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Exact Sciences (Exact Sciences) Net-Net Working Capital : $-12.86 (As of Dec. 2023)


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What is Exact Sciences 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.

Exact Sciences's Net-Net Working Capital for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was $-12.86.

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

EXAS's Price-to-Net-Net-Working-Capital is not ranked *
in the Medical Diagnostics & Research industry.
Industry Median: 5.68
* Ranked among companies with meaningful Price-to-Net-Net-Working-Capital only.

Exact Sciences Net-Net Working Capital Historical Data

The historical data trend for Exact Sciences'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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Exact Sciences Net-Net Working Capital Chart

Exact Sciences Annual Data
Trend Dec14 Dec15 Dec16 Dec17 Dec18 Dec19 Dec20 Dec21 Dec22 Dec23
Net-Net Working Capital
Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only -5.18 -3.94 -11.81 -13.34 -12.86

Exact Sciences Quarterly Data
Mar19 Jun19 Sep19 Dec19 Mar20 Jun20 Sep20 Dec20 Mar21 Jun21 Sep21 Dec21 Mar22 Jun22 Sep22 Dec22 Mar23 Jun23 Sep23 Dec23
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 -13.34 -13.06 -12.87 -12.99 -12.86

Competitive Comparison of Exact Sciences's Net-Net Working Capital

For the Diagnostics & Research subindustry, Exact Sciences'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.


Exact Sciences's Price-to-Net-Net-Working-Capital Distribution in the Medical Diagnostics & Research Industry

For the Medical Diagnostics & Research industry and Healthcare sector, Exact Sciences's Price-to-Net-Net-Working-Capital distribution charts can be found below:

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



Exact Sciences Net-Net Working Capital Calculation

Exact Sciences's Net-Net Working Capital (NNWC) per share for the fiscal year that ended in Dec. 2023 is calculated as

Net-Net Working Capital(A: Dec. 2023 )
=(Cash, Cash Equivalents, Marketable Securities+0.75 * Accounts Receivable+0.5 * Total Inventories-Total Liabilities
-Preferred Stock-Minority Interest)/Shares Outstanding (EOP)
=(777.644+0.75 * 203.623+0.5 * 127.475-3326.029
-0-0)/181.364
=-12.86

Exact Sciences's Net-Net Working Capital (NNWC) per share for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 is calculated as

Net-Net Working Capital(Q: Dec. 2023 )
=(Cash, Cash Equivalents, Marketable Securities+0.75 * Accounts Receivable+0.5 * Total Inventories-Total Liabilities
-Preferred Stock-Minority Interest)/Shares Outstanding (EOP)
=(777.644+0.75 * 203.623+0.5 * 127.475-3326.029
-0-0)/181.364
=-12.86

* 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.


Exact Sciences  (NAS:EXAS) 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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Exact Sciences (Exact Sciences) Business Description

Traded in Other Exchanges
Address
5505 Endeavor Lane, Madison, WI, USA, 53719
Exact Sciences Corporation, headquartered in Madison, Wisconsin, provides cancer screening and diagnostic test products in the United States and internationally. Exact's Cologuard screening test, a noninvasive stool-based DNA test, is a pre-cancer screening test for colorectal cancer. The company also competes in the precision oncology market with Oncotype DX, a suite of tissue-based genomic tests for estimating recurrence risk and likelihood of benefit from chemotherapy for breast and colon cancer, and OncoExTra, a liquid-based comprehensive genomic profiling test. It is developing liquid biopsy tests for molecular residual disease, colorectal cancer screening, and multicancer screening, too.
Executives
Brian Baranick officer: Gen. Mgr., Precision Oncology 441 CHARMANY DRIVE, MADISON WI 53719
Sarah Condella officer: SVP, Human Resources 441 CHARMANY DRIVE, MADISON WI 53719
Timothy J Scannell director 2825 AIRVIEW BOULEVARD, KALAMAZOO MI 49002
Everett Cunningham officer: Chief Commercial Officer C/O QUEST DIAGNOSTICS, 500 PLAZA DRIVE, SECAUCUS NJ 07094
Jeffrey Thomas Elliott officer: Chief Financial Officer 5505 ENDEAVOR LANE, MADISON WI 53719
James Edward Doyle director 5505 ENDEAVOR LANE, MADISON WI 53719
James Herriott officer: General Counsel 5505 ENDEAVOR LANE, MADISON WI 53719
Katherine S Zanotti director 431 E 9TH STREET, HINSDALE IL 60521
Jacob A Orville officer: General Manager, New Ventures 5505 ENDEAVOR LANE, MADISON WI 53719
Kevin T Conroy director, officer: Vice President 5505 ENDEAVOR LANE, MADISON WI 53719
D Scott Coward officer: SVP and General Counsel 441 CHARMANY DRIVE, MADISON WI 53719
Paul J Clancy director C/O BIOGEN IDEC INC., 14 CAMBRIDGE CENTER, CAMBRIDGE MA 02142
Graham Peter Lidgard officer: SVP, Chief Scientific Officer 5505 ENDEAVOR LANE, MADISON WI 53719
Michael S Wyzga director RADIUS HEALTH, INC., 201 BROADWAY, 6TH FLOOR, CAMBRIDGE MA 02139
Torsten Hoof officer: General Manager, International 301 PENOBSCOT DRIVE, REDWOOD CITY CA 94063