Gabelli Equity Trust (Gabelli Equity Trust) Graham Number

: $9.37 (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 (2024-04-18), the stock price of Gabelli Equity Trust is $5.275. Gabelli Equity Trust's graham number for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was $9.37. Therefore, Gabelli Equity Trust's Price to Graham Number ratio for today is 0.56.

The historical rank and industry rank for Gabelli Equity Trust's Graham Number or its related term are showing as below:

GAB' s Price-to-Graham-Number Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 0.42 Med: 0.53 Max: 0.68
Current: 0.56

During the past 8 years, the highest Price to Graham Number ratio of Gabelli Equity Trust was 0.68. The lowest was 0.42. And the median was 0.53.

GAB's Price-to-Graham-Number is ranked better than
76.02% of 1126 companies
in the Asset Management industry
Industry Median: 0.76 vs GAB: 0.56

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

Gabelli Equity Trust Graham Number Historical Data

The historical data trend for Gabelli Equity Trust'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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Gabelli Equity Trust Annual Data

Trend

Dec16

Dec17

Dec18

Dec19

Dec20

Dec21

Dec22

Dec23

Graham Number

13.22

9.19

13.95

9.54

Gabelli Equity Trust Semi-Annual Data
	Dec16	Dec17	Jun18	Dec18	Jun19	Dec19	Jun20	Dec20	Jun21	Dec21	Jun22	Dec22	Jun23	Dec23
Graham Number										13.81	-	-	11.13	9.37

Competitive Comparison

For the Asset Management subindustry, Gabelli Equity Trust'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.

Gabelli Equity Trust Price-to-Graham-Number Distribution

For the Asset Management industry and Financial Services sector, Gabelli Equity Trust's Price-to-Graham-Number distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Gabelli Equity Trust's Price-to-Graham-Number falls into.

Gabelli Equity Trust Graham Number Calculation

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

Gabelli Equity Trust'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	*	5.19	*	0.78)
=	9.54

Gabelli Equity Trust'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	*	5.19	*	0.752)
=	9.37

Gabelli Equity Trust (NYSE:GAB) 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.

Gabelli Equity Trust's Price to Graham number Ratio for today is calculated as

Price to Graham number	=	Share Price (Today)	/	Graham number (Q: Dec. 2023 )
	=	5.275	/	9.37
	=	0.56

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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Gabelli Equity Trust (Gabelli Equity Trust) Business Description

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Address

One Corporate Center, Rye, NY, USA, 10580-1422

Website

https://www.gabelli.com

Gabelli Equity Trust Inc is a non-diversified closed-end management investment company. Its primary investment objective is long-term growth of capital with income as a secondary objective. The Fund invests at least 80% of its assets in equity securities under normal market conditions. Its equity portfolio includes common stock, preferred stock, convertible or exchangeable securities, and warrants and rights to purchase such securities selected by the Investment Adviser. The company invests in various sectors, of which Food & Beverage, Financial Services, Equipment and Supplies, Entertainment, Consumer Products, Health Care, Diversified Industrial, Business Services, and Consumer Services accounts for the majority weightage.

Executives

Laura Linehan	director	C/O ONE CORPORATE CENTER, RYE, NY, RYE NY 10580
Elizabeth C Bogan	director	C/O DINSMORE CAPITAL MANAGEMENT CO., 65 MADISON AVENUE, MORRISTOWN NJ 07960
Leslie Fahrenkopf Foley	director	C/O GAMCO INVESTORS, INC., ONE CORPORATE CENTER, RYE NY 10580
Peter D. Goldstein	officer: Secretary	249 ROYAL PALM WAY, SUITE 503, PALM BEACH FL 33480
James P Conn	director
Salvatore J Zizza	director	810 SEVENTH AVE, 27TH FLOOR, NEW YORK NY 10019
Kuni Nakamura	director	1 MARTIN BUTLER COURT, RYE NY 10580
John Chester Ball	officer: Treasurer	800 CONNECTICUT AVENUE, NORWALK CT 06854
Ferrantino Michael J Jr	director	12 MARTINGALE LANE, ANDOVER MA 01810
Anthony R Pustorino	director	ONE CORPORATE CENTER, RYE NY 10580
Anthony J Colavita	director	ONE CORPORATE CENTER, RYE NY 10580
William F Heitmann	director	1095 AVENUE OF THE AMERICAS, ROOM 4140, NEW YORK NY 10036-6797
Gamco Investors, Inc. Et Al	other: Owner of Adviser	191 MASON STREET, GREENWICH CT 06830
Arthur V Ferrara	director	ONE CORPORATE CENTER, RYE NY 10580
Thomas E Bratter	director	ONE CORPORATE CENTER, RYE NY 10580