Exchanges
N/A
Address
500 East Pratt Street, Suite 1300, Baltimore, MD, USA, 21202
Adams Diversified Equity Fund Inc is a diversified investment company. It is an internally-managed closed-end fund. The investment objectives of the company are the preservation of capital, the attainment of reasonable income from investments, and an opportunity for capital appreciation.
Executives
Mary Christine Gay director 3600 LAS VEGAS BOULEVARD SOUTH, LAS VEGAS NV 89109
Jane Musser Nelson director 100 FEDERAL STREET, 31ST FLOOR, BOSTON MA 02110
Frederic A Escherich director ADAMS FUNDS, 500 EAST PRATT STREET, SUITE 1300, BALTIMORE MD 21202
Mark E. Stoeckle officer: CEO ADAMS FUNDS, 500 EAST PRATT ST., STE. 1300, BALTIMORE MD 21202
Janis F. Kerns officer: Gen Counsel,Corp Sec, CCO ADAMS FUNDS, 500 EAST PRATT STREET, SUITE 1300, BALTIMORE MD 21202
Lauriann C Kloppenburg director ADAMS FUNDS, 500 EAST PRATT STREET, SUITE 1300, BALTIMORE MD 21202
Craig R Smith director ADAMS FUNDS, 500 EAST PRATT STREET, SUITE 1300, BALTIMORE MD 21202
Kenneth James Dale director ADAMS FUNDS, 500 EAST PRATT STREET, SUITE 1300, BALTIMORE MD 21202
Swindell Douglas Cotton officer: E.V.P. ADAMS FUNDS, 500 EAST PRATT STREET, SUITE 1300, BALTIMORE MD 21202
James P. Haynie officer: President ADAMS FUNDS, 500 EAST PRATT STREET, SUITE 1300, BALTIMORE MD 21202
Roger W Gale director ADAMS FUNDS, 500 EAST PRATT STREET, SUITE 1300, BALTIMORE MD 21202
Hooper Lawrence L Jr officer: VP, Sec'y & Gen'l Counsel 500 EAST PRATT STREET, STE 1300, BALTIMORE MD 21202
Prue Nancy J F officer: Executive Vice President 775 BRUSHWOOD COURT, MILLERSVILLE MD 21108
Douglas G Ober director, officer: Chairman & CEO 7 ST PAUL STREET, STE 1140, BALTIMORE MD 21202
Gregory Hazlett director C/O ABERDEEN ASSET MANAGEMENT INC, 1735 MARKET STREET - 32ND FLOOR, PHILADELPHIA PA 19103