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Latin American Discovery Fund (Latin American Discovery Fund) Net-Net Working Capital : $-0.08 (As of Jun. 2018)


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What is Latin American Discovery Fund 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.

Latin American Discovery Fund's Net-Net Working Capital for the quarter that ended in Jun. 2018 was $-0.08.

The industry rank for Latin American Discovery Fund's Net-Net Working Capital or its related term are showing as below:

LDF's Price-to-Net-Net-Working-Capital is not ranked *
in the Asset Management industry.
Industry Median: 6.415
* Ranked among companies with meaningful Price-to-Net-Net-Working-Capital only.

Latin American Discovery Fund Net-Net Working Capital Historical Data

The historical data trend for Latin American Discovery Fund'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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Latin American Discovery Fund Net-Net Working Capital Chart

Latin American Discovery Fund Annual Data
Trend Dec17
Net-Net Working Capital
-0.05

Latin American Discovery Fund Semi-Annual Data
Dec17 Jun18
Net-Net Working Capital -0.05 -0.08

Competitive Comparison of Latin American Discovery Fund's Net-Net Working Capital

For the Asset Management subindustry, Latin American Discovery Fund'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.


Latin American Discovery Fund's Price-to-Net-Net-Working-Capital Distribution in the Asset Management Industry

For the Asset Management industry and Financial Services sector, Latin American Discovery Fund's Price-to-Net-Net-Working-Capital distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Latin American Discovery Fund's Price-to-Net-Net-Working-Capital falls into.



Latin American Discovery Fund Net-Net Working Capital Calculation

Latin American Discovery Fund's Net-Net Working Capital (NNWC) per share for the fiscal year that ended in Dec. 2017 is calculated as

Latin American Discovery Fund's Net-Net Working Capital (NNWC) per share for the quarter that ended in Jun. 2018 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.

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.


Latin American Discovery Fund  (NYSE:LDF) 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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Latin American Discovery Fund (Latin American Discovery Fund) Business Description

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Latin American Discovery Fund Inc is a non-diversified, closed-end management investment company. Its investment objective is long-term capital appreciation through investments in equity and debt securities issued or guaranteed governmental entity.
Executives
City Of London Investment Group Plc 10 percent owner 77 GRACECHURCH STREET, LONDON X0 EC3V0AS
Eric J Carlson officer: Portfolio Manager MORGAN STANLEY INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT, 522 5TH AVENUE, FLOOR 20, NEW YORK NY 10036
Paul C Psaila officer: Portfolio Manager MORGAN STANLEY INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT, 522 5TH AVENUE, FLOOR 20, NEW YORK NY 10036
City Of London Investment Management Co Ltd 10 percent owner 77 GRACECHURCH STREET, LONDON X0 EC3V0AS
Patricia A Maleski director C/O J P MORGAN INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT INC, 522 FIFTH AVENUE, NEW YORK NY 10036
Timothy J Knierim officer: CCO 100 MULBERRY STREET, NEWARK NJ 07102
Nancy Everett director 1812 PARK AVE, RICHMOND VA 23220
Jakki L. Haussler director 221 EAST FOURTH STREET, CINCINNATI OH 45202
Joseph C Benedetti officer: Vice President C/O INVESCO, 225 LIBERTY STREET, NEW YORK NY 10281
John H Gernon officer: Principle Executive Officer 522 5TH AVENUE, NEW YORK NY 10036
Arthur Jason Lev officer: President and PEO 522 5TH AVENUE, NEW YORK NY 10036
Gaite Ali other: Portfolio Manager 522 5TH AVENUE, NEW YORK NY 10036
Sara Furber officer: President and PEO MORGAN STANLEY INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT, 522 FIFTH AVE, NEW YORK NY 10036
Mary Ann Picciotto officer: CCO of the Advisor LORD, ABBETT & CO. LLC, 90 HUDSON STREET, JERSEY CITY NJ 07302
Frank J Smith officer: PFO & Treasurer C/O MORGAN STANLEY INVESTMENT MAN, 1221 AVENUE OF THE AVENUE 22ND FL, NEW YORK NY 10020

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