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Calavo Growers (Calavo Growers) Net-Net Working Capital

: $-7.96 (As of Jan. 2024)
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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.

Calavo Growers's Net-Net Working Capital for the quarter that ended in Jan. 2024 was $-7.96.

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

CVGW's Price-to-Net-Net-Working-Capital is not ranked *
in the Retail - Defensive industry.
Industry Median: 8.41
* Ranked among companies with meaningful Price-to-Net-Net-Working-Capital only.

Calavo Growers Net-Net Working Capital Historical Data

The historical data trend for Calavo Growers'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.

* Premium members only.

Calavo Growers Annual Data
Trend Oct14 Oct15 Oct16 Oct17 Oct18 Oct19 Oct20 Oct21 Oct22 Oct23
Net-Net Working Capital
Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only -1.83 -5.80 -7.83 -5.51 -6.20

Calavo Growers Quarterly Data
Apr19 Jul19 Oct19 Jan20 Apr20 Jul20 Oct20 Jan21 Apr21 Jul21 Oct21 Jan22 Apr22 Jul22 Oct22 Jan23 Apr23 Jul23 Oct23 Jan24
Net-Net Working Capital 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 Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only -6.23 -6.64 -6.71 -6.20 -7.96

Competitive Comparison

For the Food Distribution subindustry, Calavo Growers'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.


Calavo Growers Price-to-Net-Net-Working-Capital Distribution

For the Retail - Defensive industry and Consumer Defensive sector, Calavo Growers's Price-to-Net-Net-Working-Capital distribution charts can be found below:

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



Calavo Growers Net-Net Working Capital Calculation

Calavo Growers's Net-Net Working Capital (NNWC) per share for the fiscal year that ended in Oct. 2023 is calculated as

Net-Net Working Capital(A: Oct. 2023 )
=(Cash, Cash Equivalents, Marketable Securities+0.75 * Accounts Receivable+0.5 * Total Inventories-Total Liabilities
-Preferred Stock-Minority Interest)/Shares Outstanding (EOP)
=(2.091+0.75 * 61.376+0.5 * 39.43-176.625
-0-1.392)/17.7611
=-6.20

Calavo Growers's Net-Net Working Capital (NNWC) per share for the quarter that ended in Jan. 2024 is calculated as

Net-Net Working Capital(Q: Jan. 2024 )
=(Cash, Cash Equivalents, Marketable Securities+0.75 * Accounts Receivable+0.5 * Total Inventories-Total Liabilities
-Preferred Stock-Minority Interest)/Shares Outstanding (EOP)
=(5.658+0.75 * 35.158+0.5 * 39.551-192.15
-0-1.402)/17.8003
=-7.96

* 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.


Calavo Growers  (NAS:CVGW) 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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Calavo Growers (Calavo Growers) Business Description

Traded in Other Exchanges
N/A
Address
1141-A Cummings Road, Santa Paula, CA, USA, 93060
Calavo Growers Inc is in the avocado industry and an expanding provider of value-added fresh food. It sells avocados to a group of supermarket chains, wholesalers, food service and other distributors, under brand labels, as well as private labels. The company procures avocados from California, Mexico and other growing regions around the world. Calavo is segmented into three segments namely, Fresh products; Calavo Foods; and RFG. The company derives its revenue from its Fresh products segment.
Executives
Michael A Browne officer: VP-Fresh Operations C/O MISSION PRODUCE, INC., 2500 E. VINEYARD AVENUE, SUITE 300, OXNARD CA 93036
Paul Alan Harrison officer: Executive Vice President C/O CALAVO GROWERS, INC., 1141-A CUMMINGS RD., SANTA PAULA CA 93060
Steve Hollister director 751 BEAR CANYON LANE, ARROYO GRANDE CA 93420
Lecil E Cole director, 10 percent owner, officer: Chairman of Board, CEO & Pres
James D Helin director 1141A CUMMINGS RD, SANTA PAULA CA 93036
Helen Kurtz officer: SVP and GM - Prepared C/O CALAVO GROWERS, INC., 1141-A CUMMINGS RD., SANTA PAULA CA 93060
Danny Dumas officer: SVP & GM Grown C/O CALAVO GROWERS, INC., 1141-A CUMMINGS RD., SANTA PAULA CA 93060
Shawn Munsell officer: Chief Financial Officer C/O CALAVO GROWERS, INC., 1141-A CUMMINGS RD., SANTA PAULA CA 93060
Graciela Montgomery officer: Chief Human Resources Officer C/O CALAVO GROWERS, INC., 1141-A CUMMINGS RD, SANTA PAULA CA 93060
Brian W Kocher officer: Chief Executive Officer 1141-A CUMMINGS ROAD, SANTA PAULA CA 93060
Adriana Mendizabal director C/O CALAVO GROWERS, INC., 1141-A CUMMINGS RD., SANTA PAULA CA 93060
Mariela Irene Matute officer: Chief Financial Officer 1141-A CUMMINGS RD., SANTA PAULA CA 93060
Donald M Sanders director 2530 RED HILL AVE, SANTA ANA CA 92705
Michael Anthony Digregorio director C/O IRONCLAD PERFORMANCE WEAR CORP., 2201 PARK PLACE, SUITE 101, EL SEGUNDO CA 90245
Robert J Wedin officer: VP Sales & Fresh Marketing 1141A CUMMINGS ROAD, SANTA PAULA CA 93060

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