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United Community Banks (United Community Banks) Graham Number : $29.51 (As of Dec. 2023)


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United Community Banks Graham Number Definition

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 (2024-04-24), the stock price of United Community Banks is $26.33. United Community Banks's graham number for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was $29.51. Therefore, United Community Banks's Price to Graham Number ratio for today is 0.89.

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

UCBI' s Price-to-Graham-Number Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 0.82   Med: 1.05   Max: 1.43
Current: 0.89

During the past 13 years, the highest Price to Graham Number ratio of United Community Banks was 1.43. The lowest was 0.82. And the median was 1.05.

UCBI's Price-to-Graham-Number is ranked worse than
76.33% of 1373 companies
in the Banks industry
Industry Median: 0.62 vs UCBI: 0.89

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


United Community Banks Graham Number Historical Data

The historical data trend for United Community Banks'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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United Community Banks 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 29.61 28.04 35.87 32.07 29.51

United Community Banks 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 32.07 32.89 32.45 30.42 29.51

Competitive Comparison

For the Banks - Regional subindustry, United Community Banks'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.


United Community Banks Price-to-Graham-Number Distribution

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

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



United Community Banks Graham Number Calculation

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

United Community Banks'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*18.344*2.11)
=29.51

United Community Banks'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*18.344*2.11)
=29.51

* 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.


United Community Banks  (NAS:UCBI) 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.

United Community Banks's Price to Graham number Ratio for today is calculated as

Price to Graham number=Share Price (Today)/Graham number (Q: Dec. 2023 )
=26.33/29.51
=0.89

* 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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United Community Banks (United Community Banks) Business Description

Traded in Other Exchanges
Address
125 Highway 515 East, Blairsville, GA, USA, 30512
United Community Banks Inc is a bank holding company that operates through its wholly-owned subsidiary, Union Community Bank. The bank has scores of offices throughout portions of Georgia, Tennessee, and the Carolinas. It has traditionally grown through the organic growth of existing offices and de novo locations, complemented by selective acquisitions. United conducts substantially all of its operations through a community-focused operating model of separate community banks. The community banks offer a full range of retail and corporate banking services, including checking, savings, and time deposit accounts, as well as secured and unsecured loans, wire transfers, brokerage services, and other financial services. The bank's loan portfolio is well-diversified but predominantly commercial.
Executives
Abraham Cox officer: CHIEF MARKETING OFFICER C/O UNITED COMMUNITY BANKS, INC., PO BOX 398, BLAIRSVILLE GA 30512
Richard Bradshaw officer: President, Specialized Lending C/O UNITED COMMUNITY BANKS, INC., PO BOX 398, BLAIRSVILLE GA 30514
George B. Bell director C/O UNITED COMMUNITY BANKS, INC., PO BOX 398, BLAIRSVILLE GA 30512
Kenneth L Daniels director C/O UNITED COMMUNITY BANKS, INC., PO BOX 398, BLAIRSVILLE GA 30512
Holly N Berry officer: Chief Human Resources Officer C/O UNITED COMMUNITY BANKS, INC., PO BOX 398, BLAIRSVILLE GA 30514
H Lynn Harton officer: Chief Operating Officer C/O UNITED COMMUNITY BANKS, INC., PO BOX 398, BLAIRSVILLE GA 30512
Robert H Blalock director C/O UNITED COMMUNITY BANKS, INC., PO BOX 398, BLAIRSVILLE GA 30514
Jennifer M. Bazante director C/O UNITED COMMUNITY BANKS INC., PO BOX 398, BLAIRSVILLE GA 30514
Robert A. Edwards officer: EVP, CHIEF CREDIT OFFICER C/O UNITED COMMUNITY BANKS, INC., PO BOX 398, BLAIRSVILLE GA 30514
Jefferson L Harralson officer: EVP, CFO C/O UNITED COMMUNITY BANKS, INC., PO BOX 398, BLAIRSVILLE GA 30514
Alan H Kumler officer: VP & Controller C/O UNITED COMMUNITY BANKS INC, PO BOX 398, BLAIRSVILLE GA 30514
James P Clements director C/O UNITED COMMUNITY BANKS, INC., PO BOX 398, BLAIRSVILLE GA 30514
Thomas A Richlovsky director C/O UNITED COMMUNITY BANKS, INC., P.O. BOX 398, BLAIRSVILLE GA 30514
Melinda Davis Lux officer: EVP, GENERAL COUNSEL C/O UNITED COMMUNITY BANKS, INC., PO BOX 398, BLAIRSVILLE GA 30514
Mark Aaron Terry officer: Chief Information Officer C/O UNITED COMMUNITY BANKS, INC., PO BOX 398, BLAIRSVILLE GA 30514