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Allocate Software (LSE:ALLA) Net-Net Working Capital : £-0.04 (As of May. 2014)


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What is Allocate Software 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.

Allocate Software's Net-Net Working Capital for the quarter that ended in May. 2014 was £-0.04.

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

LSE:ALLA's Price-to-Net-Net-Working-Capital is not ranked *
in the Software industry.
Industry Median: 7.39
* Ranked among companies with meaningful Price-to-Net-Net-Working-Capital only.

Allocate Software Net-Net Working Capital Historical Data

The historical data trend for Allocate Software'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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Allocate Software Net-Net Working Capital Chart

Allocate Software Annual Data
Trend May05 May06 May07 May08 May09 May10 May11 May12 May13 May14
Net-Net Working Capital
Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only -0.09 -0.05 -0.13 -0.11 -0.04

Allocate Software Semi-Annual Data
Nov04 May05 Nov05 May06 Nov06 May07 Nov07 May08 Nov08 May09 Nov09 May10 Nov10 May11 Nov11 May12 Nov12 May13 Nov13 May14
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 -0.13 -0.13 -0.11 -0.06 -0.04

Competitive Comparison of Allocate Software's Net-Net Working Capital

For the Software - Application subindustry, Allocate Software'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.


Allocate Software's Price-to-Net-Net-Working-Capital Distribution in the Software Industry

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

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



Allocate Software Net-Net Working Capital Calculation

Allocate Software's Net-Net Working Capital (NNWC) per share for the fiscal year that ended in May. 2014 is calculated as

Net-Net Working Capital(A: May. 2014 )
=(Cash, Cash Equivalents, Marketable Securities+0.75 * Accounts Receivable+0.5 * Total Inventories-Total Liabilities
-Preferred Stock-Minority Interest)/Shares Outstanding (EOP)
=(13.659+0.75 * 9.701+0.5 * 0-23.654
-0-0)/68.29
=-0.04

Allocate Software's Net-Net Working Capital (NNWC) per share for the quarter that ended in May. 2014 is calculated as

Net-Net Working Capital(Q: May. 2014 )
=(Cash, Cash Equivalents, Marketable Securities+0.75 * Accounts Receivable+0.5 * Total Inventories-Total Liabilities
-Preferred Stock-Minority Interest)/Shares Outstanding (EOP)
=(13.659+0.75 * 9.701+0.5 * 0-23.654
-0-0)/68.29
=-0.04

* 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.


Allocate Software  (LSE:ALLA) 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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Allocate Software (LSE:ALLA) Business Description

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Allocate Software PLC is engaged in the development, sale and support of workforce management solutions, and the provision of related IT services to major healthcare, defence, government and commercial customers. The business of the company is focused principally on the Healthcare market in addition to Defence. Its segments are Licence, Subscriptions, Support, and Services. Licence and Subscriptions segments represent the sale of non-cancellable software licence agreements and subscriptions associated with that software. Support and Services segments represent the provision of installation, consulting, training and product support. It operates in UK, Europe, USA and Australia.

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