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Blackrock Munivest Fund (Blackrock Munivest Fund) Graham Number : $4.85 (As of Jan. 2024)


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What is Blackrock Munivest 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 (2024-04-27), the stock price of Blackrock Munivest Fund is $6.82. Blackrock Munivest Fund's graham number for the quarter that ended in Jan. 2024 was $4.85. Therefore, Blackrock Munivest Fund's Price to Graham Number ratio for today is 0.96.

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

MVF' s Price-to-Graham-Number Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 0.48   Med: 1.03   Max: 3.31
Current: 1.41

During the past 11 years, the highest Price to Graham Number ratio of Blackrock Munivest Fund was 3.31. The lowest was 0.48. And the median was 1.03.

MVF's Price-to-Graham-Number is ranked worse than
78.69% of 1126 companies
in the Asset Management industry
Industry Median: 0.77 vs MVF: 1.41

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


Blackrock Munivest Fund Graham Number Historical Data

The historical data trend for Blackrock Munivest 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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Blackrock Munivest Fund Graham Number Chart

Blackrock Munivest Fund Annual Data
Trend Aug11 Aug12 Aug13 Aug14 Aug15 Aug16 Aug17 Aug18 Aug19 Aug20
Graham Number
Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 15.05 - 5.02 14.42 6.24

Blackrock Munivest Fund Semi-Annual Data
Aug13 Feb14 Aug14 Feb15 Aug15 Feb16 Aug16 Feb17 Aug17 Feb18 Aug18 Feb19 Aug19 Feb20 Aug20 Feb21 Aug21 Feb22 Jan23 Jan24
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 - 14.13 3.25 - 4.85

Competitive Comparison of Blackrock Munivest Fund's Graham Number

For the Asset Management subindustry, Blackrock Munivest 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.


Blackrock Munivest Fund's Price-to-Graham-Number Distribution in the Asset Management Industry

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

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



Blackrock Munivest Fund Graham Number Calculation

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

Blackrock Munivest Fund's Graham Number for the fiscal year that ended in Aug. 2020 is calculated as

Graham Number
=sqrt of (22.5* Tangible Book per Share *EPS without NRI)
=sqrt of (22.5*9.605*0.18)
=6.24

Blackrock Munivest Fund's Graham Number for the quarter that ended in Jan. 2024 is calculated as

Graham Number
=sqrt of (22.5*Tangible Book per Share*EPS without NRI (TTM))
=sqrt of (22.5*8.035*0.28)
=7.11

* 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.


Blackrock Munivest Fund  (NYSE:MVF) 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.

Blackrock Munivest Fund's Price to Graham number Ratio for today is calculated as

Price to Graham number=Share Price (Today)/Graham number (Q: Jan. 2024 )
=6.82/7.11
=0.96

* 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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Blackrock Munivest Fund (Blackrock Munivest Fund) Business Description

Traded in Other Exchanges
N/A
Address
100 Bellevue Parkway, Wilmington, DE, USA, 19809
Blackrock Munivest Fund Inc is an investment management firm. Its investment objective is to provide current income exempt from regular U.S. federal income tax. The company invests in various sectors such as Health; Transportation; Utilities; Education; Tobacco; Housing and others.
Executives
Arthur Philip Steinmetz director 50 HUDSON YARDS, NEW YORK NY 10001
Aaron David Wasserman officer: Chief Compliance Officer 50 HUDSON YARDS, NEW YORK NY 10001
Kristi Manidis Santiago other: Portfolio Manager 1 UNIVERSITY SQUARE DRIVE, PRINCETON NJ 08540
Christian Romaglino other: Portfolio Manager 55 EAST 52ND STREET, NEW YORK NY 10055
Kevin Maloney other: Portfolio Manager 55 EAST 52ND STREET, NEW YORK NY 10055
Walter Oconnor other: Portfolio Manager 800 SCUDDERS MILL ROAD, PLAINSBORO NJ 08536
Michael Kalinoski other: Portfolio Manager 800 SCUDDERS MILL ROAD, PLAINSBORO NJ 08536
Michael Perilli other: Portfolio Manager 55 EAST 52ND STREET, NEW YORK NY 10055
Lorenzo Flores director 2100 LOGIC DRIVE, SAN JOSE CA 95124
Peter Hayes other: Officer of the Advisor 100 BELLEVUE PARKWAY, WILMINGTON DE 19809
James Phillip Holloman director P.O. BOX 625737, 6800 CINTAS BOULEVARD, CINCINNATI OH 45262
Stayce D. Harris director 1999 S. BASCOM AVE., SUITE 700, CAMPBELL CA 95008
Trent Walker officer: Chief Financial Officer C/O PIMCO, 650 NEWPORT CENTER DRIVE, NEWPORT BEACH CA 92660
J.p. Morgan Taxable Putters/taxable Drivers, Series T0007 Trust 10 percent owner C/O U.S. BANK TRUST NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, 100 WALL STREET-SUITE 1600, NEW YORK NY 10005
Jpmorgan Chase Bank, N.a. 10 percent owner 1111 POLARIS PARKWAY, COLUMBUS OH 43240