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Agenus (Agenus) Net-Net Working Capital

: $-19.21 (As of Dec. 2023)
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In calculating the Net-Net Working Capital (NNWC), Benjamin Graham assumed that a company's accounts receivable is only worth 75% its value, its inventory is only worth 50% of its value, but its liabilities have to be paid in full. In addition, Graham believed that preferred stock belongs on the liability side of the balance sheet, not as part of capital and surplus. This is a conservative way of estimating the company's value.

Agenus's Net-Net Working Capital for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was $-19.21.

The industry rank for Agenus's Net-Net Working Capital or its related term are showing as below:

AGEN's Price-to-Net-Net-Working-Capital is not ranked *
in the Biotechnology industry.
Industry Median: 4.07
* Ranked among companies with meaningful Price-to-Net-Net-Working-Capital only.

Agenus Net-Net Working Capital Historical Data

The historical data trend for Agenus's Net-Net Working Capital 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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Agenus Annual Data
Trend Dec14 Dec15 Dec16 Dec17 Dec18 Dec19 Dec20 Dec21 Dec22 Dec23
Net-Net Working Capital
Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only -44.50 -32.38 -9.61 -18.29 -19.21

Agenus Quarterly Data
Mar19 Jun19 Sep19 Dec19 Mar20 Jun20 Sep20 Dec20 Mar21 Jun21 Sep21 Dec21 Mar22 Jun22 Sep22 Dec22 Mar23 Jun23 Sep23 Dec23
Net-Net Working Capital Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only -18.29 -16.45 -17.30 -18.75 -19.21

Competitive Comparison

For the Biotechnology subindustry, Agenus's Price-to-Net-Net-Working-Capital, along with its competitors' market caps and Price-to-Net-Net-Working-Capital 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.


Agenus Price-to-Net-Net-Working-Capital Distribution

For the Biotechnology industry and Healthcare sector, Agenus's Price-to-Net-Net-Working-Capital distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Agenus's Price-to-Net-Net-Working-Capital falls into.



Agenus Net-Net Working Capital Calculation

Agenus's Net-Net Working Capital (NNWC) per share for the fiscal year that ended in Dec. 2023 is calculated as

Net-Net Working Capital(A: Dec. 2023 )
=(Cash, Cash Equivalents, Marketable Securities+0.75 * Accounts Receivable+0.5 * Total Inventories-Total Liabilities
-Preferred Stock-Minority Interest)/Shares Outstanding (EOP)
=(76.11+0.75 * 25.836+0.5 * 0-462.295
-0-11.949)/19.7187
=-19.21

Agenus's Net-Net Working Capital (NNWC) per share for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 is calculated as

Net-Net Working Capital(Q: Dec. 2023 )
=(Cash, Cash Equivalents, Marketable Securities+0.75 * Accounts Receivable+0.5 * Total Inventories-Total Liabilities
-Preferred Stock-Minority Interest)/Shares Outstanding (EOP)
=(76.11+0.75 * 25.836+0.5 * 0-462.295
-0-11.949)/19.7187
=-19.21

* 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.

In calculating the Net-Net Working Capital (NNWC), Benjamin Graham assumed that a company's accounts receivable is only worth 75% its value, its inventory is only worth 50% of its value, but its liabilities have to be paid in full.

In addition, Graham believed that preferred stock belongs on the liability side of the balance sheet, not as part of capital and surplus. In "Security Analysis", preferred stock is dubbed "an imperfect creditorship position" that is best placed on the balance sheet alongside funded debt.

This is a conservative way of estimating the company's value.


Agenus  (NAS:AGEN) Net-Net Working Capital Explanation

One research study, covering the years 1970 through 1983 showed that portfolios picked at the beginning of each year, and held for one year, returned 29.4 percent, on average, over the 13-year period, compared to 11.5 percent for the S&P 500 Index. Other studies of Graham's strategy produced similar results.

Benjamin Graham looked for companies whose market values were less than two-thirds of their net-net value. They are collected under our Net-Net screener.


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Agenus (Agenus) Business Description

Traded in Other Exchanges
Address
3 Forbes Road, Lexington, MA, USA, 02421
Agenus Inc is an American clinical-stage company with a pipeline of therapies designed to activate the body's immune system to fight cancer and infections, including immune-modulatory antibodies, adoptive cell therapies through its subsidiary MiNK Therapeutics Inc. and vaccine adjuvants through its subsidiary SaponiQx Inc. This robust product pipeline is supported by company's in-house capabilities, including current good manufacturing practice (cGMP) manufacturing and a clinical operations platform. The company's antibody candidates are botensilimab (a proprietary next-generation Fc-engineered CTLA-4 antibody, also known as AGEN1811) and balstilimab (a PD-1 antibody).
Executives
Ulf Wiinberg director
Steven J O'day officer: Chief Medical Officer 2344 BANYAN DRIVE, LOS ANGELES CA 90049
Garo H Armen officer: Chairman & CEO 3 FORBES ROAD, LEXINGTON MA 02421
Christine M Klaskin officer: VP Finance 3 FORBES ROAD, LEXINGTON MA 02421
Adam Krauss officer: Chief Legal Officer 139 GRANIT STREET, MEDFIELD MA 02052
Susan B Hirsch director 280 OLD SOMERSET ROAD, WATCHUNG NJ 07069
Paul N Clark director 5301 STEVENS CREEK BLVD, MS 1A-LC, SANTA CLARA CA 95051
Incyte Corp 10 percent owner 1801 AUGUSTINE CUT-OFF, WILMINGTON DE 19803
Alex Duncan officer: Chief Technology Officer 3 FORBES ROAC, LEXINGTON MA 02421
Christian Cortis officer: See Remarks 3 FORBES ROAD, LEXINGTON MA 02421
Evan Kearns officer: V.P. and General Counsel AGENUS INC., 3 FORBES ROAK, LEXINGTON MA 02421
Jennifer Buell officer: Chief Operating Officer 3 FORBES ROAD, LEXINGTON MA 02421
Allison M Jeynes-ellis director FLAT 52, WILLIAM HUNT MANSIONS, LONDON X0 SW13 8HT
Wadih Jordan director ANTIGENICS INC., 162 FIFTH AVE., SUITE 900, NEW YORK NY 10010
Brian Corvese director C/O ANTIGENICS INC., 162 FIFTH AVENUE, SUITE 900, NEW YORK NY 10010