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Avistar Communications (Avistar Communications) Net-Net Working Capital : $-0.37 (As of Mar. 2012)


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What is Avistar Communications 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.

Avistar Communications's Net-Net Working Capital for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2012 was $-0.37.

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

AVSR's Price-to-Net-Net-Working-Capital is not ranked *
in the Hardware industry.
Industry Median: 6.83
* Ranked among companies with meaningful Price-to-Net-Net-Working-Capital only.

Avistar Communications Net-Net Working Capital Historical Data

The historical data trend for Avistar Communications'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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Avistar Communications Net-Net Working Capital Chart

Avistar Communications Annual Data
Trend Dec02 Dec03 Dec04 Dec05 Dec06 Dec07 Dec08 Dec09 Dec10 Dec11
Net-Net Working Capital
Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only -0.41 -0.50 -0.37 -0.22 -0.34

Avistar Communications Quarterly Data
Jun07 Sep07 Dec07 Mar08 Jun08 Sep08 Dec08 Mar09 Jun09 Sep09 Dec09 Mar10 Jun10 Sep10 Dec10 Mar11 Jun11 Sep11 Dec11 Mar12
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 -0.27 -0.32 -0.30 -0.34 -0.37

Competitive Comparison of Avistar Communications's Net-Net Working Capital

For the Communication Equipment subindustry, Avistar Communications'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.


Avistar Communications's Price-to-Net-Net-Working-Capital Distribution in the Hardware Industry

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

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



Avistar Communications Net-Net Working Capital Calculation

Avistar Communications's Net-Net Working Capital (NNWC) per share for the fiscal year that ended in Dec. 2011 is calculated as

Net-Net Working Capital(A: Dec. 2011 )
=(Cash, Cash Equivalents, Marketable Securities+0.75 * Accounts Receivable+0.5 * Total Inventories-Total Liabilities
-Preferred Stock-Minority Interest)/Shares Outstanding (EOP)
=(2.722+0.75 * 1.76+0.5 * 0.016-18.1
-0-0)/40.7415
=-0.34

Avistar Communications's Net-Net Working Capital (NNWC) per share for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2012 is calculated as

Net-Net Working Capital(Q: Mar. 2012 )
=(Cash, Cash Equivalents, Marketable Securities+0.75 * Accounts Receivable+0.5 * Total Inventories-Total Liabilities
-Preferred Stock-Minority Interest)/Shares Outstanding (EOP)
=(1.863+0.75 * 0.544+0.5 * 0.016-17.314
-0-0)/40.857
=-0.37

* 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.


Avistar Communications  (OTCPK:AVSR) 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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Avistar Communications (Avistar Communications) Business Description

Traded in Other Exchanges
N/A
Address
1855 South Grant Street, 4th Floor, San Mateo, CA, USA, 94402
Avistar Communications Corp creates technology that provides the missing critical element in unified communications: bringing people in organizations face-to-face, through enhanced communications for the true collaboration anytime, anyplace. The company's solutions include Bandwidth Management, CEBP, Firewall Traversal and Enterprise Endpoints. Its products include Avistar C3 Communicator, Avistar C3 Conference, Avistar C3 Command, Avistar C3 Call Control and Avistar C3 Media Engine.
Executives
R Stephen Heinrichs director, 10 percent owner 141 CASPIAN COURT, SUNNYVALE CA 94089
Jefferies Financial Group Inc. 10 percent owner 520 MADISON AVENUE, NEW YORK NY 10022
Phlcorp Holding Llc 10 percent owner 529 EAST SOUTH TEMPLE, SALT LAKE CITY UT 84102
Baldwin Enterprises, Inc. 10 percent owner 529 EAST SOUTH TEMPLE, SALT LAKE CITY UT 84102
Robert P Latta director 650 PAGE MILL ROAD, PALO ALTO CA 94304

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