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Nektar Therapeutics (Nektar Therapeutics) Net-Net Working Capital : $0.24 (As of Dec. 2023)


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What is Nektar Therapeutics 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.

Nektar Therapeutics's Net-Net Working Capital for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was $0.24.

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

NKTR's Price-to-Net-Net-Working-Capital is ranked worse than
61.05% of 932 companies
in the Biotechnology industry
Industry Median: 4.05 vs NKTR: 5.65

Nektar Therapeutics Net-Net Working Capital Historical Data

The historical data trend for Nektar Therapeutics'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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Nektar Therapeutics Net-Net Working Capital Chart

Nektar Therapeutics 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 4.46 3.54 1.73 0.93 0.24

Nektar Therapeutics 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 0.93 0.78 0.65 0.52 0.24

Competitive Comparison of Nektar Therapeutics's Net-Net Working Capital

For the Biotechnology subindustry, Nektar Therapeutics'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.


Nektar Therapeutics's Price-to-Net-Net-Working-Capital Distribution in the Biotechnology Industry

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

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



Nektar Therapeutics Net-Net Working Capital Calculation

Nektar Therapeutics'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)
=(303.616+0.75 * 1.205+0.5 * 16.101-267.046
-0-0)/191.384
=0.24

Nektar Therapeutics'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)
=(303.616+0.75 * 1.205+0.5 * 16.101-267.046
-0-0)/191.384
=0.24

* 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.


Nektar Therapeutics  (NAS:NKTR) 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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Nektar Therapeutics (Nektar Therapeutics) Business Description

Traded in Other Exchanges
Address
455 Mission Bay Boulevard South, San Francisco, CA, USA, 94158
Nektar Therapeutics is a biopharmaceutical company. It has wholly-owned research and development pipeline of investigational medicines in oncology, immunology, and virology as well as a portfolio of approved partnered medicines. In oncology, the company is focused on activating the immune system's natural tumor-fighting mechanisms, and it will be studying several immuno-oncology drug candidates in the clinic for a variety of cancer indications. In immunology, it is focused on addressing imbalances in the immune system to restore the body's self-tolerance mechanisms and achieve immune homeostasis. In virology, the company believes selective immuno-modulators can be useful in addressing viral infections in people. The group derives revenue from the United States and the Rest of the World.
Executives
Howard W Robin director, officer: President & CEO
Jonathan Zalevsky officer: Chief R&D Officer 455 MISSION BAY BOULEVARD SOUTH, C/O NEKTAR THERAPEUTICS, SAN FRANCISCO CA 94158
Mark Andrew Wilson officer: SVP & General Counsel 1613 RAY DRIVE, BURLINGAME CA 94010
Myriam Curet director 1020 KIFER ROAD, SUNNYVALE CA 94086
Jeffrey Robert Ajer director C/O BIOMARIN PHARMACEUTICAL INC., 105 DIGITAL DRIVE, NOVATO CA 94949
Sandra A. Gardiner officer: Chief Financial Officer CUTERA, INC., 3240 BAYSHORE BOULEVARD, BRISBANE CA 94005
Jillian B. Thomsen officer: VP & Chief Accounting Officer C/O NEKTAR THERAPEUTICS, 201 INDUSTRIAL ROAD, SAN CARLOS CA 94070
Robert Chess director, officer: Executive Chairman
Karin Eastham director C/O BURNHAM INSTITUTE FOR MEDICAL RESEAR, 10901 N. TORREY PINES ROAD, LA JOLLA CA 92037
Gil M Labrucherie officer: SVP, COO & CFO 150 INDUSTRIAL ROAD, SAN CARLOS CA 94070
John Northcott officer: SVP & Chief Commercial Officer 455 MISSION BAY BOULEVARD SOUTH, C/O NEKTAR THERAPEUTICS, SAN FRANCISCO CA 94158
Diana Brainard director C/O ALLOVIR, INC., 139 MAIN STREET, SUITE 500, CAMBRIDGE MA 02142
R Scott Greer director 6207 E. INDIAN BEND RD, PARADISE VALLEY AZ 85253
Lutz Lingnau director 15 INDIAN HOLLOW ROAD, MENDHAM NJ 07945
Stephen K Doberstein officer: Chief Scientific Officer 129 ELSIE STREET, SAN FRANCISCO CA 94110

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