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Salon City (Salon City) Net-Net Working Capital : $-0.08 (As of Sep. 2008)


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What is Salon City 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.

Salon City's Net-Net Working Capital for the quarter that ended in Sep. 2008 was $-0.08.

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

SALN's Price-to-Net-Net-Working-Capital is not ranked *
in the Media - Diversified industry.
Industry Median: 5.06
* Ranked among companies with meaningful Price-to-Net-Net-Working-Capital only.

Salon City Net-Net Working Capital Historical Data

The historical data trend for Salon City'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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Salon City Net-Net Working Capital Chart

Salon City Annual Data
Trend Dec06 Dec07
Net-Net Working Capital
-0.02 -0.06

Salon City Quarterly Data
Mar07 Jun07 Sep07 Dec07 Mar08 Jun08 Sep08
Net-Net Working Capital Get a 7-Day Free Trial -0.04 -0.06 -0.07 -0.07 -0.08

Competitive Comparison of Salon City's Net-Net Working Capital

For the Publishing subindustry, Salon City'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.


Salon City's Price-to-Net-Net-Working-Capital Distribution in the Media - Diversified Industry

For the Media - Diversified industry and Communication Services sector, Salon City's Price-to-Net-Net-Working-Capital distribution charts can be found below:

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



Salon City Net-Net Working Capital Calculation

Salon City's Net-Net Working Capital (NNWC) per share for the fiscal year that ended in Dec. 2007 is calculated as

Net-Net Working Capital(A: Dec. 2007 )
=(Cash, Cash Equivalents, Marketable Securities+0.75 * Accounts Receivable+0.5 * Total Inventories-Total Liabilities
-Preferred Stock-Minority Interest)/Shares Outstanding (EOP)
=(0.112+0.75 * 0.009+0.5 * 0-0.751
-0-0)/9.821
=-0.06

Salon City's Net-Net Working Capital (NNWC) per share for the quarter that ended in Sep. 2008 is calculated as

Net-Net Working Capital(Q: Sep. 2008 )
=(Cash, Cash Equivalents, Marketable Securities+0.75 * Accounts Receivable+0.5 * Total Inventories-Total Liabilities
-Preferred Stock-Minority Interest)/Shares Outstanding (EOP)
=(0.024+0.75 * 0.188+0.5 * 0-0.953
-0-0)/9.93716
=-0.08

* 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.


Salon City  (OTCPK:SALN) 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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Salon City (Salon City) Business Description

Traded in Other Exchanges
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Address
909 North Palm Avenue, Suite 311, West Hollywood, CA, USA, 90069
Salon City Inc is engaged in the beauty industry through its media and network. Geographically the business presence of the group are seen in United States and internationally.

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