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ERIE (Erie Indemnity Co) Graham Number : $89.33 (As of Jun. 2024)


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What is Erie Indemnity Co 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 (2024-10-31), the stock price of Erie Indemnity Co is $448.85. Erie Indemnity Co's graham number for the quarter that ended in Jun. 2024 was $89.33. Therefore, Erie Indemnity Co's Price to Graham Number ratio for today is 5.02.

The historical rank and industry rank for Erie Indemnity Co's Graham Number or its related term are showing as below:

ERIE' s Price-to-Graham-Number Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 2.26   Med: 3.19   Max: 5.06
Current: 5.02

During the past 13 years, the highest Price to Graham Number ratio of Erie Indemnity Co was 5.06. The lowest was 2.26. And the median was 3.19.

ERIE's Price-to-Graham-Number is ranked worse than
95.8% of 405 companies
in the Insurance industry
Industry Median: 0.86 vs ERIE: 5.02

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


Erie Indemnity Co Graham Number Historical Data

The historical data trend for Erie Indemnity Co'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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Erie Indemnity Co Graham Number Chart

Erie Indemnity Co Annual Data
Trend Dec14 Dec15 Dec16 Dec17 Dec18 Dec19 Dec20 Dec21 Dec22 Dec23
Graham Number
Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 54.36 53.55 57.33 59.66 78.12

Erie Indemnity Co Quarterly Data
Sep19 Dec19 Mar20 Jun20 Sep20 Dec20 Mar21 Jun21 Sep21 Dec21 Mar22 Jun22 Sep22 Dec22 Mar23 Jun23 Sep23 Dec23 Mar24 Jun24
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 67.04 72.89 78.12 82.93 89.33

Competitive Comparison of Erie Indemnity Co's Graham Number

For the Insurance Brokers subindustry, Erie Indemnity Co'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.


Erie Indemnity Co's Price-to-Graham-Number Distribution in the Insurance Industry

For the Insurance industry and Financial Services sector, Erie Indemnity Co's Price-to-Graham-Number distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Erie Indemnity Co's Price-to-Graham-Number falls into.



Erie Indemnity Co Graham Number Calculation

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

Erie Indemnity Co'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*31.8*8.53)
=78.12

Erie Indemnity Co's Graham Number for the quarter that ended in Jun. 2024 is calculated as

Graham Number
=sqrt of (22.5*Tangible Book per Share*EPS without NRI (TTM))
=sqrt of (22.5*34.974*10.14)
=89.33

* 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.


Erie Indemnity Co  (NAS:ERIE) 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.

Erie Indemnity Co's Price to Graham number Ratio for today is calculated as

Price to Graham number=Share Price (Today)/Graham number (Q: Jun. 2024 )
=448.85/89.33
=5.02

* 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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Erie Indemnity Co Business Description

Traded in Other Exchanges
Address
100 Erie Insurance Place, Erie, PA, USA, 16530
Erie Indemnity Co mainly performs services on behalf of the Erie Insurance Exchange relating to sales, underwriting, and issuance of policies. Erie Indemnity's results are tied to the performance of the Insurance Exchange, which principally provides automobile and homeowners insurance for individuals, along with multiperil, workers' compensation, and commercial automobile insurance for its commercial clients. Erie Indemnity's management fee is typically 25% of the Exchange's premiums, and this accounts for all of Erie Indemnity's revenue. The company operates exclusively in the United States.
Executives
Charles Scott Hartz director TWO BALA PLAZA, SUITE 300, BALA CYNWYD PA 19004-1573
Borneman J Ralph Jr director NATIONAL PENN BANCSHARES INC, PHILADELPHIA & READING AVENUES, BOYERTOWN PA 19512
Marc Cipriani officer: Senior Vice President 100 ERIE INSURANCE PLACE, ERIE PA 16530
Sean Dugan officer: Executive Vice President 100 ERIE INSURANCE PLACE, ERIE PA 16530
Parthasarathy Srinivasa officer: EVP, Chief Information Officer 100 ERIE INSURANCE PLACE, ERIE PA 16530
Jorie L Novacek officer: SVP, Controller 100 ERIE INSURANCE PLACE, ERIE PA 16530
Thomas B Hagen director 230 WEST 6TH STREET, ERIE PA 16507-1319
Eugene C Connell director 785 HUNTINGTON DRIVE, ERIE PA 16505
Elizabeth A Vorsheck director, 10 percent owner 6252 COMMERCIAL WAY PMB 140, BROOKSVILLE FL 34613
Brian W. Bolash officer: SVP,Secretary,General Counsel 100 ERIE INSURANCE PLACE, ERIE PA 16530
Hudson Brian Arden Sr. director 2407 PARK DRIVE, HARRISBURG PA 17110
Louis F Colaizzo officer: Senior Vice President 100 ERIE INSURANCE PLACE, ERIE PA 16530
Salvatore Correnti director 8518 SOUTHFIELDS CIRCLE, LUTHERVILLE MD 21093
Timothy G Necastro officer: President & CEO, Designate 100 ERIE INSURANCE PL, ERIE PA 16530
Luann Datesh director 333 OAK FOREST DRIVE, PITTSBURGH PA 15216