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SEI Investments Co (SEI Investments Co) Graham Number

: $31.43 (As of Dec. 2023)
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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 (2024-04-18), the stock price of SEI Investments Co is $66.04. SEI Investments Co's graham number for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was $31.43. Therefore, SEI Investments Co's Price to Graham Number ratio for today is 2.10.

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

SEIC' s Price-to-Graham-Number Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 1.94   Med: 2.41   Max: 3.66
Current: 2.1

During the past 13 years, the highest Price to Graham Number ratio of SEI Investments Co was 3.66. The lowest was 1.94. And the median was 2.41.

SEIC's Price-to-Graham-Number is ranked worse than
88.1% of 1126 companies
in the Asset Management industry
Industry Median: 0.76 vs SEIC: 2.10

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


SEI Investments Co Graham Number Historical Data

The historical data trend for SEI Investments 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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SEI Investments Co Annual Data
Trend Dec14 Dec15 Dec16 Dec17 Dec18 Dec19 Dec20 Dec21 Dec22 Dec23
Graham Number
Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 25.58 25.50 29.78 30.02 31.43

SEI Investments Co Quarterly Data
Mar19 Jun19 Sep19 Dec19 Mar20 Jun20 Sep20 Dec20 Mar21 Jun21 Sep21 Dec21 Mar22 Jun22 Sep22 Dec22 Mar23 Jun23 Sep23 Dec23
Graham Number 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 Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 29.98 27.99 28.49 31.07 31.43

Competitive Comparison

For the Asset Management subindustry, SEI Investments 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.


SEI Investments Co Price-to-Graham-Number Distribution

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

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



SEI Investments Co Graham Number Calculation

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

SEI Investments 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*12.748*3.444)
=31.43

SEI Investments Co's Graham Number for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 is calculated as

Graham Number
=sqrt of (22.5*Tangible Book per Share*EPS without NRI (TTM))
=sqrt of (22.5*12.748*3.444)
=31.43

* 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.


SEI Investments Co  (NAS:SEIC) 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.

SEI Investments Co's Price to Graham number Ratio for today is calculated as

Price to Graham number=Share Price (Today)/Graham number (Q: Dec. 2023 )
=66.04/31.43
=2.10

* 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.


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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SEI Investments Co (SEI Investments Co) Business Description

Traded in Other Exchanges
Address
1 Freedom Valley Drive, Oaks, PA, USA, 19456
SEI Investments provides investment processing, management, and operations services to financial institutions, asset managers, asset owners, and financial advisors in four material segments: private banks, investment advisors, institutional investors, and investment managers. SEI also has a minority interest in LSV Asset Management, a value equity asset manager with about $99 billion in assets under management. As of December 2022, SEI (including LSV) manages, administers, or advises on over $1.2 trillion in assets.
Executives
West Alfred P Jr director, 10 percent owner, officer: Chairman and Chief Executive 1 FREEDOM VALLEY DRIVE, OAKS PA 19456
Carmen Romeo director, officer: Executive Vice President
Wayne Withrow officer: Executive Vice President
Stephanie D. Miller director 1 FREEDOM VALLEY DRIVE, OAKS PA 19456
Michael Peterson officer: EXECUTIVE VICE PRESIDENT GC 1 FREEDOM VALLEY DRIVE, OAKS X1 19456
Kathryn Mccarthy director ONE FREEDOM VALLEY DRIVE, OAKS PA 19456
Dennis Mcgonigle officer: Executive Vice President/CFO ONE FREEDOM VALLEY DRIVE, OAKS PA 19456
Ryan Hicke officer: Executive Vice President ONE FREEDOM VALLEY DRIVE, OAKS PA 19456
Mark Andrew Warner officer: VP, Controller and CAO 1 FREEDOM VALLEY DRIVE, OAKS PA 19456
Sarah Blumenstein director
Sanjay Sharma officer: EVP (*Remarks) ONE FREEDOM VALLEY DRIVE, OAKS PA 19456
Philip Mccabe officer: EVP - Head of Investment Mgr ONE FREEDOM VALLEY DRIVE, OAKS PA 19456
Kevin Barr officer: Executive Vice President 1 FREEDOM VALLEY DRIVE, OAKS PA 19456
Kathy Heilig officer: Controller/Senior Vice Preside
Jonathan Brassington director ONE FREEDOM VALLEY DRIVE, OAKS PA 19456