Cash America International (CSH) is certainly appearing as an undervalued stock.
Let's have a look at some Benjamin Graham evaluations for this stock:
Sales | Size (100% ⇒ $500 Million): 360.00% Current Assets ÷ [2 x Current Liabilities]: 290.14% Net Current Assets ÷ Long Term Debt: 120.17% Earnings Stability (100% ⇒ 10 Years): 100.00% Dividend Record (100% ⇒ 20 Years): 100.00% Earnings Growth (100% ⇒ 30% Growth): 205.68% Graham Number ÷ Previous Close: 307.62% Book Value Per Share and Earnings Per Share.
Reported Book Value Per Share: $39.06 Tangible Book Value Per Share: $10.73 Earnings Per Share (EPS): $4.79 EPS - 9 Years Ago: $1.18
This firm has paid a dividend continually for 16 years.
Here is the summary:
The results of the 17-point Benjamin Graham stock assessment. The Quantitative Result (Intrinsic Value ÷ Previous Close) for a stock has to be 100% for true Graham investment.
Defensive Price (Graham Number): $60.42 Enterprising Price (Serenity Number): $24.83 Qualitative Result: Excellent / Defensive Quantitative Result: 100.00%
Definitely Cash America should be on our list of undervalued stocks and deserves a further look and scrutiny.
Below is a chart as of the close on January 29, 2015.
The Point and Figure chart has a target of $29.50
Definitely this stock is undervalued and any investor is well advised to review the numbers carefully and perform strict due diligence.
