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ABERDEEN EMERGING MARKETS EQUITYOME FUND, (ABERDEEN EMERGING MARKETS EQUITYOME FUND,) Graham Number : $8.71 (As of Dec. 2023)


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What is ABERDEEN EMERGING MARKETS EQUITYOME FUND, 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 (2024-05-24), the stock price of ABERDEEN EMERGING MARKETS EQUITYOME FUND, is $5.34. ABERDEEN EMERGING MARKETS EQUITYOME FUND,'s graham number for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was $8.71. Therefore, ABERDEEN EMERGING MARKETS EQUITYOME FUND,'s Price to Graham Number ratio for today is 0.61.

The historical rank and industry rank for ABERDEEN EMERGING MARKETS EQUITYOME FUND,'s Graham Number or its related term are showing as below:

AEF' s Price-to-Graham-Number Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 0.36   Med: 0.45   Max: 0.61
Current: 0.61

During the past 13 years, the highest Price to Graham Number ratio of ABERDEEN EMERGING MARKETS EQUITYOME FUND, was 0.61. The lowest was 0.36. And the median was 0.45.

AEF's Price-to-Graham-Number is ranked better than
70.31% of 1135 companies
in the Asset Management industry
Industry Median: 0.76 vs AEF: 0.61

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


ABERDEEN EMERGING MARKETS EQUITYOME FUND, Graham Number Historical Data

The historical data trend for ABERDEEN EMERGING MARKETS EQUITYOME FUND,'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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ABERDEEN EMERGING MARKETS EQUITYOME FUND, Graham Number Chart

ABERDEEN EMERGING MARKETS EQUITYOME FUND, Annual Data
Trend Dec14 Dec15 Dec16 Dec17 Dec18 Dec19 Dec20 Dec21 Dec22 Dec23
Graham Number
Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 16.75 14.69 - - 8.74

ABERDEEN EMERGING MARKETS EQUITYOME FUND, Semi-Annual Data
Jun14 Dec14 Jun15 Dec15 Jun16 Dec16 Jun17 Dec17 Jun18 Dec18 Jun19 Dec19 Jun20 Dec20 Jun21 Dec21 Jun22 Dec22 Jun23 Dec23
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 - - - 5.04 8.71

Competitive Comparison of ABERDEEN EMERGING MARKETS EQUITYOME FUND,'s Graham Number

For the Asset Management subindustry, ABERDEEN EMERGING MARKETS EQUITYOME FUND,'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.


ABERDEEN EMERGING MARKETS EQUITYOME FUND,'s Price-to-Graham-Number Distribution in the Asset Management Industry

For the Asset Management industry and Financial Services sector, ABERDEEN EMERGING MARKETS EQUITYOME FUND,'s Price-to-Graham-Number distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where ABERDEEN EMERGING MARKETS EQUITYOME FUND,'s Price-to-Graham-Number falls into.



ABERDEEN EMERGING MARKETS EQUITYOME FUND, Graham Number Calculation

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

ABERDEEN EMERGING MARKETS EQUITYOME FUND,'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*5.96*0.57)
=8.74

ABERDEEN EMERGING MARKETS EQUITYOME FUND,'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*5.96*0.566)
=8.71

* 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.


ABERDEEN EMERGING MARKETS EQUITYOME FUND,  (AMEX:AEF) 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.

ABERDEEN EMERGING MARKETS EQUITYOME FUND,'s Price to Graham number Ratio for today is calculated as

Price to Graham number=Share Price (Today)/Graham number (Q: Dec. 2023 )
=5.34/8.71
=0.61

* 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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ABERDEEN EMERGING MARKETS EQUITYOME FUND, (ABERDEEN EMERGING MARKETS EQUITYOME FUND,) Business Description

Traded in Other Exchanges
N/A
Address
1900 Market Street, Suite 200, Philadelphia, PA, USA, 19103
ABERDEEN EMERGING MARKETS EQUITY INCOME FUND, INC. is a closed-end investment company. The Fund's investment objective is to seek to provide both current income and long-term capital appreciation. It invests in the public equity and fixed income markets of Chile. The Fund invests in a range of sectors, including financials, consumer staples, utilities, consumer discretionary, materials, energy, information technology, Private Equity, telecommunication services, healthcare, real estate and industrials.
Executives
Peter Branner other: Other - Director of Adviser C/O ABRDN, 1900 MARKET STREET, PHILADELPHIA PA 19103
Xavier Meyer 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
Grant Thomas Hotson other: Director of Adviser 1900 MARKET STREET, SUITE 200, PHILADELPHIA PA 19103
Robert W. Hepp officer: Vice President C/O ABRDN, 1900 MARKET STREET, SUITE 200, PHILDADELPHIA PA 19103
Andrew Wonil Kim 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
Michael Marsico officer: Vice President C/O ABRDN, 1900 MARKET STREET, SUITE 200, PHILDADELPHIA PA 19103
Neil Andrew Slater other: Director of Adviser C/O ABRDN, 1900 MARKET STREET, SUITE 200, PHILADELPHIA PA 19103
Rahn K Porter director 1735 MARKET STREET, 32ND FLOOR, PHILADELPHIA PA 19103
Bill Maher director 600 WEST BROADWAY, 30TH FL., SAN DIEGO CA 92101
Michael Mark Redman other: Director of Adviser C/O ABERDEEN STANDARD INVESTMENTS, 1900 MARKET STREET, SUITE 200, PHILADELPHIA PA 19103
Robert Mckillop other: Director of Adviser C/O ABERDEEN STANDARD INVESTMENTS, 1900 MARKET STREET, SUITE 200, PHILADELPHIA PA 19103
Alex Hoctor-duncan other: Director of Adviser C/O ABERDEEN STANDARD INVESTMENTS, 1900 MARKET STREET, SUITE 200, PHILADELPHIA PA 19103