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The Community Financial (The Community Financial) Graham Number : $62.21 (As of Mar. 2023)


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What is The Community Financial 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 The Community Financial is $27.09. The Community Financial's graham number for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2023 was $62.21. Therefore, The Community Financial's Price to Graham Number ratio for today is 0.44.

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

TCFC' s Price-to-Graham-Number Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 0.43   Med: 0.81   Max: 1.43
Current: 0.44

During the past 13 years, the highest Price to Graham Number ratio of The Community Financial was 1.43. The lowest was 0.43. And the median was 0.81.

TCFC's Price-to-Graham-Number is not ranked
in the Banks industry.
Industry Median: 0.63 vs TCFC: 0.44

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


The Community Financial Graham Number Historical Data

The historical data trend for The Community Financial'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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The Community Financial Graham Number Chart

The Community Financial Annual Data
Trend Dec13 Dec14 Dec15 Dec16 Dec17 Dec18 Dec19 Dec20 Dec21 Dec22
Graham Number
Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 33.88 42.04 44.03 58.75 59.13

The Community Financial Quarterly Data
Jun18 Sep18 Dec18 Mar19 Jun19 Sep19 Dec19 Mar20 Jun20 Sep20 Dec20 Mar21 Jun21 Sep21 Dec21 Mar22 Jun22 Sep22 Dec22 Mar23
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 56.83 56.39 56.81 59.13 62.21

Competitive Comparison of The Community Financial's Graham Number

For the Banks - Regional subindustry, The Community Financial'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.


The Community Financial's Price-to-Graham-Number Distribution in the Banks Industry

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

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



The Community Financial Graham Number Calculation

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

The Community Financial's Graham Number for the fiscal year that ended in Dec. 2022 is calculated as

Graham Number
=sqrt of (22.5* Tangible Book per Share *EPS without NRI)
=sqrt of (22.5*31.078*5)
=59.13

The Community Financial's Graham Number for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2023 is calculated as

Graham Number
=sqrt of (22.5*Tangible Book per Share*EPS without NRI (TTM))
=sqrt of (22.5*33.073*5.2)
=62.21

* 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.


The Community Financial  (NAS:TCFC) 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.

The Community Financial's Price to Graham number Ratio for today is calculated as

Price to Graham number=Share Price (Today)/Graham number (Q: Mar. 2023 )
=27.09/62.21
=0.44

* 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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The Community Financial (The Community Financial) Business Description

Traded in Other Exchanges
N/A
Address
3035 Leonardtown Road, Waldorf, MD, USA, 20601
The Community Financial Corp is a bank holding company for Community Bank of the Chesapeake (The bank). The company is engaged in providing financial services to individuals and businesses through its offices in Southern Maryland and Fredericksburg, Virginia. The company offers deposits like demand, savings, and time. Also, it offers lending products like commercial and residential mortgage loans, commercial loans, construction and land development loans, home equity, and second mortgages and commercial equipment loans.
Executives
John Anthony Chappelle other: EVP & CDO of Subsidiary C/O THE COMMUNITY FINANCIAL CORPORATION, 3035 LEONARDTOWN ROAD, WALDORF MD 20601
Sanders Edward Lawrence Iii director C/O THE COMMUNITY FINANCIAL CORPORATION, 3035 LEONARDTOWN ROAD, WALDORF MD 20601
Todd L Capitani officer: EVP & Senior Financial Officer 3035 LEONARDTOWN ROAD, WALDORF MD 20601
Michael Brian Adams director C/O THE COMMUNITY FINANCIAL CORPORATION, 3035 LEONARDTOWN ROAD, WALDORF MD 20601
Kimberly Briscoe-tonic director C/O THE COMMUNITY FINANCIAL CORPORATION, 3035 LEONARDTOWN ROAD, WALDORF MD 20601
Mohammad Arshed Javaid director 3035 LEONARDTOWN ROAD, WALDORF MD 20601
Rebecca Middleton Mcdonald director C/O THE COMMUNITY FINANCIAL CORPORATION, 3035 LEONARDTOWN ROAD, WALDORF MD 20601
Tala Tay other: EVP & CRO of Subsidiary C/O THE COMMUNITY FINANCIAL CORPORATION, 3035 LEONARDTOWN ROAD, WALDORF MD 20601
Brian Scot Ebron other: EVP & CBO-VA of Subsidiary C/O THE COMMUNITY FINANCIAL CORPORATION, 3035 LEONARDTOWN ROAD, WALDORF MD 20601
Patrick Douglas Pierce other: EVP & CBO-MD of Subsidiary C/O THE COMMUNITY FINANCIAL CORPORATION, 3035 LEONARDTOWN ROAD, WALDORF MD 20601
Lacey Amanda Pierce other: EVP & CAO of Subsidiary C/O THE COMMUNITY FINANCIAL CORPORATION, 3035 LEONARDTOWN ROAD, WALDORF MD 20601
Slater A Joseph Jr director 3035 LEONARDTOWN ROAD, WALDORF MD 20601
William J Pasenelli officer: Executive V.P. & CFO 3035 LEONARDTOWN ROAD, WALDORF MD 20601
Mary Todd Peterson director 3035 LEONARDTOWN ROAD, WALDORF MD 20601
Stone Joseph V Jr director C/O TRI-COUNTY FINANCIAL CORPORATION, 3035 LEONARDTOWN ROAD, WALDORF MD 20601