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Community West Bancshares (Community West Bancshares) Graham Number : $25.19 (As of Dec. 2023)


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What is Community West Bancshares 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 Community West Bancshares is $17.95. Community West Bancshares's graham number for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was $25.19. Therefore, Community West Bancshares's Price to Graham Number ratio for today is 0.76.

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

CWBC' s Price-to-Graham-Number Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 0.63   Med: 0.92   Max: 1.16
Current: 0.75

During the past 13 years, the highest Price to Graham Number ratio of Community West Bancshares was 1.16. The lowest was 0.63. And the median was 0.92.

CWBC's Price-to-Graham-Number is ranked worse than
61.54% of 1373 companies
in the Banks industry
Industry Median: 0.63 vs CWBC: 0.75

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


Community West Bancshares Graham Number Historical Data

The historical data trend for Community West Bancshares'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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Community West Bancshares Graham Number Chart

Community West Bancshares Annual Data
Trend Dec14 Dec15 Dec16 Dec17 Dec18 Dec19 Dec20 Dec21 Dec22 Dec23
Graham Number
Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 21.82 23.60 29.12 23.01 25.14

Community West Bancshares Quarterly Data
Jun19 Sep19 Dec19 Mar20 Jun20 Sep20 Dec20 Mar21 Jun21 Sep21 Dec21 Mar22 Jun22 Sep22 Dec22 Mar23 Jun23 Sep23 Dec23 Mar24
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 24.05 24.38 23.79 25.19 23.98

Competitive Comparison of Community West Bancshares's Graham Number

For the Banks - Regional subindustry, Community West Bancshares'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.


Community West Bancshares's Price-to-Graham-Number Distribution in the Banks Industry

For the Banks industry and Financial Services sector, Community West Bancshares's Price-to-Graham-Number distribution charts can be found below:

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



Community West Bancshares Graham Number Calculation

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

Community West Bancshares'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*12.971*2.165)
=25.14

Community West Bancshares'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*12.971*1.915)
=23.64

* 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.


Community West Bancshares  (NAS:CWBC) 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.

Community West Bancshares's Price to Graham number Ratio for today is calculated as

Price to Graham number=Share Price (Today)/Graham number (Q: Dec. 2023 )
=17.95/23.64
=0.76

* 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.


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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Community West Bancshares (Community West Bancshares) Business Description

Traded in Other Exchanges
N/A
Address
7100 N. Financial Drive, Suite 101, Fresno, CA, USA, 93720
Central Valley Community Bancorp offers a full range of commercial banking services to small and medium size businesses, their owners, managers, and employees in the central valley area of California. It conducts a commercial banking business, which includes accepting demand, savings and time deposits and making commercial, real estate, and consumer loans. The company also provides domestic and international wire transfer services and provides safe deposit boxes and other customary banking services. It is also engaged in internet banking which consists of inquiry, account status, bill paying, account transfers, and cash management.
Executives
Dawn M Cagle officer: EXECUTIVE VICE PRESIDENT 7100 N. FINANCIAL DRIVE, SUITE 101, FRESNO CA 93720
Jeffrey Michael Martin officer: EXECUTIVE VICE PRESIDENT 7100 N. FINANCIAL DRIVE, SUITE 101, FRESNO CA 93720
Shannon R Avrett officer: EXECUTIVE VICE PRESIDENT 7100 N. FINANCIAL DRIVE, SUITE 101, FRESNO CA 93720
James J Kim officer: EXECUTIVE VICE PRESIDENT 7100 N. FINANCIAL DRIVE, SUITE 101, FRESNO CA 93720
Daniel J Doyle director, officer: PRESIDENT & CEO 10335 N. ARCHIE, FRESNO CA 93720
Andriana D Majarian director 7100 N. FINANCIAL DRIVE, SUITE 101, FRESNO CA 93720
Blaine Lauhon officer: EXECUTIVE VICE PRESIDENT 7100 N. FINANCIAL DRIVE, SUITE 101, FRESNO CA 93720
Patrick A Luis officer: EXECUTIVE VICE PRESIDENT 7100 N. FINANCIAL DRIVE, SUITE 101, FRESNO CA 93720
Louis C Mcmurray director, 10 percent owner 2520 NORTH ARGYLE, FRESNO CA 93727
Daniel N Cunningham director 7100 N. FINANCIAL DRIVE, SUITE 101, FRESNO CA 93720
Anthony Kenneth Ramos officer: EXECUTIVE VICE PRESIDENT 7100 N. FINANCIAL DRIVE, SUITE 101, FRESNO CA 93720
Teresa Gilio officer: EXECUTIVE VICE PRESIDENT 7100 N. FINANCIAL DRIVE, SUITE 101, FRESNO CA 93720
Dawn P Crusinberry officer: EXECUTIVE VICE PRESIDENT 7100 N. FINANCIAL DRIVE, SUITE 101, FRESNO CA 93720
David A Kinross officer: Executive Vice President 600 POLLASKY AVENUE, CLOVIS CA 93612
Robert J Flautt director 905 SUTTER ST #100, FOLSOM CA 95630

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