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Edinburgh Investment Trust (The) (LSE:EDIN) Net-Net Working Capital : £-0.60 (As of Mar. 2024)


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What is Edinburgh Investment Trust (The) 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.

Edinburgh Investment Trust (The)'s Net-Net Working Capital for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2024 was £-0.60.

The industry rank for Edinburgh Investment Trust (The)'s Net-Net Working Capital or its related term are showing as below:

LSE:EDIN's Price-to-Net-Net-Working-Capital is not ranked *
in the Asset Management industry.
Industry Median: 6.14
* Ranked among companies with meaningful Price-to-Net-Net-Working-Capital only.

Edinburgh Investment Trust (The) Net-Net Working Capital Historical Data

The historical data trend for Edinburgh Investment Trust (The)'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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Edinburgh Investment Trust (The) Net-Net Working Capital Chart

Edinburgh Investment Trust (The) Annual Data
Trend Mar15 Mar16 Mar17 Mar18 Mar19 Mar20 Mar21 Mar22 Mar23 Mar24
Net-Net Working Capital
Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only -0.33 -0.39 -0.31 -0.60 -0.60

Edinburgh Investment Trust (The) Semi-Annual Data
Sep14 Mar15 Sep15 Mar16 Sep16 Mar17 Sep17 Mar18 Sep18 Mar19 Sep19 Mar20 Sep20 Mar21 Sep21 Mar22 Sep22 Mar23 Sep23 Mar24
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 -0.31 -0.59 -0.60 -0.64 -0.60

Competitive Comparison of Edinburgh Investment Trust (The)'s Net-Net Working Capital

For the Asset Management subindustry, Edinburgh Investment Trust (The)'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.


Edinburgh Investment Trust (The)'s Price-to-Net-Net-Working-Capital Distribution in the Asset Management Industry

For the Asset Management industry and Financial Services sector, Edinburgh Investment Trust (The)'s Price-to-Net-Net-Working-Capital distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Edinburgh Investment Trust (The)'s Price-to-Net-Net-Working-Capital falls into.



Edinburgh Investment Trust (The) Net-Net Working Capital Calculation

Edinburgh Investment Trust (The)'s Net-Net Working Capital (NNWC) per share for the fiscal year that ended in Mar. 2024 is calculated as

Net-Net Working Capital(A: Mar. 2024 )
=(Balance Sheet Cash And Cash Equivalents+Marketable Securities+0.75 * Accounts Receivable+0.5 * Total Inventories-Total Liabilities
-Preferred Stock-Minority Interest)/Shares Outstanding (EOP)
=(36.314+0+0.75 * 0+0.5 * 0-127.708
-0-0)/151.492
=-0.60

Edinburgh Investment Trust (The)'s Net-Net Working Capital (NNWC) per share for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2024 is calculated as

Net-Net Working Capital(Q: Mar. 2024 )
=(Balance Sheet Cash And Cash Equivalents+Marketable Securities+0.75 * Accounts Receivable+0.5 * Total Inventories-Total Liabilities
-Preferred Stock-Minority Interest)/Shares Outstanding (EOP)
=(36.314+0+0.75 * 0+0.5 * 0-127.708
-0-0)/151.492
=-0.60

* 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.


Edinburgh Investment Trust (The)  (LSE:EDIN) 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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Edinburgh Investment Trust (The) (LSE:EDIN) Business Description

Traded in Other Exchanges
Address
9 Haymarket Square, First Floor, Edinburgh, GBR, EH3 8RY
Edinburgh Investment Trust (The) PLC is an investment trust whose investment objective is to invest in UK securities. The company business consists of investing the pooled funds of its shareholders, according to a specified investment objective and policy, with the mission of spreading investment risk and generating a return for shareholders with the long-term objective of achieving an increase of the net asset value per share in excess of the growth in the FTSE All-Share Index and growth in dividends per share in excess of the rate of UK inflation.

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