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ACHV (Achieve Life Sciences) Net-Net Working Capital : $0.18 (As of Mar. 2025)


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What is Achieve Life 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.

Achieve Life Sciences's Net-Net Working Capital for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2025 was $0.18.

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

ACHV's Price-to-Net-Net-Working-Capital is ranked worse than
86.01% of 879 companies
in the Biotechnology industry
Industry Median: 4.06 vs ACHV: 17.61

Achieve Life Sciences Net-Net Working Capital Historical Data

The historical data trend for Achieve Life 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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Achieve Life Sciences Net-Net Working Capital Chart

Achieve Life Sciences Annual Data
Trend Dec15 Dec16 Dec17 Dec18 Dec19 Dec20 Dec21 Dec22 Dec23 Dec24
Net-Net Working Capital
Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 5.37 2.49 0.17 -0.25 0.48

Achieve Life Sciences Quarterly Data
Jun20 Sep20 Dec20 Mar21 Jun21 Sep21 Dec21 Mar22 Jun22 Sep22 Dec22 Mar23 Jun23 Sep23 Dec23 Mar24 Jun24 Sep24 Dec24 Mar25
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 1.34 1.13 0.77 0.48 0.18

Competitive Comparison of Achieve Life Sciences's Net-Net Working Capital

For the Biotechnology subindustry, Achieve Life 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.


Achieve Life Sciences's Price-to-Net-Net-Working-Capital Distribution in the Biotechnology Industry

For the Biotechnology industry and Healthcare sector, Achieve Life Sciences's Price-to-Net-Net-Working-Capital distribution charts can be found below:

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


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Achieve Life Sciences Net-Net Working Capital Calculation

Achieve Life Sciences's Net-Net Working Capital (NNWC) per share for the fiscal year that ended in Dec. 2024 is calculated as

Net-Net Working Capital(A: Dec. 2024 )
=(Cash, Cash Equivalents, Marketable Securities+0.75 * Accounts Receivable+0.5 * Total Inventories-Total Liabilities
-Preferred Stock-Minority Interest)/Shares Outstanding (EOP)
=(34.34+0.75 * 0+0.5 * 0-17.734
-0-0)/34.685
=0.48

Achieve Life Sciences's Net-Net Working Capital (NNWC) per share for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2025 is calculated as

Net-Net Working Capital(Q: Mar. 2025 )
=(Cash, Cash Equivalents, Marketable Securities+0.75 * Accounts Receivable+0.5 * Total Inventories-Total Liabilities
-Preferred Stock-Minority Interest)/Shares Outstanding (EOP)
=(23.245+0.75 * 0+0.5 * 0-17.079
-0-0)/34.685
=0.18

* 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.


Achieve Life Sciences  (NAS:ACHV) 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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Achieve Life Sciences Business Description

Traded in Other Exchanges
Address
22722 29th Drive SE, Suite 1000, Bothell, WA, USA, 98021
Achieve Life Sciences Inc is a specialty pharmaceutical company committed to advancing cytisinicline as a widely available treatment option to help people battling nicotine addiction. It is an established smoking cessation treatment that has been approved and marketed in Central and Eastern Europe. Achieve's focus is to address the smoking health epidemic through the development and commercialization of cytisinicline. It has one operating segment, dedicated to the development and commercialization of cytisinicline for niceon.
Executives
Richard Alistair Stewart director, officer: President & CEO 19820 NORTH CREEK PARKWAY, SUITE 201, BOTHELL WA 98011
John Bencich officer: CFO and PFO 2401 FOURTH AVENUE, SUITE 1050, SEATTLE WA 98121
Stuart Duty director 22722 29TH DR SE, SUITE 100, BOTHELL WA 98021
Thomas Sellig director 22722 29TH DR SE, SUITE 100, BOTHELL WA 98021
Thomas Braxton King director 91 JAMES AVENUE, ATHERTON CA 94027
Dialectic Life Sciences Spv Llc 10 percent owner C/O DIALECTIC LS MANAGER LLC, 119 ROWAYTON AVENUE, 2ND FLOOR, NORWALK CT 06853
Dialectic Ls Manager Llc 10 percent owner 119 ROWAYTON AVENUE, 2ND FLOOR, NORWALK CT 06853
John Fichthorn 10 percent owner C/O DIALECTIC CAPITAL MANAGEMENT, LLC, 17 STATE STREET, SUITE 3930, NEW YORK NY 10004
Dialectic Capital Management, Lp 10 percent owner 119 ROWAYTON AVENUE, 2ND FLOOR, NORWALK CT 06853
Dialectic Partners, Llc 10 percent owner 2ND FLOOR 119 ROWAYTON AVE, NORWALK CT 06853
Vaughn B Himes director C/O SEATTLE GENETICS, INC., 21823 30TH DRIVE SE, BOTHELL WA 98021
Financial Group Svb 10 percent owner 2270 SAND HILL ROAD, MENLO PARK CA 94025
Svb Innovation Credit Partners Viii, Llc 10 percent owner 2770 SAND HILL ROAD, MENLO CITY CA 94025
Svb Innovation Credit Fund Viii, L.p. 10 percent owner C/O SVB INNOVATION CREDIT PARTNERS VIII, 2770 SAND HILL ROAD, MENLO PARK CA 94025
Innovation Credit Fund Viii-a, L.p. 10 percent owner 2770 SAND HILL ROAD, MENLO PARK CA 94025