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EMC Insurance Group (EMC Insurance Group) Net-Net Working Capital

: $-50.01 (As of Jun. 2019)
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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.

EMC Insurance Group's Net-Net Working Capital for the quarter that ended in Jun. 2019 was $-50.01.

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

EMCI's Price-to-Net-Net-Working-Capital is not ranked *
in the Insurance industry.
Industry Median: 5.27
* Ranked among companies with meaningful Price-to-Net-Net-Working-Capital only.

EMC Insurance Group Net-Net Working Capital Historical Data

The historical data trend for EMC Insurance Group'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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EMC Insurance Group Annual Data
Trend Dec09 Dec10 Dec11 Dec12 Dec13 Dec14 Dec15 Dec16 Dec17 Dec18
Net-Net Working Capital
Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only -46.20 -46.76 -46.83 -47.97 -49.13

EMC Insurance Group Quarterly Data
Sep14 Dec14 Mar15 Jun15 Sep15 Dec15 Mar16 Jun16 Sep16 Dec16 Mar17 Jun17 Sep17 Dec17 Mar18 Jun18 Sep18 Dec18 Mar19 Jun19
Net-Net Working Capital 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 Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only -47.85 -48.86 -49.13 -48.45 -50.01

Competitive Comparison

For the Insurance - Property & Casualty subindustry, EMC Insurance Group'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.


EMC Insurance Group Price-to-Net-Net-Working-Capital Distribution

For the Insurance industry and Financial Services sector, EMC Insurance Group's Price-to-Net-Net-Working-Capital distribution charts can be found below:

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



EMC Insurance Group Net-Net Working Capital Calculation

EMC Insurance Group's Net-Net Working Capital (NNWC) per share for the fiscal year that ended in Dec. 2018 is calculated as

Net-Net Working Capital(A: Dec. 2018 )
=(Balance Sheet Cash And Cash Equivalents+Marketable Securities+0.75 * Accounts Receivable+0.5 * Total Inventories-Total Liabilities
-Preferred Stock-Minority Interest)/Shares Outstanding (EOP)
=(0.337+28.204+0.75 * 39.019+0.5 * 0-1119.696
-0-0)/21.6151
=-49.13

EMC Insurance Group's Net-Net Working Capital (NNWC) per share for the quarter that ended in Jun. 2019 is calculated as

Net-Net Working Capital(Q: Jun. 2019 )
=(Balance Sheet Cash And Cash Equivalents+Marketable Securities+0.75 * Accounts Receivable+0.5 * Total Inventories-Total Liabilities
-Preferred Stock-Minority Interest)/Shares Outstanding (EOP)
=(0.276+46.857+0.75 * 35.533+0.5 * 0-1157.589
-0-0)/21.6723
=-50.01

* 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.


EMC Insurance Group  (NAS:EMCI) 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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EMC Insurance Group (EMC Insurance Group) Business Description

Traded in Other Exchanges
N/A
Address
717 Mulberry Street, Des Moines, IA, USA, 50309
EMC Insurance Group Inc is a United States based insurance provider that focusses on non-life insurance products. It derives significant revenues from its property and casualty insurance products, which it sells through its subsidiaries company. Its secondary source of revenue is its reinsurance segment. The group manages its reinsurance business through its subsidiary, EMC Reinsurance company, which sells commercial lines of property and casualty insurance products to small and medium-sized businesses.
Executives
Thomas W Booth other: Director-EMCC-Parent Company 2868 SHADOW LAKE ROAD, DES MOINES IA 80026
David O Narigon officer: Senior Vice President

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