GURUFOCUS.COM » STOCK LIST » Financial Services » Asset Management » PhenixFIN Corp (NAS:PFX) » Definitions » Graham Number

PhenixFIN (PhenixFIN) Graham Number : $147.27 (As of Dec. 2023)


View and export this data going back to 2011. Start your Free Trial

What is PhenixFIN 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 (2024-04-25), the stock price of PhenixFIN is $44.1783. PhenixFIN's graham number for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was $147.27. Therefore, PhenixFIN's Price to Graham Number ratio for today is 0.30.

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

PFX' s Price-to-Graham-Number Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 0.26   Med: 0.66   Max: 1.71
Current: 0.3

During the past 13 years, the highest Price to Graham Number ratio of PhenixFIN was 1.71. The lowest was 0.26. And the median was 0.66.

PFX's Price-to-Graham-Number is ranked better than
95.37% of 1124 companies
in the Asset Management industry
Industry Median: 0.77 vs PFX: 0.30

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


PhenixFIN Graham Number Historical Data

The historical data trend for PhenixFIN'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.

* Premium members only.

PhenixFIN Graham Number Chart

PhenixFIN Annual Data
Trend Sep14 Sep15 Sep16 Sep17 Sep18 Sep19 Sep20 Sep21 Sep22 Sep23
Graham Number
Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only - - 24.83 - 143.13

PhenixFIN Quarterly Data
Mar19 Jun19 Sep19 Dec19 Mar20 Jun20 Sep20 Dec20 Mar21 Jun21 Sep21 Dec21 Mar22 Jun22 Sep22 Dec22 Mar23 Jun23 Sep23 Dec23
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 - - 105.05 143.13 147.27

Competitive Comparison of PhenixFIN's Graham Number

For the Asset Management subindustry, PhenixFIN'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.


PhenixFIN's Price-to-Graham-Number Distribution in the Asset Management Industry

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

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



PhenixFIN Graham Number Calculation

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

PhenixFIN's Graham Number for the fiscal year that ended in Sep. 2023 is calculated as

Graham Number
=sqrt of (22.5* Tangible Book per Share *EPS without NRI)
=sqrt of (22.5*70.746*12.87)
=143.13

PhenixFIN'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*73.138*13.18)
=147.27

* 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.


PhenixFIN  (NAS:PFX) 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.

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

Price to Graham number=Share Price (Today)/Graham number (Q: Dec. 2023 )
=44.1783/147.27
=0.30

* 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.


PhenixFIN Graham Number Related Terms

Thank you for viewing the detailed overview of PhenixFIN's Graham Number provided by GuruFocus.com. Please click on the following links to see related term pages.


PhenixFIN (PhenixFIN) Business Description

Traded in Other Exchanges
N/A
Address
445 Park Avenue, 10th Floor, New York, NY, USA, 10022
PhenixFIN Corp formerly Medley Capital Corp is a non-diversified closed end management investment company operating in United States. Its investment objective is to generate current income and capital appreciation by lending directly to privately held middle market companies to expand their business, refinance and make acquisitions. It mainly invests in senior secured first lien term loans, senior secured second lien term loans, unitranche, senior secured first lien notes, subordinated notes and warrants and minority equity securities. It may also invest in securities of foreign companies. Portfolio of the company mainly consists of securities across all sectors. Revenue generated by the company comprises of interest income, dividend and other income earned through investments made.
Executives
Ellida Mcmillan officer: CFO & Chief Accounting Officer C/O ALCENTRA CAPITAL CORP., 200 PARK AVE, 7TH FL, NEW YORK NY 10166
David A Lorber director C/O FRONTFOUR CAPITAL GROUP LLC, 35 MASON STREET, 4TH FLOOR, GREENWICH CT 06830
Howard Amster director 23811 CHAGRIN BLVD # 200, BEACHWOOD OH 44122-5525
Arthur S Ainsberg director C/O ANGELO, GORDON & CO., L.P., 245 PARK AVENUE, 26TH FLOOR, NEW YORK NY 10167
Karin Hirtler-garvey director 112 W. 34TH STREET, NEW YORK NY 10120
Lowell W Robinson director 470 WEST END AVENUE, NEW YORK NY 10024
Fortress Investment Group Llc 10 percent owner 1345 AVENUE OF THE AMERICAS, 46TH FLOOR, NEW YORK NY 10105
Drawbridge Special Opportunities Fund Lp 10 percent owner C/O FORTRESS INVESTMENT GROUP LLC, 1345 AVENUE OF THE AMERICAS, 46TH FLOOR, NEW YORK NY 10105
Fig Llc 10 percent owner 1345 AVENUE OF THE AMERICAS, 46 FLOOR, NEW YORK NY 10105
Fortress Operating Entity I Lp 10 percent owner 1345 AVENUE OF THE AMERICAS, NEW YORK NY 10105
Fig Corp. 10 percent owner 1345 AVENUE OF THE AMERICAS, NEW YORK NY 10105
Db Med Investor I Llc 10 percent owner 1345 AVENUE OF THE AMERICAS, NEW YORK NY 10105
Drawbridge Special Opportunities Gp Llc 10 percent owner 1345 AVENUE OF THE AMERICAS, NEW YORK NY 10105
Drawbridge Special Opportunites Fund Ltd 10 percent owner 1345 AVENUE OF THE AMERICAS, NEW YORK NY 10105
Fortress Principal Investment Holdings Iv Llc 10 percent owner 1345 AVENUE OF THE AMERICAS, NEW YORK NY 10105