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First Financial Northwest (First Financial Northwest) Graham Number : $16.35 (As of Dec. 2023)


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What is First Financial Northwest 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 (2024-04-26), the stock price of First Financial Northwest is $20.49. First Financial Northwest's graham number for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was $16.35. Therefore, First Financial Northwest's Price to Graham Number ratio for today is 1.25.

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

FFNW' s Price-to-Graham-Number Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 0.63   Med: 0.81   Max: 1.36
Current: 1.25

During the past 13 years, the highest Price to Graham Number ratio of First Financial Northwest was 1.36. The lowest was 0.63. And the median was 0.81.

FFNW's Price-to-Graham-Number is ranked worse than
88.56% of 1372 companies
in the Banks industry
Industry Median: 0.625 vs FFNW: 1.25

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


First Financial Northwest Graham Number Historical Data

The historical data trend for First Financial Northwest'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 Financial Northwest Graham Number Chart

First Financial Northwest 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 18.69 17.73 22.30 23.83 16.47

First Financial Northwest 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 23.83 22.67 21.28 18.66 16.35

Competitive Comparison of First Financial Northwest's Graham Number

For the Banks - Regional subindustry, First Financial Northwest'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 Financial Northwest's Price-to-Graham-Number Distribution in the Banks Industry

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

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



First Financial Northwest Graham Number Calculation

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

First Financial Northwest'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*17.468*0.69)
=16.47

First Financial Northwest'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*17.468*0.68)
=16.35

* 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 Financial Northwest  (NAS:FFNW) 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 Financial Northwest's Price to Graham number Ratio for today is calculated as

Price to Graham number=Share Price (Today)/Graham number (Q: Dec. 2023 )
=20.49/16.35
=1.25

* 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 Financial Northwest (First Financial Northwest) Business Description

Traded in Other Exchanges
N/A
Address
201 Wells Avenue South, PO Box 360, Renton, WA, USA, 98057
First Financial Northwest Inc is the holding company for First Financial Northwest Bank and First Financial Diversified. First Financial Northwest Bank is a subsidiary of First Financial Northwest and as such comprises substantially all of the activity for First Financial Northwest. The Bank's business consists predominantly of attracting deposits from the general public, combined with borrowing from the FHLB of Des Moines and raising funds in the wholesale market then utilizing these funds to originate one-to-four family residential, multifamily, commercial real estate, construction/land, business, and consumer loans. The Bank's strategic initiatives seek to diversify its loan portfolio and broaden growth opportunities with its current risk tolerance levels and asset/liability objectives.
Executives
Simon Soh officer: Chief Lending Officer FSBNW 201 WELLS AVENUE SOUTH, RENTON WA 98057
Richard P Jacobson officer: COO of the Bank
Kiley Joseph W Iii director, officer: President and CEO of the Bank IMPERIAL CAPITAL BANCORP INC, 888 PROSPECT STREET SUITE 110, LA JOLLA CA 92037
Cindy L. Runger director 201 WELLS AVENUE SOUTH, RENTON WA 98057
Christine A. Huestis officer: 1st VP/Prin. Acct Officer 201 WELLS AVENUE SOUTH, RENTON WA 98057
Richard M Riccobono director 201 WELLS AVENUE SOUTH, RENTON WA 98057
Ralph C Sabin director C/O PACIFIC VENTURE GROUP, 114 PACIFICA STREET, SUITE 270, IRVINE CA 92618
Diane C. Davis director 201 WELLS AVENUE SOUTH, RENTON WA 98057
Kevin D Padrick director 2055 FIRST STREET, BAKER CITY OR 97814
Patricia M. Remch director 201 WELLS AVENUE SOUTH, RENTON WA 98057
Randy T. Riffle officer: Executive VP and CCO 105 W. 8TH STREET, PORT ANGELES WA 98362
Gary F Faull director 201 WELLS AVENUE SOUTH, RENTON WA 98057
Joann E Lee director 201 WELLS AVENUE SOUTH, RENTON WA 98057
Ronnie J Clariza officer: Sr.VP/Chief Risk Officer 201 WELLS AVENUE SOUTH, RENTON WA 98057
Gregg H. Deritis officer: Senior VP and CCO 201 WELLS AVENUE SOUTH, RENTON WA 98057