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Nathan's Famous (Nathan's Famous) Net-Net Working Capital : $-12.47 (As of Dec. 2023)


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What is Nathan's Famous 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.

Nathan's Famous's Net-Net Working Capital for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was $-12.47.

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

NATH's Price-to-Net-Net-Working-Capital is not ranked *
in the Restaurants industry.
Industry Median: 13.385
* Ranked among companies with meaningful Price-to-Net-Net-Working-Capital only.

Nathan's Famous Net-Net Working Capital Historical Data

The historical data trend for Nathan's Famous'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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Nathan's Famous Net-Net Working Capital Chart

Nathan's Famous 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 -19.35 -20.78 -19.72 -17.80 -15.16

Nathan's Famous 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 -15.38 -15.16 -14.06 -12.84 -12.47

Competitive Comparison of Nathan's Famous's Net-Net Working Capital

For the Restaurants subindustry, Nathan's Famous'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.


Nathan's Famous's Price-to-Net-Net-Working-Capital Distribution in the Restaurants Industry

For the Restaurants industry and Consumer Cyclical sector, Nathan's Famous's Price-to-Net-Net-Working-Capital distribution charts can be found below:

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



Nathan's Famous Net-Net Working Capital Calculation

Nathan's Famous'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)
=(29.861+0.75 * 14.923+0.5 * 0.539-103.172
-0-0)/4.07972
=-15.16

Nathan's Famous'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)
=(16.732+0.75 * 13.236+0.5 * 0.554-77.885
-0-0)/4.08462
=-12.47

* 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.


Nathan's Famous  (NAS:NATH) 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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Nathan's Famous (Nathan's Famous) Business Description

Traded in Other Exchanges
Address
One Jericho Plaza, Second Floor - Wing A, Jericho, NY, USA, 11753
Nathan's Famous Inc is an owner of fast food franchises in the United States. The company's reportable segment includes the Branded Product Program, Product licensing, Restaurant operations and Corporate. Branded Product Program derives revenue principally from the sale of hot dog products either directly to foodservice operators or to various foodservice distributors who resell the products to foodservice operators. It generates maximum revenue from the Branded Product Program segment. Geographically, it derives a majority of revenue from the United States.
Executives
Brian S Genson director
Joanne Podell director ONE JERICHO PLAZA, JERICHO NY 11753
Robert E Steinberg officer: VP Finance, CFO, Treasurer NATHAN'S FAMOUS INC., ONE JERICHO PLAZA, JERICHO NY 11753
Andrew M Levine director C/O NATHAN'S FAMOUS, INC., ONE JERICHO PLAZA, SECOND FLOOR - WING A, JERICHO NY 11753
Ronald G Devos officer: VP-Fin, CFO and Secy
James Robert Walker officer: SVP, Restaurants C/O NATHAN'S FAMOUS, INC., ONE JERICHO PLAZA, SECOND FLOOR - WING A, JERICHO NY 11753
Robert J Eide director 70 EAST SUNRISE HIGHWAY STE 415, VALLEY STREAM NY 11581
Randy Watts officer: VP - Franchise Operations 1400 OLD COUNTRY ROAD, SUITE 400, WESTBURY NY 11590
Leigh Platte officer: Vice President, Food Service C/O NATHAN'S FAMOUS, INC., ONE JERICHO PLAZA, SECOND FLOOR - WING A, JERICHO NY 11753
Scott F. Harvey officer: Executive Vice President ONE JERICHO PLAZA, SECOND FLOOR - WING A, JERICHO NY 11753
Donald P Schedler officer: Vice President
Barry Leistner director
Wayne Norbitz director, officer: President
Donald L Perlyn director, officer: Executive Vice President
Howard M Lorber director, 10 percent owner, officer: Executive Chairman 4400 BISCAYNE BLVD, 10TH FLOOR, MIAMI FL 33137

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