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Workforce Holdings (JSE:WKF) Net-Net Working Capital : R-0.27 (As of Dec. 2023)


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What is Workforce Holdings 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.

Workforce Holdings's Net-Net Working Capital for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was R-0.27.

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

JSE:WKF's Price-to-Net-Net-Working-Capital is not ranked *
in the Business Services industry.
Industry Median: 6.32
* Ranked among companies with meaningful Price-to-Net-Net-Working-Capital only.

Workforce Holdings Net-Net Working Capital Historical Data

The historical data trend for Workforce Holdings'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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Workforce Holdings Net-Net Working Capital Chart

Workforce Holdings 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 -0.57 -0.57 -0.46 -0.28 -0.27

Workforce Holdings Semi-Annual Data
Jun14 Dec14 Jun15 Dec15 Jun16 Dec16 Jun17 Dec17 Jun18 Dec18 Jun19 Dec19 Jun20 Dec20 Jun21 Dec21 Jun22 Dec22 Jun23 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 -0.46 0.53 -0.28 0.66 -0.27

Competitive Comparison of Workforce Holdings's Net-Net Working Capital

For the Staffing & Employment Services subindustry, Workforce Holdings'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.


Workforce Holdings's Price-to-Net-Net-Working-Capital Distribution in the Business Services Industry

For the Business Services industry and Industrials sector, Workforce Holdings's Price-to-Net-Net-Working-Capital distribution charts can be found below:

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



Workforce Holdings Net-Net Working Capital Calculation

Workforce Holdings'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)
=(113.715+0.75 * 716.104+0.5 * 2.194-702.166
-0-10.182)/227.202
=-0.27

Workforce Holdings'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)
=(113.715+0.75 * 716.104+0.5 * 2.194-702.166
-0-10.182)/227.202
=-0.27

* 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.


Workforce Holdings  (JSE:WKF) 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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Workforce Holdings (JSE:WKF) Business Description

Traded in Other Exchanges
N/A
Address
11 Wellington Road, Parktown, Johannesburg, ZAF, 2193
Workforce Holdings Ltd is an investment holding company. It has structured its operations into the following business segments: the Staffing and outsourcing segment comprises the provision of staff and labor outsourcing solutions; the Training and education segment provides industry and job-specific skills assessments; the Healthcare segment comprises recruitment and placement of medical professionals for hospitals and other healthcare-related business; Financial services segment comprises death and disability cover, funeral cover, hospital cover, day-to-day medical insurance, and financial and mobile products and services. The majority of its revenue comes from the Staffing and outsourcing segment.

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