A Short Biography of Benjamin Graham
Benjamin Graham is considered the godfather of value investing. Understanding his system and his thinking can help you find the right value stocks.
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One of Benjamin Graham’s earliest analyses, created and tested 75 years ago, is the Net Current Asset Value (NCAV) approach. The objective of the NCAV formula is to find the minimum value a company would fetch if it was liquidated. The formula is:
Net Current Asset Value (NCAV) = cash and short-term investments + (0.75 * accounts receivable) + (0.5 * inventory) – total liabilities – preferred stock
The resulting value can then be divided by the number of common shares outstanding to find the NCAV per share. If the current stock price is less than the NCAV per share, the stock is a bargain. However, further analysis is necessary to determine if the company is prosperous.
Companies with earnings deficits or with erratic earnings histories are likely to become less prosperous and should be avoided. Companies in the financial sector should also be avoided, because their balance sheets are not comparable to those of other companies.
Finding profitable companies selling below their NCAV is a simple process. However, not many companies are selling below their Net Current Asset Values.
Most stocks that qualify as NCAV bargain stocks are small companies, which usually are risky investments. However, Benjamin Graham surmised that any companies selling below their NCAV values carry lower risk: “They are indubitably worth considerably more than they are selling for, and there is a reasonably good chance that this greater worth will sooner or later reflect itself in the market price. At their low price these bargain stocks actually enjoy a high degree of safety, meaning by safety a relatively small risk of principal.”
Benjamin Graham is considered the godfather of value investing. Understanding his system and his thinking can help you find the right value stocks.
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One of Benjamin Graham’s analyses is the Net Current Asset Value approach to uncovering bargain stocks, which finds the minimum value a company would fetch if it were liquidated.
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My value investing strategy borrows from great value investors, Benjamin Graham above all. Here is a step-by-step process to how I approach value stocks.
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One of Benjamin Graham’s earliest analyses is the Net Current Asset Value approach.
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