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E*TRADE Financial (E*TRADE Financial) Graham Number : $33.56 (As of Jun. 2020)


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What is E*TRADE Financial 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 (2024-05-06), the stock price of E*TRADE Financial is $49.26. E*TRADE Financial's graham number for the quarter that ended in Jun. 2020 was $33.56. Therefore, E*TRADE Financial's Price to Graham Number ratio for today is 1.47.

The historical rank and industry rank for E*TRADE Financial's Graham Number or its related term are showing as below:

ETFC' s Price-to-Graham-Number Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 1.07   Med: 1.36   Max: 2.25
Current: 1.47

During the past 13 years, the highest Price to Graham Number ratio of E*TRADE Financial was 2.25. The lowest was 1.07. And the median was 1.36.

ETFC's Price-to-Graham-Number is not ranked
in the Capital Markets industry.
Industry Median: 1.18 vs ETFC: 1.47

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


E*TRADE Financial Graham Number Historical Data

The historical data trend for E*TRADE Financial'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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E*TRADE Financial Graham Number Chart

E*TRADE Financial Annual Data
Trend Dec10 Dec11 Dec12 Dec13 Dec14 Dec15 Dec16 Dec17 Dec18 Dec19
Graham Number
Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 16.41 22.77 25.50 32.03 33.66

E*TRADE Financial Quarterly Data
Sep15 Dec15 Mar16 Jun16 Sep16 Dec16 Mar17 Jun17 Sep17 Dec17 Mar18 Jun18 Sep18 Dec18 Mar19 Jun19 Sep19 Dec19 Mar20 Jun20
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 35.05 34.76 33.57 31.97 33.56

Competitive Comparison of E*TRADE Financial's Graham Number

For the Capital Markets subindustry, E*TRADE Financial'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.


E*TRADE Financial's Price-to-Graham-Number Distribution in the Capital Markets Industry

For the Capital Markets industry and Financial Services sector, E*TRADE Financial's Price-to-Graham-Number distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where E*TRADE Financial's Price-to-Graham-Number falls into.



E*TRADE Financial Graham Number Calculation

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

E*TRADE Financial's Graham Number for the fiscal year that ended in Dec. 2019 is calculated as

Graham Number
=sqrt of (22.5* Tangible Book per Share *EPS without NRI)
=sqrt of (22.5*13.076*3.85)
=33.66

E*TRADE Financial's Graham Number for the quarter that ended in Jun. 2020 is calculated as

Graham Number
=sqrt of (22.5*Tangible Book per Share*EPS without NRI (TTM))
=sqrt of (22.5*14.55*3.44)
=33.56

* 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.


E*TRADE Financial  (NAS:ETFC) 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.

E*TRADE Financial's Price to Graham number Ratio for today is calculated as

Price to Graham number=Share Price (Today)/Graham number (Q: Jun. 2020 )
=49.26/33.56
=1.47

* 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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E*TRADE Financial (E*TRADE Financial) Business Description

Traded in Other Exchanges
N/A
Address
671 North Glebe Road, Ballston Tower, Arlington, VA, USA, 22203
E-Trade is one of the largest direct-to-investor platforms in the United States and housed over $500 billion of invested assets and client cash at the end of 2019. The company generates interest income on noninvested cash on its platform, trading commissions, service charges including payment for order flow, and fees from stock plan administration. Almost all the company's revenue is generated within the U.S.
Executives
Richard J Carbone director C/O E*TRADE FINANCIAL CORP., 11 TIMES SQUARE, 32ND FLOOR 10036-9992, NEWARK NJ 10036-9992
Joshua Weinreich director C/O ANJIE LAROCCA, DEUTSCHE BANK, 345 PARK AVENUE, NEW YORK NY 10154
Chad E. Turner officer: Chief Financial Officer 11 TIMES SQUARE, 32ND FLOOR NEW YORK NY 10036
Alice Milligan officer: EVP, Chief Customer Officer 11 TIMES SQUARE 32ND FLOOR NEW YORK NY 10036
Lori Sher officer: EVP, General Counsel 11 TIMES SQUARE 32ND FLOOR NEW YORK NY 10036
Michael Jos. Murphy officer: Sr. MD, Retail Brokerage 11 TIMES SQUARE, 32ND FLOOR NEW YORK NY 10036
Dirk W Wyckoff officer: Principal Accounting Officer 671 N GLEBE ROAD ARLINGTON VA 22203
Donna L Weaver director C/O E*TRADE FINANCIAL CORP. 11 TIMES SQUARE, 32ND FLOOR NEW YORK NY 10036-9992
Jaime Wallace Ellertson director C/O SI CORP, 3500 LENOX ROAD SUITE 200, ATLANTA GA 30326
Rodger A Lawson director C/O E*TRADE FINANCIAL CORP., 11 TIMES SQUARE, 32ND FLOOR, NEW YORK NY 10036-9992
Shelley B Leibowitz director C/O MORGAN STANLEY, 1585 BROADWAY, NEW YORK NY 10036
Rebecca Saeger director C/O E*TRADE FINANCIAL CORP., 11 TIMES SQUARE, 32ND FLOOR, NEW YORK NY 10036-9992
Michael John Curcio officer: EVP, Institutional C/O E*TRADE FINANCIAL CORP. 11 TIMES SQUARE, 32ND FLOOR NEW YORK NY 10036-9992
James Lam director C/O DAVIS POLK & WARDWELL LLP 450 LEXINGTON AVE NEW YORK NY 10017
Matthew Minetola officer: Chief Information Officer 300 GALLERIA PARKWAY, NW ATLANTA GA 30339