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HDB (HDFC Bank) Graham Number : $30.45 (As of Mar. 2024)


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What is HDFC Bank 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 HDFC Bank is $63.03. HDFC Bank's graham number for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2024 was $30.45. Therefore, HDFC Bank's Price to Graham Number ratio for today is 2.07.

The historical rank and industry rank for HDFC Bank's Graham Number or its related term are showing as below:

HDB' s Price-to-Graham-Number Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 1.42   Med: 1.97   Max: 2.34
Current: 2.02

During the past 13 years, the highest Price to Graham Number ratio of HDFC Bank was 2.34. The lowest was 1.42. And the median was 1.97.

HDB's Price-to-Graham-Number is ranked worse than
96.03% of 1434 companies
in the Banks industry
Industry Median: 0.68 vs HDB: 2.02

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


HDFC Bank Graham Number Historical Data

The historical data trend for HDFC Bank'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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HDFC Bank Graham Number Chart

HDFC Bank Annual Data
Trend Mar15 Mar16 Mar17 Mar18 Mar19 Mar20 Mar21 Mar22 Mar23 Mar24
Graham Number
Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 23.90 29.19 32.57 36.73 36.95

HDFC Bank Semi-Annual Data
Sep14 Mar15 Sep15 Mar16 Sep16 Mar17 Sep17 Mar18 Sep18 Mar19 Sep19 Mar20 Sep20 Mar21 Sep21 Mar22 Sep22 Mar23 Sep23 Mar24
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 28.43 33.37 36.94 34.12 30.45

Competitive Comparison of HDFC Bank's Graham Number

For the Banks - Regional subindustry, HDFC Bank'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.


HDFC Bank's Price-to-Graham-Number Distribution in the Banks Industry

For the Banks industry and Financial Services sector, HDFC Bank's Price-to-Graham-Number distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where HDFC Bank's Price-to-Graham-Number falls into.



HDFC Bank Graham Number Calculation

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

HDFC Bank's Graham Number for the fiscal year that ended in Mar. 2024 is calculated as

Graham Number
=sqrt of (22.5* Tangible Book per Share *EPS without NRI)
=sqrt of (22.5*18.654*3.253)
=36.95

HDFC Bank's Graham Number for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2024 is calculated as

Graham Number
=sqrt of (22.5*Tangible Book per Share*EPS without NRI (TTM))
=sqrt of (22.5*18.654*2.209)
=30.45

* 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.


HDFC Bank  (NYSE:HDB) 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.

HDFC Bank's Price to Graham number Ratio for today is calculated as

Price to Graham number=Share Price (Today)/Graham number (Q: Mar. 2024 )
=63.03/30.45
=2.07

* 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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HDFC Bank Business Description

Address
Senapati Bapat Marg, HDFC Bank House, Lower Parel (West), Mumbai, MH, IND, 400013
HDFC Bank Ltd is an Indian bank. It operates in the following segments; Treasury, Retail banking, Wholesale banking, and Other banking business. The maximum revenue for the company is generated from its Retail banking segment which serves retail customers through its branch network and other channels. This segment raises customer deposits and provides loans and other services to customers using different product groups. Its other operations include providing wholesale banking services to corporates, government entities, and other enterprises, generating income from its treasury operations, and performing para banking activities such as offering credit cards, debit cards, etc. Geographically, the company generates a majority of its revenue from its operations in India.

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