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Boston Private Financial Holdings (Boston Private Financial Holdings) Graham Number : $12.04 (As of Mar. 2021)


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What is Boston Private Financial Holdings 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 Boston Private Financial Holdings is $14.75. Boston Private Financial Holdings's graham number for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2021 was $12.04. Therefore, Boston Private Financial Holdings's Price to Graham Number ratio for today is 1.23.

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

BPFH' s Price-to-Graham-Number Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 0.53   Med: 1.25   Max: 2.62
Current: 1.23

During the past 13 years, the highest Price to Graham Number ratio of Boston Private Financial Holdings was 2.62. The lowest was 0.53. And the median was 1.25.

BPFH's Price-to-Graham-Number is not ranked
in the Banks industry.
Industry Median: 0.625 vs BPFH: 1.23

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


Boston Private Financial Holdings Graham Number Historical Data

The historical data trend for Boston Private Financial Holdings'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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Boston Private Financial Holdings Graham Number Chart

Boston Private Financial Holdings 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 10.43 7.85 12.87 14.03 10.97

Boston Private Financial Holdings 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 12.32 9.83 10.38 10.97 12.04

Competitive Comparison of Boston Private Financial Holdings's Graham Number

For the Banks - Regional subindustry, Boston Private Financial Holdings'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.


Boston Private Financial Holdings's Price-to-Graham-Number Distribution in the Banks Industry

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

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



Boston Private Financial Holdings Graham Number Calculation

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

Boston Private Financial Holdings'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*9.733*0.55)
=10.97

Boston Private Financial Holdings'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*9.61*0.67)
=12.04

* 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.


Boston Private Financial Holdings  (NAS:BPFH) 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.

Boston Private Financial Holdings's Price to Graham number Ratio for today is calculated as

Price to Graham number=Share Price (Today)/Graham number (Q: Mar. 2021 )
=14.75/12.04
=1.23

* 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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Boston Private Financial Holdings (Boston Private Financial Holdings) Business Description

Traded in Other Exchanges
N/A
Address
Ten Post Office Square, Boston, MA, USA, 02109
Boston Private Financial Holdings Inc is a bank holding company. The company provides personal banking, wealth management, commercial banking, and asset management services to high net worth individuals, families, businesses, and institutions. It operates in two segments: Private Banking and Wealth Management & Trust. The company generates maximum revenue from the Private Banking segment. The private Banking segment operates primarily in three geographic markets: New England, Northern California, and Southern California.
Executives
Lizabeth H Zlatkus director ONE HARTFORD PLAZA, HARTFORD CT 06155
James Cannon Brown officer: EVP 24 NORTH STREET, PITTSFIELD MA 01201
Maura Almy officer: EVP BOSTON PRIVATE FINANCIAL HOLDINGS, INC. TEN POST OFFICE SQUARE BOSTON MA 02109
W. Timothy Macdonald officer: EVP, Chief Risk Officer BOSTON PRIVATE FINANCIAL HOLDINGS, INC. TEN POST OFFICE SQUARE BOSTON MA 02109
Kimberly S Stevenson director 199 FREMONT STREET, 7TH FLOOR, SAN FRANCISCO CA 94105
Luis A Ubinas director 209 REDWOOD SHORES PARKWAY, REDWOOD CITY CA 94065-1175
Gloria C Larson director UNUM GROUP, 1 FOUNTAIN SQUARE, CHATTANOOGA TN 37402
Stephen M Waters director TEN POST OFFICE SQUARE, BOSTON MA 02109
Joseph C Guyaux director 249 FIFTH AVE, P1-POPP-30-1, PITTSBURGH PA 15222
Mark F Furlong director 770 M WATER ST, MILWAUKEE WI 53202
Deborah F Kuenstner director C/O PUTNAM LLC, ONE POST OFFICE SQUARE L5, BOSTON MA 02109
William I Woodson officer: EVP BOSTON PRIVATE FINANCIAL HOLDINGS, INC. TEN POST OFFICE SQUARE BOSTON MA 02109
Steven M Gaven officer: EVP, Chief Financial Officer BOSTON PRIVATE TEN POST OFFICE SQUARE BOSTON MA 02109
Christopher A Cooper officer: SVP, Assistant General Counsel BOSTON PRIVATE FINANCIAL HOLDINGS, INC. TEN POST OFFICE SQUARE BOSTON MA 02109
Joy Enos officer: EVP, Chief HR Officer BOSTON PRIVATE TEN POST OFFICE SQUARE BOSTON MA 02109

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