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Ally Financial Inc.

NYSE · Financial Services
Ally Financial Inc.
ALLY · Credit Services
$43.03
▼ -0.38 (-0.88%)
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Mr. Market is currently offering Ally Financial Inc. at $43.03.
The business passes 5 of 6 of Graham's defensive criteria — adequate but not exceptional.
Overall Grade
F
Defensive
F
Enterprising
Profitability D
Net Income Margin 9.7%
Fin. Health F
Years to Pay Off Debt 25.1 yrs
Valuation D
Margin of Safety 10.0%
Price-to-Book 1.00x
Cash Flow F
Free Cash Flow -$546M
CapEx % of Net Income 501.8%
Owner Earnings $6.5B
5/6
Graham Score
Enterprising
Defensive — Graham's strict criteria (P/B, P/E, dividends, stability)  ·  Enterprising — Profitability & cash flow focused, accepts higher valuations for quality
Metric Explanations
What each dimension measures and where the thresholds come from.
Net Income Margin
Bottom-line profit as a percentage of revenue. The ≥20% target reflects Buffett's preference for highly profitable businesses. Financial engineering (buybacks, tax optimisation) can inflate this temporarily — look for consistency across multiple years rather than a single strong result.
Years to Pay Off Debt
Total Debt ÷ Net Income. Lower = stronger balance sheet. Important caveat: utilities, telecoms, REITs, and infrastructure companies carry large structural debt by design — their bond-like cash flows service it comfortably at ratios that would alarm Graham. Compare within sector.
Margin of Safety
How far below the Graham Number the stock trades. Graham required a 33% discount as a buffer against analytical error. However, the Graham Number itself assumes 1960s-era P/E and P/B norms — for modern asset-light businesses it often understates true intrinsic value, making 0% MoS appear misleadingly bad.
Price-to-Book
Market price vs book value per share. Rarely below 1.5x for quality businesses today. Intangible assets (brand, software, patents) don't appear on the balance sheet under accounting rules, making P/B artificially high for asset-light companies. Negative P/B indicates book equity has been reduced by buybacks — common in highly profitable capital-return businesses.
Free Cash Flow
Operating cash flow minus capital expenditures. Buffett's most important metric — cash a business actually generates for its owners after maintaining and growing its asset base. Consistently positive FCF is one of the strongest indicators of a durable, well-run business regardless of accounting profits.
CapEx % of Net Income
Capital expenditure as a share of net income. Low CapEx signals a capital-light business that doesn't need heavy reinvestment to sustain earnings — Buffett's ideal. High CapEx is structurally necessary in manufacturing, airlines, telecoms, and semiconductors. For these industries, a high reading reflects the business model, not poor management.
Owner Earnings
Net Income + Depreciation & Amortisation − Capital Expenditures. Buffett's preferred measure of a company's true annual earning power — what could theoretically be distributed to owners without impairing the business. More reliable than reported EPS because it accounts for the capital cost of maintaining the business.
Market Cap $13.2B
Enterprise Value $27.6B
P/E (TTM) 10.44
Dividend Yield 2.76%
Exchange NYSE
Gross Profit N/A
Operating Margin N/A
Net Margin 9.7%
Sector Financial Services
Industry Credit Services
Employees 10300
Country United States
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Full Graham Analysis

Mr. Market is currently offering Ally Financial Inc. at $43.03.

The business passes 5 of 6 of Graham's defensive criteria — adequate but not exceptional.

At $43.03, the stock trades below its Graham Number of $47.80 — suggesting a margin of safety exists.

Conclusion: This stock is better suited for Graham's Enterprising investor — one willing to devote time and skill to security selection.

About Ally Financial Inc.

Ally Financial Inc., a digital financial-services company, provides various digital financial products and services in the United States and Canada. The company operates through Automotive Finance operations, Insurance operations, and Corporate Finance operations. It offers automotive financing services, including providing retail installment sales contracts, loans and operating leases, term loans to dealers, financing dealer floorplans and other lines of credit to dealers, warehouse lines to automotive retailers, and fleet financing; and financing services to companies and municipalities for the purchase or lease of vehicles, and vehicle-remarketing services. The company also provides consumer finance protection and insurance products through the automotive dealer channel, and commercial insurance products directly to dealers; VSCs, VMCs, and GAP products; and underwrite select commercial insurance coverages, which primarily insure dealers' vehicle inventory. In addition, it provides senior secured asset-based and leveraged cash flow loans to middle-market companies; leveraged loans; commercial real estate product to serve companies in the nursing facilities, senior housing, and medical office buildings; and treasury activities, such as management of the cash and corporate investment securities and loan portfolios, short- and long-term debt, retail and brokered deposit liabilities, derivative instruments, original issue discount, and equity investments. Further, the company offers deposits and securities brokerage and investment advisory services. The company was formerly known as GMAC Inc. and changed its name to Ally Financial Inc. in May 2010. Ally Financial Inc. was founded in 1919 and is based in Detroit, Michigan.

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Income Highlights
Metric 2025 2024 2023 2022 2021
Gross Profit % N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A
Operating Margin % N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A
Net Income % 9.7% 7.5% 10.6% 18.5% N/A
Diluted EPS 2.37 1.80 2.98 5.03 N/A
Balance Sheet Highlights
Metric 2025 2024 2023 2022 2021
Total Assets $196.0B $191.8B $196.3B $191.8B N/A
Total Debt $21.3B $19.2B $20.2B $19.8B N/A
Working Capital N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A
Years to Pay Debt 25.05 28.79 21.14 11.55 N/A
Cash Flow Highlights
Metric 2025 2024 2023 2022 2021
Free Cash Flow -$546M $1.1B $1.8B $2.7B N/A
Owner Earnings $6.5B $5.3B $4.9B $6.6B N/A
CapEx % of Net Income 501.8% 518.0% 288.3% 206.1% N/A
These metrics estimate what Ally Financial Inc. is worth based on its fundamentals — independent of what the market currently prices it at. Graham's Fair Value and NCAV are conservative floors rooted in 1930s–60s principles. EPV assumes zero growth. None are price targets — they are reference points for judging whether the current price offers a margin of safety.
Graham's Fair Value
$47.80
Margin of Safety
10.0%
Market Cap ÷ Company Value
2.10

P/B Ratio
1.00
Warren's Owner Earnings
$6.5B
Latest fiscal year
Graham's 7 Criteria
Defensive Investor Checklist
5/6 — Enterprising Investor
Adequate Size
$8.8B
vs > $1.5B revenue
Earnings Stability
No loss years (4 yrs data)
vs No negative EPS years
Dividend Record
2.76%
vs Uninterrupted dividends
Earnings Growth
-52.9% EPS growth
vs > 33% EPS growth
Moderate P/E Ratio
10.4x
vs P/E ≤ 15.0x
Moderate Price-to-Book
1.00x P/B (P/E×P/B: 10.5)
vs P/B ≤ 1.5x | P/E × P/B ≤ 22.5
Graham's 7 Criteria — Explained
What each criterion measures and why it may or may not apply to modern businesses.
✅ Adequate Size — $8.8B vs > $1.5B revenue
Graham required companies large enough to withstand economic downturns. This threshold ($1.5B) is inflation-adjusted from Graham's original $100M — virtually all S&P 500 companies pass this today.
"The minimum size of an enterprise should be not less than $100 million of annual sales."
✅ Earnings Stability — No loss years (4 yrs data) vs No negative EPS years
Graham required uninterrupted positive earnings. Any loss year is a red flag for defensive investors. Growth companies and cyclicals may show occasional losses during investment cycles or downturns without being fundamentally unsound.
"The company should have shown no deficit in the past ten years."
✅ Dividend Record — 2.76% vs Uninterrupted dividends
Graham valued dividends as evidence of financial discipline and shareholder alignment. Many excellent modern businesses (Alphabet, Amazon, Berkshire Hathaway) pay no dividend, preferring to reinvest cash at high rates of return. Failing this criterion does not indicate a poor business — it may indicate a high-growth one.
"Some current dividend payments — for at least the past 20 years."
❌ Earnings Growth — -52.9% EPS growth vs > 33% EPS growth
EPS grew from $5.03 to $2.37 over 3 years. Graham's 33% threshold was set over a 10-year period. Measured over fewer years (as here), the bar is proportionally lower. Share buybacks can also inflate EPS growth without reflecting underlying business improvement.
"A minimum increase of at least one-third in per-share earnings over ten years."
✅ Moderate P/E Ratio — 10.4x vs P/E ≤ 15.0x
Graham's 15x P/E threshold was calibrated to 1960s market averages when interest rates were higher. Today's lower rate environment structurally supports higher multiples — the S&P 500 long-run average P/E is now closer to 20–25x. A stock trading at 20x is not automatically speculative in the modern context.
"The price-earnings ratio should be no more than 15 times average earnings."
✅ Moderate Price-to-Book — 1.00x P/B (P/E×P/B: 10.5) vs P/B ≤ 1.5x | P/E × P/B ≤ 22.5
Graham's 1.5x P/B threshold made sense when most company value was tangible. Today, intangible assets — brand, software, patents, network effects — rarely appear on the balance sheet. A high P/B in tech, pharma, or consumer brands often reflects intangible value, not overvaluation. P/FCF or EV/EBITDA are more reliable for asset-light businesses.
"The price should not be more than 1½ times book value. P/E × P/B ≤ 22.5."
Net Current Asset Value
N/A
"Buy at two-thirds of net current assets." — Graham
Earnings Power Value
N/A
Per share, no-growth floor. Compare to current price.
Cash Flow Analysis
Metric 2025 2024 2023 2022 2021
Capital Expenditure % of Net Income 501.8% 518.0% 288.3% 206.1% N/A
Repurchase of Capital Stock -$59M -$38M -$33M -$1.6B N/A
Free Cash Flow -$546M $1.1B $1.8B $2.7B N/A
Warren's Owner Earnings $6.5B $5.3B $4.9B $6.6B N/A
Peers & Industry
No auto-detected peers for Credit Services. You can manually compare ALLY against any stock using the Compare tool.
"The management of a business is its most important single factor — more important than market position, patents, or financial structure."
— Benjamin Graham
Capital Allocation & Alignment
Insider Ownership
10.19%
High — management has strong skin in the game
Return on Equity (ROE)
6.5%
Weak — poor returns on equity
Return on Assets (ROA)
0.4%
Poor — assets are not generating adequate returns
Share Buybacks (Latest Year)
$59M
Management is returning capital to shareholders via buybacks
Debt Trend YoY
+11.0% YoY
Debt is growing — management is leveraging up
Leadership Team
Michael Rhodes
CEO & Director
Age 59
Pay: $5,567,139
0.653% of net income
Russell E . Hutchinson
Chief Financial Officer
Age 50
Pay: $2,957,046
0.347% of net income
Douglas Timmerman
President of Dealer Financial Services
Age 62
Pay: $3,133,022
0.368% of net income
William Hall Jr.
President of Corporate Finance
Age 65
Pay: $2,259,290
0.265% of net income
Sean Leary
Chief Financial Planning & Investor Relations Officer
Top Institutional Holders
Institution % Owned Shares
Berkshire Hathaway, Inc 9.42% 29,000,000
Blackrock Inc. 8.91% 27,430,237
Vanguard Group Inc 8.86% 27,266,538
Harris Associates L.P. 8.78% 27,045,748
Wellington Management Group, LLP 4.63% 14,271,290
Dimensional Fund Advisors LP 2.83% 8,708,942
State Street Corporation 2.76% 8,502,176
Arrowstreet Capital, Limited Partnership 1.97% 6,071,504
Risk Analysis
Beta (Market Risk)
1.11
Moderate volatility — moves slightly more than market
Short Interest
3.3% of float
Low short interest — market is not heavily bearish
52-Week Price Range
Low: $32.28 Current: $43.03 High: $47.27
Currently at 72% of 52-week range

Ally Financial Inc. (ALLY) fundamental analysis — Overall grade F based on profitability, financial health, valuation and cash flow. Graham's Fair Value: $47.80. Margin of safety: 10.0%. Gross profit margin: N/A. Operating margin: N/A. Net margin: 9.7%. Market cap: $13.2B. Sector: Financial Services. Industry: Credit Services. Analysis powered by 360investing — free fundamental stock analysis based on Benjamin Graham and Warren Buffett principles.

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