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Telestone Technologies (Telestone Technologies) Net-Net Working Capital : $1.86 (As of Dec. 2012)


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What is Telestone Technologies 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.

Telestone Technologies's Net-Net Working Capital for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2012 was $1.86.

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

TSTC's Price-to-Net-Net-Working-Capital is not ranked *
in the Hardware industry.
Industry Median: 6.41
* Ranked among companies with meaningful Price-to-Net-Net-Working-Capital only.

Telestone Technologies Net-Net Working Capital Historical Data

The historical data trend for Telestone Technologies'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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Telestone Technologies Net-Net Working Capital Chart

Telestone Technologies Annual Data
Trend Dec03 Dec04 Dec05 Dec06 Dec07 Dec08 Dec09 Dec10 Dec11 Dec12
Net-Net Working Capital
Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 2.37 2.89 4.46 4.36 1.86

Telestone Technologies Quarterly Data
Mar08 Jun08 Sep08 Dec08 Mar09 Jun09 Sep09 Dec09 Mar10 Jun10 Sep10 Dec10 Mar11 Jun11 Sep11 Dec11 Mar12 Jun12 Sep12 Dec12
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 4.36 4.07 3.79 2.97 1.86

Competitive Comparison of Telestone Technologies's Net-Net Working Capital

For the Communication Equipment subindustry, Telestone Technologies'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.


Telestone Technologies's Price-to-Net-Net-Working-Capital Distribution in the Hardware Industry

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

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



Telestone Technologies Net-Net Working Capital Calculation

Telestone Technologies's Net-Net Working Capital (NNWC) per share for the fiscal year that ended in Dec. 2012 is calculated as

Net-Net Working Capital(A: Dec. 2012 )
=(Cash, Cash Equivalents, Marketable Securities+0.75 * Accounts Receivable+0.5 * Total Inventories-Total Liabilities
-Preferred Stock-Minority Interest)/Shares Outstanding (EOP)
=(8.536+0.75 * 221.648+0.5 * 6.301-153.465
-0-1.464)/12.3333
=1.86

Telestone Technologies's Net-Net Working Capital (NNWC) per share for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2012 is calculated as

Net-Net Working Capital(Q: Dec. 2012 )
=(Cash, Cash Equivalents, Marketable Securities+0.75 * Accounts Receivable+0.5 * Total Inventories-Total Liabilities
-Preferred Stock-Minority Interest)/Shares Outstanding (EOP)
=(8.536+0.75 * 221.648+0.5 * 6.301-153.465
-0-1.464)/12.3333
=1.86

* 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.


Telestone Technologies  (OTCPK:TSTC) 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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Telestone Technologies (Telestone Technologies) Business Description

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Telestone Technologies Corp was organized under the laws of the State of Colorado in February 1987 under the name Shield Enterprises, Inc. In August 2004, TSTC reincorporated in the State of Delaware under the name Telestone Technologies Corporation. It provides access network solutions in China. The company's access network solutions include the research and development and application of access-network technology. In addition to its homegrown access-network equipment, which includes repeaters, antennas, and radio-frequency peripherals, the company offers project design, project management, installation, maintenance, and other after sales services to its customers. The company offers WFDS, a next generation wireless distribution system. WFDS is an all-optical network that combines the technologies of both wireless and optical telecommunications. As of December 31, 2011, it completed 499 WFDS installations. The company designs and sells electronic equipment used to provide access-network solutions to its customers. Many of these types of equipment, including WFDS products, RFPA products, passive components and base station antennas for 2G, 3G, Broadband access and CATV networks, are specialized active microwave components designed to meet the needs of its customers.The company provides systems integration services to its customers. The primary systems integration services provided to the company's customers are project design and engineering, specifically, the development and design of indoor and outdoor wireless signal complementary coverage solutions and their applied products. The company also markets its products to 29 countries, including the United States, Vietnam, Mexico, Brazil, Russia, India, the Philippines, Thailand, Ireland, Ecuador, Mongolia, South Africa, Turkey, Indonesia, Colombia, Costa Rica, Argentina, Ukraine, Kazakhstan, Singapore, South Korea, Hong Kong, Saudi Arabia, New Zealand, Bangladesh, the United Arab Emirates, Canada, and Iceland.

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