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Corporate Resource Services (FRA:HTS1) Net-Net Working Capital : €-0.33 (As of Sep. 2014)


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What is Corporate Resource Services 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.

Corporate Resource Services's Net-Net Working Capital for the quarter that ended in Sep. 2014 was €-0.33.

The industry rank for Corporate Resource Services's Net-Net Working Capital or its related term are showing as below:

FRA:HTS1's Price-to-Net-Net-Working-Capital is not ranked *
in the Business Services industry.
Industry Median: 5.58
* Ranked among companies with meaningful Price-to-Net-Net-Working-Capital only.

Corporate Resource Services Net-Net Working Capital Historical Data

The historical data trend for Corporate Resource Services'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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Corporate Resource Services Net-Net Working Capital Chart

Corporate Resource Services Annual Data
Trend Sep00 Sep01 Sep02 Sep03 Sep08 Sep09 Sep10 Sep11 Sep12 Dec13
Net-Net Working Capital
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Corporate Resource Services Quarterly Data
Dec09 Mar10 Jun10 Sep10 Dec10 Mar11 Jun11 Sep11 Dec11 Mar12 Jun12 Sep12 Dec12 Mar13 Jun13 Sep13 Dec13 Mar14 Jun14 Sep14
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Competitive Comparison of Corporate Resource Services's Net-Net Working Capital

For the Staffing & Employment Services subindustry, Corporate Resource Services'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.


Corporate Resource Services's Price-to-Net-Net-Working-Capital Distribution in the Business Services Industry

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

* The bar in red indicates where Corporate Resource Services's Price-to-Net-Net-Working-Capital falls into.



Corporate Resource Services Net-Net Working Capital Calculation

Corporate Resource Services's Net-Net Working Capital (NNWC) per share for the fiscal year that ended in Dec. 2013 is calculated as

Net-Net Working Capital(A: Dec. 2013 )
=(Cash, Cash Equivalents, Marketable Securities+0.75 * Accounts Receivable+0.5 * Total Inventories-Total Liabilities
-Preferred Stock-Minority Interest)/Shares Outstanding (EOP)
=(0.023+0.75 * 70.619+0.5 * 0-84.864
-0-0)/162.517
=-0.20

Corporate Resource Services's Net-Net Working Capital (NNWC) per share for the quarter that ended in Sep. 2014 is calculated as

Net-Net Working Capital(Q: Sep. 2014 )
=(Cash, Cash Equivalents, Marketable Securities+0.75 * Accounts Receivable+0.5 * Total Inventories-Total Liabilities
-Preferred Stock-Minority Interest)/Shares Outstanding (EOP)
=(0.121+0.75 * 87.856+0.5 * 0-119.229
-0-0)/162.159
=-0.33

* 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.


Corporate Resource Services  (FRA:HTS1) 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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Corporate Resource Services (FRA:HTS1) Business Description

Traded in Other Exchanges
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Address
160 Broadway, 13th Floor, New York, NY, USA, 10038
Corporate Resource Services Inc provides diversified technology staffing, recruiting and consulting services. It offers trained employees for Insurance, IT, Accounting, Science, Healthcare, Creative Services, Hospitality, Retail and Light Industrial Work.

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