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 NewBridge Bancorp is $10.93. NewBridge Bancorp's graham number for the quarter that ended in Sep. 2015 was $8.18. Therefore, NewBridge Bancorp's Price to Graham Number ratio for today is 1.36.
The historical rank and industry rank for NewBridge Bancorp's Graham Number or its related term are showing as below:
NBBC's Price-to-Graham-Number is not ranked *
in the Banks industry.
Industry Median: 0.63 * Ranked among companies with meaningful Price-to-Graham-Number only.
Graham Number is a combination of asset valuation and earnings power valuation. It is a very conservative way of valuing a stock.
NewBridge Bancorp Graham Number Historical Data
The historical data trend for NewBridge Bancorp'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.
Competitive Comparison of NewBridge Bancorp's Graham Number
For the Banks - Regional subindustry, NewBridge Bancorp'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.
NewBridge Bancorp's Price-to-Graham-Number Distribution in the Banks Industry
For the Banks industry and Financial Services sector, NewBridge Bancorp's Price-to-Graham-Number distribution charts can be found below:
* The bar in red indicates where NewBridge Bancorp's Price-to-Graham-Number falls into.
NewBridge Bancorp Graham Number Calculation
Graham Number is a concept based on Ben Graham's conservative valuation of companies.
NewBridge Bancorp's Graham Number for the fiscal year that ended in Dec. 2014 is calculated as
* 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.
NewBridge Bancorp (NAS:NBBC) 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.
NewBridge Bancorp's Price to Graham number Ratio for today is calculated as
Price to Graham number
=
Share Price (Today)
/
Graham number (Q: Sep. 2015 )
=
10.93
/
8.02
=
1.36
* 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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NewBridge Bancorp (NewBridge Bancorp) Business Description
NewBridge Bancorp was incorporated in the State of North Carolina on December 6, 1982. The Company is a bank holding company. The Company through its banking subsidiary provides banking products to small to medium-sized businesses and retail clients in its market areas, including interest-bearing and noninterest-bearing demand deposit accounts, certificates of deposits, individual retirement accounts, overdraft protection, personal and corporate trust services, safe deposit boxes, online banking, corporate cash management, brokerage, financial planning and asset management, and secured and unsecured loans. The Company also offers lending services, including construction, real estate, and commercial and consumer loans, to small to medium-sized businesses, middle market businesses, real estate developers and retail clients that are located in or conduct a substantial portion of their business in the market areas. It maintains operations facilities in Lexington and Reidsville, NC. It operated approximately 40 branch offices in its four markets including Charlotte, Raleigh, the Cape Fear Region and the Piedmont Triad Region and eight loan production offices. The Bank focuses its marketing efforts on small to medium-sized businesses, professionals and retail clients, and on achieving certain strategic objectives, including increasing noninterest income and growing core deposits and loans. The Bank promotes its brand through its association with the Greensboro minor league baseball team and ballpark (NewBridge Bank Park), traditional advertising and promotions, sponsorship of local events and other community-focused campaigns. The Bank also invests in bank-hosted events and client hospitality opportunities that foster relationship building and business development. The Company's clients are located in Brunswick, Davidson, Forsyth, Guilford, Mecklenburg, New Hanover, Pender, Rockingham, Sampson, Stokes and Wake Counties. It faces competition from a number of sources, including commercial banks, thrift institutions, credit unions and other financial institutions and financial intermediaries. The Company is subject to examination by the FDIC and the Commissioner. In addition, it is subject to various other state and federal laws and regulations, including state usury laws, laws relating to fiduciaries, consumer credit, equal credit and fair credit reporting laws and laws relating to branch banking.
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