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SRH Total Return Fund, (SRH Total Return Fund,) Graham Number : $23.35 (As of Nov. 2023)


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What is SRH Total Return 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 (2024-05-02), the stock price of SRH Total Return Fund, is $14.24. SRH Total Return Fund,'s graham number for the quarter that ended in Nov. 2023 was $23.35. Therefore, SRH Total Return Fund,'s Price to Graham Number ratio for today is 0.61.

The historical rank and industry rank for SRH Total Return Fund,'s Graham Number or its related term are showing as below:

STEW' s Price-to-Graham-Number Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 0.41   Med: 0.67   Max: 2.82
Current: 0.61

During the past 7 years, the highest Price to Graham Number ratio of SRH Total Return Fund, was 2.82. The lowest was 0.41. And the median was 0.67.

STEW's Price-to-Graham-Number is ranked better than
70.14% of 1122 companies
in the Asset Management industry
Industry Median: 0.77 vs STEW: 0.61

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


SRH Total Return Fund, Graham Number Historical Data

The historical data trend for SRH Total Return 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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SRH Total Return Fund, Graham Number Chart

SRH Total Return Fund, Annual Data
Trend Nov17 Nov18 Nov19 Nov20 Nov21 Nov22 Nov23
Graham Number
Get a 7-Day Free Trial 13.42 3.87 31.44 15.36 23.35

SRH Total Return Fund, Semi-Annual Data
May16 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 31.39 12.20 15.30 - 23.35

Competitive Comparison of SRH Total Return Fund,'s Graham Number

For the Asset Management subindustry, SRH Total Return 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.


SRH Total Return Fund,'s Price-to-Graham-Number Distribution in the Asset Management Industry

For the Asset Management industry and Financial Services sector, SRH Total Return Fund,'s Price-to-Graham-Number distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where SRH Total Return Fund,'s Price-to-Graham-Number falls into.



SRH Total Return Fund, Graham Number Calculation

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

SRH Total Return Fund,'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*16.83*1.44)
=23.35

SRH Total Return Fund,'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*16.83*1.44)
=23.35

* 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.


SRH Total Return Fund,  (NYSE:STEW) 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.

SRH Total Return Fund,'s Price to Graham number Ratio for today is calculated as

Price to Graham number=Share Price (Today)/Graham number (Q: Nov. 2023 )
=14.24/23.35
=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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SRH Total Return Fund, (SRH Total Return Fund,) Business Description

Traded in Other Exchanges
N/A
Address
1700 Broadway, Suite 1850, Denver, CO, USA, 80290
SRH Total Return Fund, Inc. is a non-diversified closed-end management investment company. The company's investment objective is to seek total return. Its fund utilizes a bottom-up, value-driven investment process to identify securities of good quality businesses trading below estimated intrinsic value.
Executives
Thomas Jack Moore director 1700 BROADWAY, SUITE 1850, DENVER CO 80290
Jonathan Albro Vickery other: Officer of Advisor 1700 BROADWAY, SUITE 1230, DENVER CO 80290
Advisors Paralel other: Investment Adviser 1700 BROADWAY, SUITE 1850, DENVER CO 80290
Jill Kerschen officer: Treasurer 1700 BROADWAY, SUITE 1850, DENVER CO 80290
Stephen C Miller director, officer: President 2344 SPRUCE STREET, SUITE A, BOULDER CO 80302
Massachusetts Mutual Life Insurance Co 10 percent owner 1295 STATE STREET, SPRINGFIELD MA 01111
Guardian Life Insurance Co Of America 10 percent owner 10 HUDSON YARDS, NY NY 10001
Sun Life Financial Inc 10 percent owner SUN LIFE ASSURANCE CO OF CANADA, ONE YORK STREET, TORONTO A6 M5J 0B6
Sun Life Assurance Co Of Canada 10 percent owner ONE YORK STREET, TORONTO A6 M5J 0B6
Ernest Horejsi Trust No 1b 10 percent owner C/O ALASKA TRUST COMPANY, 1029 WEST 3RD AVENUE, SUITE 400, ANCHORAGE AK 99501
Stewart R. Horejsi Trust No. 2 10 percent owner C/O ALASKA TRUST COMPANY, 1029 WEST 3RD AVENUE, SUITE 400, ANCHORAGE AK 99501
Mildred B. Horejsi Trust 10 percent owner C/O ALASKA TRUST COMPANY, 1029 WEST 3RD AVENUE, SUITE 400, ANCHORAGE AK 99501
Susan L Ciciora Trust 10 percent owner C/O ALASKA TRUST COMPANY, 1029 WEST 3RD AVENUE, SUITE 400, ANCHORAGE AK 99501
Stewart West Indies Trust 10 percent owner C/O ALASKA TRUST COMPANY, 1029 WEST 3RD AVENUE, SUITE 400, ANCHORAGE AK 99501
Lola Brown Trust 1b 10 percent owner C/O ALASKA TRUST COMPANY, 1029 WEST 3RD AVENUE, SUITE 400, ANCHORAGE AK 99501