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CA (CA) Net-Net Working Capital : $-4.57 (As of Sep. 2018)


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What is CA Net-Net Working Capital?

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.

CA's Net-Net Working Capital for the quarter that ended in Sep. 2018 was $-4.57.

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

CA's Price-to-Net-Net-Working-Capital is not ranked *
in the Software industry.
Industry Median: 7.09
* Ranked among companies with meaningful Price-to-Net-Net-Working-Capital only.

CA Net-Net Working Capital Historical Data

The historical data trend for CA'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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CA Net-Net Working Capital Chart

CA Annual Data
Trend Mar09 Mar10 Mar11 Mar12 Mar13 Mar14 Mar15 Mar16 Mar17 Mar18
Net-Net Working Capital
Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only -6.02 -4.83 -6.27 -8.75 -7.68

CA Quarterly Data
Dec13 Mar14 Jun14 Sep14 Dec14 Mar15 Jun15 Sep15 Dec15 Mar16 Jun16 Sep16 Dec16 Mar17 Jun17 Sep17 Dec17 Mar18 Jun18 Sep18
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 -7.77 -8.01 -7.68 -4.87 -4.57

Competitive Comparison of CA's Net-Net Working Capital

For the Software - Infrastructure subindustry, CA'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.


CA's Price-to-Net-Net-Working-Capital Distribution in the Software Industry

For the Software industry and Technology sector, CA's Price-to-Net-Net-Working-Capital distribution charts can be found below:

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



CA Net-Net Working Capital Calculation

CA's Net-Net Working Capital (NNWC) per share for the fiscal year that ended in Mar. 2018 is calculated as

Net-Net Working Capital(A: Mar. 2018 )
=(Cash, Cash Equivalents, Marketable Securities+0.75 * Accounts Receivable+0.5 * Total Inventories-Total Liabilities
-Preferred Stock-Minority Interest)/Shares Outstanding (EOP)
=(3405+0.75 * 793+0.5 * 0-7165
-0-0)/412.057
=-7.68

CA's Net-Net Working Capital (NNWC) per share for the quarter that ended in Sep. 2018 is calculated as

Net-Net Working Capital(Q: Sep. 2018 )
=(Cash, Cash Equivalents, Marketable Securities+0.75 * Accounts Receivable+0.5 * Total Inventories-Total Liabilities
-Preferred Stock-Minority Interest)/Shares Outstanding (EOP)
=(2931+0.75 * 507+0.5 * 0-5201
-0-0)/413.477
=-4.57

* 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.


CA  (NAS:CA) 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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CA (CA) Business Description

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CA Technologies develops and sells software and services through three business segments: mainframe solutions, enterprise solutions, and services. Mainframe solutions helps customers lower the cost of mainframe management and maintenance; enterprise solutions helps customers manage and service nonmainframe IT platforms; and the services business helps customers with implementation, training, and deployment. The mainframe solutions segment contributes over 50% of the firm's revenue and the majority of its profits.
Executives
Arthur F Weinbach director 1981 MARCUS AVENUE, LAKE SUCCESS NY 11042
Jeffrey G Katz director 520 MADISON AVENUE NEW YORK NY 10022
Lauren Patricia Flaherty officer: EVP, Chief Marketing Officer 520 MADISON AVENUE, NEW YORK NY 10022
Raymond J Bromark director 520 MADISON AVENUE, NEW YORK NY 10022
Jacob Lamm officer: EVP, STRATEGY & CORPORATE DEV 520 MADISON AVENUE, NEW YORK NY 10022
Christopher B Lofgren director 520 MADISON AVENUE, NEW YORK NY 10022
Michael P Gregoire director, officer: Chief Executive Officer C/O CA, INC., ONE CA PLAZA, ISLANDIA NY 11749
Rohit Kapoor director C/O EXLSERVICE HOLDINGS, INC., 320 PARK AVENUE 29TH FL, NEW YORK NY 10022
Laura S Unger director 520 MADISON AVENUE, NEW YORK NY 10022
Kieran J Mcgrath officer: EVP and CFO 350 MT. KEMBLE AVENUE, MORRISTOWN NJ 07960
Jean M. Hobby director 10000 WEHRLE DRIVE, CLARENCE NY 14031
Richard Sulpizio director 520 MADISON AVENUE, NEW YORK NY 10022
Anthony J. Radesca officer: SVP, Chief Accounting Officer 520 MADISON AVENUE, NEW YORK NY 10022
Nancy A. Altobello director 520 MADISON AVENUE, NEW YORK NY 10022
Ava Hahn officer: EVP GC, Corp Sec & CECO 4650 CUSHING PARKWAY, C/O LAM RESEARCH, FREMONT CA 94538