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First Trust Senior Floating Rateome Fund II (First Trust Senior Floating Rateome Fund II) Graham Number : $16.68 (As of Nov. 2023)


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What is First Trust Senior Floating Rateome Fund II 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 (2024-04-27), the stock price of First Trust Senior Floating Rateome Fund II is $10.33. First Trust Senior Floating Rateome Fund II's graham number for the quarter that ended in Nov. 2023 was $16.68. Therefore, First Trust Senior Floating Rateome Fund II's Price to Graham Number ratio for today is 0.62.

The historical rank and industry rank for First Trust Senior Floating Rateome Fund II's Graham Number or its related term are showing as below:

FCT' s Price-to-Graham-Number Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 0.59   Med: 0.86   Max: 1.87
Current: 0.62

During the past 6 years, the highest Price to Graham Number ratio of First Trust Senior Floating Rateome Fund II was 1.87. The lowest was 0.59. And the median was 0.86.

FCT's Price-to-Graham-Number is ranked better than
69.01% of 1126 companies
in the Asset Management industry
Industry Median: 0.77 vs FCT: 0.62

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


First Trust Senior Floating Rateome Fund II Graham Number Historical Data

The historical data trend for First Trust Senior Floating Rateome Fund II'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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First Trust Senior Floating Rateome Fund II Graham Number Chart

First Trust Senior Floating Rateome Fund II Annual Data
Trend May18 May19 May20 May21 May22 May23
Graham Number
Get a 7-Day Free Trial 10.82 - 20.36 - 11.64

First Trust Senior Floating Rateome Fund II Semi-Annual Data
Nov17 May18 Nov18 May19 Nov19 May20 Nov20 May21 Nov21 May22 Nov22 May23 Nov23
Graham Number Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 13.75 - - 11.46 16.68

Competitive Comparison of First Trust Senior Floating Rateome Fund II's Graham Number

For the Asset Management subindustry, First Trust Senior Floating Rateome Fund II'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.


First Trust Senior Floating Rateome Fund II's Price-to-Graham-Number Distribution in the Asset Management Industry

For the Asset Management industry and Financial Services sector, First Trust Senior Floating Rateome Fund II's Price-to-Graham-Number distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where First Trust Senior Floating Rateome Fund II's Price-to-Graham-Number falls into.



First Trust Senior Floating Rateome Fund II Graham Number Calculation

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

First Trust Senior Floating Rateome Fund II's Graham Number for the fiscal year that ended in May. 2023 is calculated as

Graham Number
=sqrt of (22.5* Tangible Book per Share *EPS without NRI)
=sqrt of (22.5*10.955*0.55)
=11.64

First Trust Senior Floating Rateome Fund II's Graham Number for the quarter that ended in Nov. 2023 is calculated as

Graham Number
=sqrt of (22.5*Tangible Book per Share*EPS without NRI (TTM))
=sqrt of (22.5*11.11*1.113)
=16.68

* 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.


First Trust Senior Floating Rateome Fund II  (NYSE:FCT) 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.

First Trust Senior Floating Rateome Fund II's Price to Graham number Ratio for today is calculated as

Price to Graham number=Share Price (Today)/Graham number (Q: Nov. 2023 )
=10.33/16.68
=0.62

* 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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First Trust Senior Floating Rateome Fund II (First Trust Senior Floating Rateome Fund II) Business Description

Traded in Other Exchanges
N/A
Address
120 East Liberty Drive, Suite 400, Wheaton, IL, USA, 60187
First Trust Senior Floating Rate Income Fund II is the United States based diversified, closed-end management investment company. Its investment objective is to seek a high level of current income. As a secondary objective, the fund attempts to preserve capital. The fund seeks to achieve the objectives by investing primarily in a portfolio of senior floating-rate loan interests. Its portfolio of investments consists of aerospace and defense, agricultural products, broadcasting, cable and satellite, electric utilities and other sectors.
Executives
Bronwyn Wright director FIRST TRUST ADVISORS L.P., 120 EAST LIBERTY DRIVE, SUITE 400, WHEATON IL 60187
Thomas R Kadlec director C/O FIRST TRUST ADVISORS LP, 120 EAST LIBERTY DRIVE, SUITE 400, WHEATON IL 60187
M Keefe Denise director C/O FIRST TRUST ADVISORS L.P., 120 EAST LIBERTY DRIVE, SUITE 400, WHEATON IL 60187
Kelly Catherine Dehler other: Officer-Investment Advisor C/O FIRST TRUST ADVISORS L.P., 120 EAST LIBERTY DRIVE, SUITE 400, WHEATON IL 60187
Scott Michael Friske other: Officer-Investment Advisor FIRST TRUST ADVISORS L.P., 120 EAST LIBERTY DRIVE, SUITE 400, WHEATON IL 60187
Orlando Purpura other: Portfolio Manager FIRST TRUST ADVISORS L.P., 120 EAST LIBERTY DRIVE, SUITE 400, WHEATON IL 60187
Jeffrey M Scott other: Portfolio Manager FIRST TRUST ADVISORS L.P., 120 EAST LIBERTY DRIVE, SUITE 400, WHEATON IL 60187
Housey William A Jr other: Officer of Advisor, Port. Mgr. FIRST TRUST ADVISORS L.P., 120 E. LIBERTY DRIVE, SUITE 400, WHEATON IL 60187
Scott D Fries other: Officer of Advisor, Port. Mgr. FIRST TRUST ADVISORS L.P., 120 E. LIBERTY DRIVE, SUITE 400, WHEATON IL 60187
James A Bowen director, officer: President C/O FIRST TRUST ADVISORS LP, 120 EAST LIBERTY DRIVE, SUITE 400, WHEATON IL 60187
David Mcgarel other: Officer of the Adviser C/O FIRST TRUST ADVISORS LP, 120 EAST LIBERTY DRIVE, SUITE 400, WHEATON IL 60187
Shane Shannon officer: Assistant Secretary FIRST TRUST ADVISORS L.P., 120 EAST LIBERTY DRIVE, SUITE 400, WHEATON IL 60187
Donald Swade officer: Assistant Treasurer C/O FIRST TRUST ADVISORS L.P., 120 EAST LIBERTY DRIVE, SUITE 400, WHEATON IL 60187
Katherine L Urevig officer: Assistant Treasurer C/O FIRST TRUST ADVISORS L.P., 120 EAST LIBERTY DRIVE, SUITE 400, WHEATON IL 60187
Daniel J Lindquist officer: Vice President C/O FIRST TRUST ADVISORS L.P., 120 EAST LIBERTY DRIVE, SUITE 400, WHEATON IL 60187

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