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North American Financial 15 Split (TSX:FFN) Graham Number : C$N/A (As of Nov. 2023)


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What is North American Financial 15 Split 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 (2024-05-16), the stock price of North American Financial 15 Split is C$6.02. North American Financial 15 Split's graham number for the quarter that ended in Nov. 2023 was C$N/A. Therefore, North American Financial 15 Split's Price to Graham Number ratio for today is N/A.

The historical rank and industry rank for North American Financial 15 Split's Graham Number or its related term are showing as below:

During the past 13 years, the highest Price to Graham Number ratio of North American Financial 15 Split was 1.01. The lowest was 0.39. And the median was 0.49.

TSX:FFN's Price-to-Graham-Number is not ranked *
in the Asset Management industry.
Industry Median: 0.77
* 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.


North American Financial 15 Split Graham Number Historical Data

The historical data trend for North American Financial 15 Split'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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North American Financial 15 Split Graham Number Chart

North American Financial 15 Split Annual Data
Trend Nov14 Nov15 Nov16 Nov17 Nov18 Nov19 Nov20 Nov21 Nov22 Nov23
Graham Number
Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 15.31 - 19.44 - -

North American Financial 15 Split Semi-Annual Data
May14 Nov14 May15 Nov15 May16 Nov16 May17 Nov17 May18 Nov18 May19 Nov19 May20 Nov20 May21 Nov21 May22 Nov22 May23 Nov23
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 19.44 - - - -

Competitive Comparison of North American Financial 15 Split's Graham Number

For the Asset Management subindustry, North American Financial 15 Split'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.


North American Financial 15 Split's Price-to-Graham-Number Distribution in the Asset Management Industry

For the Asset Management industry and Financial Services sector, North American Financial 15 Split's Price-to-Graham-Number distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where North American Financial 15 Split's Price-to-Graham-Number falls into.



North American Financial 15 Split Graham Number Calculation

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

North American Financial 15 Split's Graham Number for the fiscal year that ended in Nov. 2023 is calculated as

Graham Number
=sqrt of (22.5* Tangible Book per Share *EPS without NRI)
=sqrt of (22.5*3.857*-1.3)
=N/A

North American Financial 15 Split's Graham Number for the quarter that ended in Nov. 2023 is calculated as

Graham Number
=sqrt of (22.5*Tangible Book per Share*EPS without NRI (TTM))
=sqrt of (22.5*3.857*-1.3)
=N/A

* 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.


North American Financial 15 Split  (TSX:FFN) 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.

North American Financial 15 Split's Price to Graham number Ratio for today is calculated as

Price to Graham number=Share Price (Today)/Graham number (Q: Nov. 2023 )
=6.02/N/A
=N/A

* 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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North American Financial 15 Split (TSX:FFN) Business Description

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Address
200 Front Street West, Suite 2510, P.O. Box 51, Toronto, ON, CAN, M5V 3K2
North American Financial 15 Split Corp is an investment company. It invests in an actively managed portfolio of common shares comprised of core large-capitalization Canadian and United States financial services companies. It also invests in equity securities of issuers. The company's investment objective is to provide holders of Preferred Shares with cumulative preferential monthly cash dividends and to provide holders of Class A shares with regular monthly cash distributions.

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