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Chimera Investment (Chimera Investment) Graham Number

: $10.37 (As of Dec. 2023)
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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 (2024-04-19), the stock price of Chimera Investment is $4.02. Chimera Investment's graham number for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was $10.37. Therefore, Chimera Investment's Price to Graham Number ratio for today is 0.39.

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

CIM' s Price-to-Graham-Number Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 0.39   Med: 0.53   Max: 0.7
Current: 0.39

During the past 13 years, the highest Price to Graham Number ratio of Chimera Investment was 0.70. The lowest was 0.39. And the median was 0.53.

CIM's Price-to-Graham-Number is ranked better than
88.07% of 587 companies
in the REITs industry
Industry Median: 0.77 vs CIM: 0.39

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


Chimera Investment Graham Number Historical Data

The historical data trend for Chimera Investment'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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Chimera Investment Annual Data
Trend Dec14 Dec15 Dec16 Dec17 Dec18 Dec19 Dec20 Dec21 Dec22 Dec23
Graham Number
Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 32.62 23.20 35.67 - 7.13

Chimera Investment Quarterly Data
Mar19 Jun19 Sep19 Dec19 Mar20 Jun20 Sep20 Dec20 Mar21 Jun21 Sep21 Dec21 Mar22 Jun22 Sep22 Dec22 Mar23 Jun23 Sep23 Dec23
Graham Number 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 Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only - 16.34 14.76 13.26 10.37

Competitive Comparison

For the REIT - Mortgage subindustry, Chimera Investment'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.


Chimera Investment Price-to-Graham-Number Distribution

For the REITs industry and Real Estate sector, Chimera Investment's Price-to-Graham-Number distribution charts can be found below:

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



Chimera Investment Graham Number Calculation

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

Chimera Investment'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*10.6*0.213)
=7.13

Chimera Investment'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*10.6*0.451)
=10.37

* 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.


Chimera Investment  (NYSE:CIM) 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.

Chimera Investment's Price to Graham number Ratio for today is calculated as

Price to Graham number=Share Price (Today)/Graham number (Q: Dec. 2023 )
=4.02/10.37
=0.39

* 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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Chimera Investment (Chimera Investment) Business Description

Address
630 Fifth Avenue, Suite 2400, New York, NY, USA, 10111
Chimera Investment Corporation is a real estate investment trust engaged in investing in a portfolio of mortgage assets on a leveraged basis. These investments include a variety of government-sponsored agency residential mortgage-backed securities, or RMBS, non-agency RMBS, agency commercial mortgage-backed securities, residential mortgage loans, and other real estate-related securities. Agency mortgage-backed securities represent the largest share of this portfolio, while subprime residential mortgage loans and non-agency RMBS also make up substantial shares. A significant percentage of these securities are backed by properties in California. The company generates nearly all of its income from interest payments derived from its investments.
Executives
Miyun Sung officer: Chief Legal Officer 4-75 48TH AVENUE #705, LONG ISLAND CITY NY 11109
Sudhanshu Thakkar officer: Co-Chief Investment Officer 630 FIFTH AVENUE, SUITE 2400, NEW YORK NY 10111
Sandra Bell director C/O TIPTREE INC., 660 STEAMBOAT ROAD, 2ND FL, GREENWICH CT 06830
Subramaniam Viswanathan officer: Chief Financial Officer 103 HARDING AVE, EDISON NJ 08820
Kelley Kortman officer: Principal Accounting Officer 520 MADISON AVE, FL 32, NEW YORK NY 10022
Kevin Gerald Chavers director C/O CHIMERA INVESTMENT CORPORATION, 520 MADISON AVENUE, 32ND FLOOR, NEW YORK NY 10022
Matthew Lambiase director, officer: Chief Exec. Officer and Pres. 1211 AVENUE OF THE AMERICAS, SUITE 2902, NEW YORK NY 10036
Kardis Phillip John Ii officer: Chief Legal Officer C/O CHIMERA INVESTMENT CORPORATION, 1211 AVENUE OF THE AMERICAS, NEW YORK NY 10036
Choudhary Yarlagadda officer: Chief Operating Officer 1211 AVENUE OF THE AMERICAS, NEW YORK NY 10036
Robert S Colligan officer: CFO 1211 AVENUE OF THE AMERICAS, STE 2902, NEW YORK NY 10036
Brian Patrick Reilly director 520 MADISON AVENUE, 32ND FLOOR, NEW YORK NY 10022
Paul Donlin director 1211 AVENUE OF THE AMERICAS, SUITE 2902, NEW YORK NY 10036
Gerard Creagh director C/O DUFF & PHELPS CORPORATION, 55 EAST 52ND STREET, NEW YORK NY 10055
Mohit Marria officer: Chief Investment Officer 1211 AVENUE OF THE AMERICAS, STE 2902, NEW YORK NY 10036
Debra Still director 520 MADISON AVE, 32ND FL, C/O CHIMERA INVESTMENT CORPORATION, NEW YORK NY 10022

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