In calculating the Net Current Asset Value (NCAV), Benjamin Graham means a company's current assets (such as cash, marketable securities, and inventories) minus its total liabilities (including preferred stock, minority interest, and long-term debt).
Derma Sciences's net current asset value per share for the quarter that ended in Sep. 2016 was $0.03.
The historical rank and industry rank for Derma Sciences's Net Current Asset Value or its related term are showing as below:
DSCI's Price-to-Net-Current-Asset-Value is not ranked *
in the Medical Devices & Instruments industry.
Industry Median: 4.94 * Ranked among companies with meaningful Price-to-Net-Current-Asset-Value only.
Derma Sciences Net Current Asset Value Historical Data
The historical data trend for Derma Sciences's Net Current Asset Value 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.
Competitive Comparison of Derma Sciences's Net Current Asset Value
For the Medical Instruments & Supplies subindustry, Derma Sciences's Price-to-Net-Current-Asset-Value, along with its competitors' market caps and Price-to-Net-Current-Asset-Value 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.
Derma Sciences's Price-to-Net-Current-Asset-Value Distribution in the Medical Devices & Instruments Industry
For the Medical Devices & Instruments industry and Healthcare sector, Derma Sciences's Price-to-Net-Current-Asset-Value distribution charts can be found below:
* The bar in red indicates where Derma Sciences's Price-to-Net-Current-Asset-Value falls into.
Derma Sciences Net Current Asset Value Calculation
Derma Sciences's Net Current Asset Value (NCAV) per share for the fiscal year that ended in Dec. 2015 is calculated as
* 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.
Derma Sciences (NAS:DSCI) Net Current Asset Value Explanation
Benjamin Graham first discussed net current asset value (NCAV) in the 1934 edition of "Security Analysis", which he coauthored with David Dodd. In the book, (net) current asset value is defined as:" current assets alone, minus all liabilities and claims ahead of the issue."
The common definition of NCAV is: NCAV = current assets – [total liabilities + minority interest + preferred stock]
Net current assets exclude not only the intangible assets but also the fixed and miscellaneous assets. 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.
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 Grahams strategy produced similar results.
Benjamin Graham looked for companies whose market values were less than two-thirds of their Net-Net Working Capital. They are collected under our Net-Net screener.
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Derma Sciences (Derma Sciences) Business Description
Derma Sciences Inc was incorporated on September 10, 1984. The Company is a tissue regeneration company engaged in three segments of the wound care marketplace: pharmaceutical wound care, advanced wound care and traditional wound care products. The Company has one drug candidate that initiated its Phase 3 study. The Company maintains manufacturing facilities in Toronto, Canada and Nantong, China and an established network of third party suppliers for its products. Its products are sold through distributors to health care providers such as wound care centers, extended care facilities, acute care facilities, home health care agencies and physicians' offices. Some of its products are sold through retail channels to care givers. The Company markets its products through direct sales representatives in the United States, Canada and the United Kingdom, and through independent distributors within other select international markets. In Pharmaceutical Wound Care, the DSC127 product is in clinical trial for the treatment of diabetic foot ulcers. The Phase 3 clinical trial for diabetic foot ulcers is expected to be completed by the end of 2015. In addition to the diabetic foot ulcer indication, the Company has begun preclinical testing for scar reduction. The product lines in Advanced Wound Care include MEDIHONEY, TCC-EZ, AMNIOEXCEL and AMNIOMATRIX, XTRASORB, BIOGUARD, and ALGICELL AG. The Traditional Wound Care line consists of gauze sponges and bandages, non-adherent impregnated dressings, retention devices, paste bandages and other compression devices. It also manufactures and market adhesive bandages and related first aid products for the medical, industrial, private label and retail markets. It markets a line of wound closure strips, nasal tube fasteners and a variety of catheter fasteners to doctors, clinics, nursing homes, hospitals and other institutions. In addition, the Company owns or licenses over 50 U.S. patents, corresponding foreign patents and patent applications. The patents relating to the DSC127, MEDIHONEY, BIOGUARD, AMNIOEXCEL and AMNIOMATRIX technologies are held under license agreements of indefinite duration. It is subject to the regulation regarding occupational safety, laboratory practices, environmental protection and hazardous substance control and may be subject to other present and future U.S. and foreign regulations.
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