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Graham (Graham) Net-Net Working Capital : $-5.31 (As of Dec. 2023)


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What is Graham 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.

Graham's Net-Net Working Capital for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was $-5.31.

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

GHM's Price-to-Net-Net-Working-Capital is not ranked *
in the Industrial Products industry.
Industry Median: 6.92
* Ranked among companies with meaningful Price-to-Net-Net-Working-Capital only.

Graham Net-Net Working Capital Historical Data

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

Graham Annual Data
Trend Mar14 Mar15 Mar16 Mar17 Mar18 Mar19 Mar20 Mar21 Mar22 Mar23
Net-Net Working Capital
Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 4.67 4.48 4.05 -4.04 -5.41

Graham 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 -5.11 -5.41 -4.75 -4.81 -5.31

Competitive Comparison of Graham's Net-Net Working Capital

For the Specialty Industrial Machinery subindustry, Graham'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.


Graham's Price-to-Net-Net-Working-Capital Distribution in the Industrial Products Industry

For the Industrial Products industry and Industrials sector, Graham's Price-to-Net-Net-Working-Capital distribution charts can be found below:

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



Graham Net-Net Working Capital Calculation

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

Net-Net Working Capital(A: Mar. 2023 )
=(Cash, Cash Equivalents, Marketable Securities+0.75 * Accounts Receivable+0.5 * Total Inventories-Total Liabilities
-Preferred Stock-Minority Interest)/Shares Outstanding (EOP)
=(18.257+0.75 * 24+0.5 * 26.293-106.985
-0-0)/10.635
=-5.41

Graham'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)
=(15.163+0.75 * 35.666+0.5 * 31.078-114.958
-0-0)/10.8283
=-5.31

* 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.


Graham  (NYSE:GHM) 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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Graham (Graham) Business Description

Traded in Other Exchanges
Address
20 Florence Avenue, Batavia, NY, USA, 14020
Graham Corporation manufactures and sells critical equipment for the energy, defense, and chemical/petrochemical industries based with emphasis on the United States. Its suite of products includes ejectors, surface condensers, turbopumps, compressors and liquid vacuum pumps, among others. For the defense industry, its equipment is used in nuclear propulsion power systems for the U.S. Navy. For the chemical and petrochemical industries, its equipment is used in fertilizer, ethylene, methanol and downstream chemical facilities. The company derives key revenue from the sale of Heat transfer equipment. It derives revenue from the US and other countries.
Executives
Alan E Smith officer: VP of Operations GRAHAM CORPORATION, 20 FLORENCE AVENUE, BATAVIA NY 14020
Daniel J. Thoren officer: President and COO C/O GRAHAM CORPORATION, 20 FLORENCE AVENUE, BATAVIA NY 14020
Christopher J. Thome officer: VP-Finance; CFO C/O GRAHAM CORPORATION, 20 FLORENCE AVENUE, BATAVIA NY 14020
Cari L Jaroslawsky director C/O HARTER SECREST & EMERY LLP, 1600 BAUSCH & LOMB PLACE, ROCHESTER NY 14604
Troy A. Stoner director C/O GRAHAM CORPORATION, 20 FLORENCE AVENUE, BATAVIA NY 14020
Jeffrey Glajch officer: VP-Finance; CFO GRAHAM CORPORATION, 20 FLORENCE AVENUE, BATAVIA NY 14020
James J Barber director C/O METABOLIX, INC., 21 ERIE STREET, CAMBRIDGE MA 02139
Lisa M. Schnorr director C/O GRAHAM CORPORATION, 20 FLORENCE AVENUE, BATAVIA NY 14020
Jonathan W Painter director ONE ACTO PLACE, SUITE 202, ACTON MA 01720
Alan Fortier director GRAHAM CORPORATION, 20 FLORENCE AVENUE, BATAVIA NY 14020
Matthew Malone officer: VP & GM of Barber-Nichols C/O GRAHAM CORPORATION, 20 FLORENCE AVENUE, BATAVIA NY 14020
James R Lines officer: VP Marketing & Sales 11 HILLSIDE PARKWY, LANCSTER NY 14068
Jennifer R Condame officer: CAO and Controller GRAHAM CORPORATION, 20 FLORENCE AVENUE, BATAVIA NY 14020
John N Rice officer: Vice President of Sales GRAHAM CORPORATION, 20 FLORENCE AVENUE, BATAVIA NY 14020
Gerard T Mazurkiewicz director