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BNY Mellon Strategic Municipals, (BNY Mellon Strategic Municipals,) Graham Number : $2.38 (As of Sep. 2023)


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What is BNY Mellon Strategic Municipals, 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 (2024-04-29), the stock price of BNY Mellon Strategic Municipals, is $5.85. BNY Mellon Strategic Municipals,'s graham number for the quarter that ended in Sep. 2023 was $2.38. Therefore, BNY Mellon Strategic Municipals,'s Price to Graham Number ratio for today is 2.46.

The historical rank and industry rank for BNY Mellon Strategic Municipals,'s Graham Number or its related term are showing as below:

LEO' s Price-to-Graham-Number Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 0.73   Med: 2.11   Max: 4.27
Current: 2.46

During the past 7 years, the highest Price to Graham Number ratio of BNY Mellon Strategic Municipals, was 4.27. The lowest was 0.73. And the median was 2.11.

LEO's Price-to-Graham-Number is ranked worse than
90.65% of 1123 companies
in the Asset Management industry
Industry Median: 0.77 vs LEO: 2.46

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


BNY Mellon Strategic Municipals, Graham Number Historical Data

The historical data trend for BNY Mellon Strategic Municipals,'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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BNY Mellon Strategic Municipals, Graham Number Chart

BNY Mellon Strategic Municipals, Annual Data
Trend Sep17 Sep18 Sep19 Sep20 Sep21 Sep22 Sep23
Graham Number
Get a 7-Day Free Trial 11.69 4.19 11.28 - 2.38

BNY Mellon Strategic Municipals, Semi-Annual Data
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 11.24 - - - 2.38

Competitive Comparison of BNY Mellon Strategic Municipals,'s Graham Number

For the Asset Management subindustry, BNY Mellon Strategic Municipals,'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.


BNY Mellon Strategic Municipals,'s Price-to-Graham-Number Distribution in the Asset Management Industry

For the Asset Management industry and Financial Services sector, BNY Mellon Strategic Municipals,'s Price-to-Graham-Number distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where BNY Mellon Strategic Municipals,'s Price-to-Graham-Number falls into.



BNY Mellon Strategic Municipals, Graham Number Calculation

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

BNY Mellon Strategic Municipals,'s Graham Number for the fiscal year that ended in Sep. 2023 is calculated as

Graham Number
=sqrt of (22.5* Tangible Book per Share *EPS without NRI)
=sqrt of (22.5*6.299*0.04)
=2.38

BNY Mellon Strategic Municipals,'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*6.299*0.04)
=2.38

* 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.


BNY Mellon Strategic Municipals,  (NYSE:LEO) 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.

BNY Mellon Strategic Municipals,'s Price to Graham number Ratio for today is calculated as

Price to Graham number=Share Price (Today)/Graham number (Q: Sep. 2023 )
=5.85/2.38
=2.46

* 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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BNY Mellon Strategic Municipals, (BNY Mellon Strategic Municipals,) Business Description

Traded in Other Exchanges
N/A
Address
240 Greenwich Street, New York, NY, USA, 10286
BNY Mellon Strategic Municipals, Inc. is a diversified closed-end management investment company. The fund's investment objective is to maximize current income exempt from federal income tax to the extent consistent with the preservation of capital. Its products are Equity and Fixed Income Mutual Funds, Retail Money Market Funds, Government/Treasury Money Market Funds, Institutional Money Market Funds, and others.
Executives
Bushra Mannan other: Director of BNYMIA (1) C/O BNY MELLON INVESTMENT ADVISER, INC., 240 GREENWICH STREET, NEW YORK NY 10286
Irene Papadoulis other: Director of BNYMIA (1) C/O BNY MELLON INVESTMENT ADVISER, INC., 240 GREENWICH STREET, NEW YORK NY 10286
Ping Jiang other: Dir. of Invest. Oversight (1) C/O BNY MELLON INVESTMENT ADVISER, INC., 240 GREENWICH STREET, NEW YORK NY 10286
Banc Of America Preferred Funding Corp 10 percent owner 214 NORTH TRYON STREET, CHARLOTTE NC 28255
Daniel Goldstein officer: VP 240 GREENWICH STREET, NEW YORK NY 10286
Joseph Martella officer: VP C/O BNY MELLON INVESTMENT ADVISER, INC., 240 GREENWICH STREET, NEW YORK NY 10288
Insight North America Llc other: Sub-Adviser 200 PARK AVENUE, 7TH FLOOR, NEW YORK NY 10166-0005
Robert J. Pomeroy officer: VP; Investment Adviser C/O BNY MELLON INVESTMENT ADVISER, INC., 240 GREENWICH STREET, NEW YORK NY 10286
John Squillace other: CCO; Investment Adviser 240 GREENWICH STREET, NEW YORK NY 10286
Gregory Pasquale other: CFO; Investment Adviser C/O BNY MELLON INVESTMENT ADVISER, INC., 240 GREENWICH STREET, NEW YORK NY 10286
Kenneth J. Bradle other: Director of Advisor 240 GREENWICH STREET, NEW YORK NY 10286
Amanda Quinn officer: VP and Asst Secretary C/O BNY MELLON INVESTMENT ADVISER, INC., 240 GREENWICH STREET, NEW YORK NY 10286
John P Shea other: CFO; Investment Adviser C/O BNY MELLON INVESTMENT ADVISER, INC., 240 GREENWICH STREET, NEW YORK NY 10286
David Dipetrillo officer: Vice President C/O THE DREYFUS CORPORATION, 240 GREENWICH STREET, NEW YORK NY 10286
Mark D Woods other: CFO; Investment Adviser C/O BNY MELLON INVESTMENT ADVISER, INC., 240 GREENWICH STREET, NEW YORK NY 10286

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