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Westfield Trust (ASX:WFT) Net Cash per Share : A$-2.52 (As of Dec. 2003)


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What is Westfield Trust Net Cash per Share?

Net Cash per Share is calculated as Cash, Cash Equivalents, Marketable Securities minus Total Liabilities minus Minority Interest and then divided by Shares Outstanding (EOP). Westfield Trust's Net Cash per Share for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2003 was A$-2.52.

The historical rank and industry rank for Westfield Trust's Net Cash per Share or its related term are showing as below:

ASX:WFT's Price-to-Net-Cash is not ranked *
in the Real Estate industry.
Industry Median: 5.42
* Ranked among companies with meaningful Price-to-Net-Cash only.

Westfield Trust Net Cash per Share Historical Data

The historical data trend for Westfield Trust's Net Cash per Share 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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Westfield Trust Net Cash per Share Chart

Westfield Trust Annual Data
Trend Dec95 Dec96 Dec97 Dec98 Dec99 Dec00 Dec01 Dec02
Net Cash per Share
Get a 7-Day Free Trial -1.26 -1.89 -1.60 -1.69 -1.69

Westfield Trust Semi-Annual Data
Dec95 Dec96 Dec97 Dec98 Dec99 Dec00 Dec01 Dec02 Dec03
Net Cash per Share Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only -1.89 -1.60 -1.69 -1.69 -2.52

Competitive Comparison of Westfield Trust's Net Cash per Share

For the Real Estate - Development subindustry, Westfield Trust's Price-to-Net-Cash, along with its competitors' market caps and Price-to-Net-Cash 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.


Westfield Trust's Price-to-Net-Cash Distribution in the Real Estate Industry

For the Real Estate industry and Real Estate sector, Westfield Trust's Price-to-Net-Cash distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Westfield Trust's Price-to-Net-Cash falls into.



Westfield Trust Net Cash per Share Calculation

In the calculation of a company's Net Cash per Share, assets other than cash and short term investments are considered to be worth nothing. But the company has to pay its debt and other liabilities in full. This is an extremely conservative way of valuation. Most companies have negative Net Cash per Share. But sometimes a company's price may be lower than its net-cash.

Westfield Trust's Net Cash per Share for the fiscal year that ended in Dec. 2002 is calculated as

Net Cash per Share (A: Dec. 2002 )
=(Cash, Cash Equivalents, Marketable Securities-Total Liabilities-Minority Interest)/Shares Outstanding (EOP)
=(0-3319.7-91.7)/2020.515
=-1.69

Westfield Trust's Net Cash per Share for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2003 is calculated as

Net Cash per Share (Q: Dec. 2003 )
=(Cash, Cash Equivalents, Marketable Securities-Total Liabilities-Minority Interest)/Shares Outstanding (EOP)
=(0-5313-91.7)/2145.125
=-2.52

* 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.


Westfield Trust  (ASX:WFT) Net Cash per Share Explanation

Ben Graham invested in situations where the company's stock price was lower than its net-cash. He assigned some value to the company's other current asset. The value is called Net Current Asset Value (NCAV). 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.

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Westfield Trust (ASX:WFT) Business Description

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Westfield Trust (WFT) comprises interests in 50 shopping centres in Australia and New Zealand, with 3.1m sqm2 of gross lettable area servicing more than 9,400 retailers who generate in excess of $13.9 billion of retail sales.

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