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Polar Capital Global Financials Trust (LSE:PCFT) Graham Number : £N/A (As of Nov. 2023)


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What is Polar Capital Global Financials Trust 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 (2024-06-11), the stock price of Polar Capital Global Financials Trust is £1.676. Polar Capital Global Financials Trust's graham number for the quarter that ended in Nov. 2023 was £N/A. Therefore, Polar Capital Global Financials Trust's Price to Graham Number ratio for today is N/A.

The historical rank and industry rank for Polar Capital Global Financials Trust's Graham Number or its related term are showing as below:

During the past 11 years, the highest Price to Graham Number ratio of Polar Capital Global Financials Trust was 1.93. The lowest was 0.49. And the median was 0.66.

LSE:PCFT's Price-to-Graham-Number is not ranked *
in the Asset Management industry.
Industry Median: 0.76
* 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.


Polar Capital Global Financials Trust Graham Number Historical Data

The historical data trend for Polar Capital Global Financials Trust'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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Polar Capital Global Financials Trust Graham Number Chart

Polar Capital Global Financials Trust 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 1.76 - 3.31 0.80 -

Polar Capital Global Financials Trust 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 3.31 - 0.75 - -

Competitive Comparison of Polar Capital Global Financials Trust's Graham Number

For the Asset Management subindustry, Polar Capital Global Financials Trust'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.


Polar Capital Global Financials Trust's Price-to-Graham-Number Distribution in the Asset Management Industry

For the Asset Management industry and Financial Services sector, Polar Capital Global Financials Trust's Price-to-Graham-Number distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Polar Capital Global Financials Trust's Price-to-Graham-Number falls into.



Polar Capital Global Financials Trust Graham Number Calculation

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

Polar Capital Global Financials Trust'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*1.581*-0.049)
=N/A

Polar Capital Global Financials Trust'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*1.581*-0.049)
=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.


Polar Capital Global Financials Trust  (LSE:PCFT) 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.

Polar Capital Global Financials Trust's Price to Graham number Ratio for today is calculated as

Price to Graham number=Share Price (Today)/Graham number (Q: Nov. 2023 )
=1.676/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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Polar Capital Global Financials Trust (LSE:PCFT) Business Description

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Address
16 Palace Street, London, GBR, SW1E 5JD
Polar Capital Global Financials Trust PLC is an asset management firm based in the United Kingdom. Its core objective is to provide its investors with a growing dividend income with capital appreciation. To achieve this, the company invests in listed or quoted securities issued by companies in the financial sector operating in the banking, insurance, property, and other subsectors. Its portfolio entails equities, index-linked and other debt securities, cash deposits, money market instruments, foreign currency exchange transactions, forward transactions, index options, and other instruments, including derivatives. It has a diversified portfolio of investments in different geographical regions such as North America, Europe, Asia, the United Kingdom, Latin America, Japan, and East Europe.

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