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BOCN (Blue Ocean Acquisition) Net-Net Working Capital : $-2.43 (As of Sep. 2024)


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What is Blue Ocean Acquisition 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.

Blue Ocean Acquisition's Net-Net Working Capital for the quarter that ended in Sep. 2024 was $-2.43.

The industry rank for Blue Ocean Acquisition's Net-Net Working Capital or its related term are showing as below:

BOCN's Price-to-Net-Net-Working-Capital is not ranked *
in the Diversified Financial Services industry.
Industry Median: 1.2
* Ranked among companies with meaningful Price-to-Net-Net-Working-Capital only.

Blue Ocean Acquisition Net-Net Working Capital Historical Data

The historical data trend for Blue Ocean Acquisition'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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Blue Ocean Acquisition Net-Net Working Capital Chart

Blue Ocean Acquisition Annual Data
Trend Dec21 Dec22 Dec23
Net-Net Working Capital
-0.81 -0.38 -1.11

Blue Ocean Acquisition Quarterly Data
Mar21 Jun21 Sep21 Dec21 Mar22 Jun22 Sep22 Dec22 Mar23 Jun23 Sep23 Dec23 Mar24 Jun24 Sep24
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 -1.10 -1.11 -1.22 -2.29 -2.43

Competitive Comparison of Blue Ocean Acquisition's Net-Net Working Capital

For the Shell Companies subindustry, Blue Ocean Acquisition'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.


Blue Ocean Acquisition's Price-to-Net-Net-Working-Capital Distribution in the Diversified Financial Services Industry

For the Diversified Financial Services industry and Financial Services sector, Blue Ocean Acquisition's Price-to-Net-Net-Working-Capital distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Blue Ocean Acquisition's Price-to-Net-Net-Working-Capital falls into.


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Blue Ocean Acquisition Net-Net Working Capital Calculation

Blue Ocean Acquisition'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)
=(0.062+0.75 * 0+0.5 * 0-12.155
-0-0)/10.901
=-1.11

Blue Ocean Acquisition's Net-Net Working Capital (NNWC) per share for the quarter that ended in Sep. 2024 is calculated as

Net-Net Working Capital(Q: Sep. 2024 )
=(Cash, Cash Equivalents, Marketable Securities+0.75 * Accounts Receivable+0.5 * Total Inventories-Total Liabilities
-Preferred Stock-Minority Interest)/Shares Outstanding (EOP)
=(0.048+0.75 * 0+0.5 * 0-16.046
-0-0)/6.586
=-2.43

* 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.


Blue Ocean Acquisition  (NAS:BOCN) 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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Blue Ocean Acquisition Business Description

Traded in Other Exchanges
N/A
Address
2 Wisconsin Circle, 7th Floor, Chevy Chase, MD, USA, 20815
Blue Ocean Acquisition Corp is a blank check company formed for the purpose of effecting a merger, share exchange, asset acquisition, share purchase, reorganization or similar business combination with one or more businesses.
Executives
Matt Lasov officer: Chief Financial Officer 2 WISCONSIN CIRCLE, 7TH FLOOR, CHEVY CHASE MD 20815
Richard Jr Leggett officer: Chief Executive Officer C/O RISKMETRICS GROUP, INC., 2099 GAITHER ROAD, ROCKVILLE MD 20850
Apollo Management Holdings Gp, Llc 10 percent owner 9 W. 57TH STREET, 43RD FLOOR, NEW YORK NY 10019
Apollo Capital Management Gp, Llc 10 percent owner 9 WEST 57TH STREET, NEW YORK NY 10019
Apollo Spac Fund I, L.p. 10 percent owner 27 HOSPITAL ROAD, GEORGE TOW E9 KY1-9008
Paul J Bascobert director, officer: Chief Executive Officer 20 W. KINZIE ST, SUITE 1600, CHICAGO IL 60610
Joel Motley director 6803 SOUTH TUCSON WAY, CENTENNIAL CO 80112-3924
Norman Pearlstine director C/O TIME INC., 225 LIBERTY STREET, NEW YORK NY 10281
Ankur Manglik director, officer: Chief Strategy Officer & CFO 2 WISCONSIN CIRCLE, 7TH FLOOR, CHEVY CHASE MD 20815
Marcus Brauchli director, officer: Chairman 2 WISCONSIN CIRCLE, 7TH FLOOR, CHEVY CHASE MD 20815
Sean Glodek director, officer: Vice President 2 WISCONSIN CIRCLE, 7TH FLOOR, CHEVY CHASE MD 20815
Matt Goldberg director 2 WISCONSIN CIRCLE, 7TH FLOOR, CHEVY CHASE MD 20815
Priscilla Han director 2 WISCONSIN CIRCLE, 7TH FLOOR, CHEVY CHASE MD 20815
Dale Mathias director 2 WISCONSIN CIRCLE, 7TH FLOOR, CHEVY CHASE MD 20815
Blue Ocean Sponsor Llc 10 percent owner 2 WISCONSIN CIRCLE, 7TH FLOOR, CHEVY CHASE MD 20815