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Delaware Investments Natl Muniome (Delaware Investments Natl Muniome) Graham Number : $6.10 (As of Sep. 2023)


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What is Delaware Investments Natl Muniome 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 (2024-05-08), the stock price of Delaware Investments Natl Muniome is $10.278. Delaware Investments Natl Muniome's graham number for the quarter that ended in Sep. 2023 was $6.10. Therefore, Delaware Investments Natl Muniome's Price to Graham Number ratio for today is 1.69.

The historical rank and industry rank for Delaware Investments Natl Muniome's Graham Number or its related term are showing as below:

VFL' s Price-to-Graham-Number Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 0.49   Med: 0.8   Max: 4.94
Current: 1.68

During the past 13 years, the highest Price to Graham Number ratio of Delaware Investments Natl Muniome was 4.94. The lowest was 0.49. And the median was 0.80.

VFL's Price-to-Graham-Number is ranked worse than
83.94% of 1133 companies
in the Asset Management industry
Industry Median: 0.77 vs VFL: 1.68

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


Delaware Investments Natl Muniome Graham Number Historical Data

The historical data trend for Delaware Investments Natl Muniome'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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Delaware Investments Natl Muniome Graham Number Chart

Delaware Investments Natl Muniome Annual Data
Trend Mar14 Mar15 Mar16 Mar17 Mar18 Mar19 Mar20 Mar21 Mar22 Mar23
Graham Number
Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 15.08 - 23.82 - -

Delaware Investments Natl Muniome Semi-Annual Data
Mar14 Sep14 Mar15 Sep15 Mar16 Sep16 Mar17 Sep17 Mar18 Sep18 Mar19 Sep19 Mar20 Sep20 Mar21 Sep21 Mar22 Sep22 Mar23 Sep23
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 21.36 - - - 6.10

Competitive Comparison of Delaware Investments Natl Muniome's Graham Number

For the Asset Management subindustry, Delaware Investments Natl Muniome'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.


Delaware Investments Natl Muniome's Price-to-Graham-Number Distribution in the Asset Management Industry

For the Asset Management industry and Financial Services sector, Delaware Investments Natl Muniome's Price-to-Graham-Number distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Delaware Investments Natl Muniome's Price-to-Graham-Number falls into.



Delaware Investments Natl Muniome Graham Number Calculation

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

Delaware Investments Natl Muniome's Graham Number for the fiscal year that ended in Mar. 2023 is calculated as

Graham Number
=sqrt of (22.5* Tangible Book per Share *EPS without NRI)
=sqrt of (22.5*11.785*-1.26)
=N/A

Delaware Investments Natl Muniome's Graham Number for the quarter that ended in Sep. 2023 is calculated as

Graham Number
=sqrt of (22.5*Tangible Book per Share*EPS without NRI (TTM))
=sqrt of (22.5*10.263*0.161)
=6.10

* 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.


Delaware Investments Natl Muniome  (AMEX:VFL) 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.

Delaware Investments Natl Muniome's Price to Graham number Ratio for today is calculated as

Price to Graham number=Share Price (Today)/Graham number (Q: Sep. 2023 )
=10.278/6.10
=1.69

* 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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Delaware Investments Natl Muniome (Delaware Investments Natl Muniome) Business Description

Traded in Other Exchanges
N/A
Address
1900 Market Street, Suite 200, Philadelphia, PA, USA, 19103
Delaware Investments Natl Muni Income is a closed-end investment fund. The Fund seeks to provide current income exempt from regular federal income tax consistent with the preservation of capital. The company's product portfolio includes Mutual funds, Exchange-traded funds, Private markets, Delaware Funds by Macquarie Premier Models, Managed accounts, Closed-end funds, and Variable Insurance Products.
Executives
Bill Maher director 600 WEST BROADWAY, 30TH FL., SAN DIEGO CA 92101
Todd Reit director C/O ABERDEEN STANDARD INVESTMENTS, 1900 MARKET STREET, SUITE 200, PHILADELPHIA PA 19103
Stephen Bird director 388 GREENWICH STREET, 17TH FLOOR, NEW YORK NY 10022
Jonathan Mondillo officer: Vice President C/O ABRDN, 1900 MARKET STREET, SUITE 200, PHILADELPHIA PA 19103
Jaclyn Marie Matsick other: Director of Adviser C/O ABRDN, 1900 MARKET STREET, SUITE 200, PHILADELPHIA PA 19103
Katie Lynn Gebauer officer: Vice President C/O ABRDN, 1900 MARKET STREET, SUITE 200, PHILADELPHIA PA 19103
Katherine A. Corey officer: Vice President 1900 MARKET STREET, SUITE 200, PHILADELPHIA PA 19103
Marika Tooze other: Director of Adviser C/O ABRDN, 1900 MARKET STREET, SUITE 200, PHILADELPHIA PA 19103
James Joseph O'connor other: Director of Adviser C/O ABERDEEN STANDARD INVESTMENTS, 1900 MARKET STREET, SUITE 200, PHILADELPHIA PA 19103
Andrew Wonil Kim officer: Vice President C/O ABRDN, 1900 MARKET STREET, SUITE 200, PHILDADELPHIA PA 19103
Robert W. Hepp officer: Vice President C/O ABRDN, 1900 MARKET STREET, SUITE 200, PHILDADELPHIA PA 19103
Michael Marsico officer: Vice President C/O ABRDN, 1900 MARKET STREET, SUITE 200, PHILDADELPHIA PA 19103
Brian Kordeck officer: Vice President C/O ABRDN, 1900 MARKET STREET, SUITE 200, PHILDADELPHIA PA 19103
Aberdeen Standard Investments Inc. other: Adviser 1900 MARKET ST., 2ND FLOOR, PHILADELPHIA PA 19103
Nancy Yao Maasbach director 1735 MARKET STREET, 32ND FLOOR, PHILADELPHIA PA 19103