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Vienna Insurance Group AG (WBO:VIG) Graham Number : €68.37 (As of Jun. 2023)


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What is Vienna Insurance Group AG 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 (2024-04-29), the stock price of Vienna Insurance Group AG is €29.15. Vienna Insurance Group AG's graham number for the quarter that ended in Jun. 2023 was €68.37. Therefore, Vienna Insurance Group AG's Price to Graham Number ratio for today is 0.43.

The historical rank and industry rank for Vienna Insurance Group AG's Graham Number or its related term are showing as below:

WBO:VIG' s Price-to-Graham-Number Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 0.35   Med: 0.66   Max: 1
Current: 0.43

During the past 13 years, the highest Price to Graham Number ratio of Vienna Insurance Group AG was 1.00. The lowest was 0.35. And the median was 0.66.

WBO:VIG's Price-to-Graham-Number is ranked better than
85.1% of 396 companies
in the Insurance industry
Industry Median: 0.865 vs WBO:VIG: 0.43

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


Vienna Insurance Group AG Graham Number Historical Data

The historical data trend for Vienna Insurance Group AG'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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Vienna Insurance Group AG Graham Number Chart

Vienna Insurance Group AG Annual Data
Trend Dec13 Dec14 Dec15 Dec16 Dec17 Dec18 Dec19 Dec20 Dec21 Dec22
Graham Number
Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 32.39 43.40 41.37 44.14 39.65

Vienna Insurance Group AG Semi-Annual Data
Dec13 Jun14 Dec14 Jun15 Dec15 Jun16 Dec16 Jun17 Dec17 Jun18 Dec18 Jun19 Dec19 Jun20 Dec20 Jun21 Dec21 Jun22 Dec22 Jun23
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 38.76 43.93 41.23 39.85 68.37

Competitive Comparison of Vienna Insurance Group AG's Graham Number

For the Insurance - Diversified subindustry, Vienna Insurance Group AG'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.


Vienna Insurance Group AG's Price-to-Graham-Number Distribution in the Insurance Industry

For the Insurance industry and Financial Services sector, Vienna Insurance Group AG's Price-to-Graham-Number distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Vienna Insurance Group AG's Price-to-Graham-Number falls into.



Vienna Insurance Group AG Graham Number Calculation

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

Vienna Insurance Group AG's Graham Number for the fiscal year that ended in Dec. 2022 is calculated as

Graham Number
=sqrt of (22.5* Tangible Book per Share *EPS without NRI)
=sqrt of (22.5*16.712*4.182)
=39.65

Vienna Insurance Group AG's Graham Number for the quarter that ended in Jun. 2023 is calculated as

Graham Number
=sqrt of (22.5*Tangible Book per Share*EPS without NRI (TTM))
=sqrt of (22.5*28.518*7.285)
=68.37

* 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.


Vienna Insurance Group AG  (WBO:VIG) 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.

Vienna Insurance Group AG's Price to Graham number Ratio for today is calculated as

Price to Graham number=Share Price (Today)/Graham number (Q: Jun. 2023 )
=29.15/68.37
=0.43

* 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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Vienna Insurance Group AG (WBO:VIG) Business Description

Address
Schottenring 30, Vienna, AUT, 1010
Vienna Insurance Group AG is a diversified insurance company that offers property and casualty, life, and health insurance products. The company maintains its goal of consolidating market leadership in Austria while taking advantage of the growth potential in Central and Eastern Europe. The company generates most of its revenue in Austria, followed by the Czech Republic and Poland. The company considers merger and acquisition investment as a component of its operational growth strategy.
Executives
Hartwig Löger Member of the Managing Board, Deputy Chairman of the Managing Board
Dr. Günter Geyer Chairman of the Supervisory Board

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