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Softcat (FRA:SF5) Net-Net Working Capital : €0.21 (As of Jan. 2024)


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What is Softcat 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.

Softcat's Net-Net Working Capital for the quarter that ended in Jan. 2024 was €0.21.

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

FRA:SF5's Price-to-Net-Net-Working-Capital is ranked worse than
94.75% of 1220 companies
in the Software industry
Industry Median: 7.22 vs FRA:SF5: 94.29

Softcat Net-Net Working Capital Historical Data

The historical data trend for Softcat'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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Softcat Net-Net Working Capital Chart

Softcat Annual Data
Trend Jul14 Jul15 Jul16 Jul17 Jul18 Jul19 Jul20 Jul21 Jul22 Jul23
Net-Net Working Capital
Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 0.05 0.09 0.15 0.05 0.28

Softcat Semi-Annual Data
Jul14 Jan15 Jul15 Jan16 Jul16 Jan17 Jul17 Jan18 Jul18 Jan19 Jul19 Jan20 Jul20 Jan21 Jul21 Jan22 Jul22 Jan23 Jul23 Jan24
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 -0.12 0.05 -0.08 0.28 0.21

Competitive Comparison of Softcat's Net-Net Working Capital

For the Information Technology Services subindustry, Softcat'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.


Softcat's Price-to-Net-Net-Working-Capital Distribution in the Software Industry

For the Software industry and Technology sector, Softcat's Price-to-Net-Net-Working-Capital distribution charts can be found below:

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



Softcat Net-Net Working Capital Calculation

Softcat's Net-Net Working Capital (NNWC) per share for the fiscal year that ended in Jul. 2023 is calculated as

Net-Net Working Capital(A: Jul. 2023 )
=(Cash, Cash Equivalents, Marketable Securities+0.75 * Accounts Receivable+0.5 * Total Inventories-Total Liabilities
-Preferred Stock-Minority Interest)/Shares Outstanding (EOP)
=(142.847+0.75 * 495.859+0.5 * 4.183-461.642
-0-0)/199.555
=0.28

Softcat's Net-Net Working Capital (NNWC) per share for the quarter that ended in Jan. 2024 is calculated as

Net-Net Working Capital(Q: Jan. 2024 )
=(Cash, Cash Equivalents, Marketable Securities+0.75 * Accounts Receivable+0.5 * Total Inventories-Total Liabilities
-Preferred Stock-Minority Interest)/Shares Outstanding (EOP)
=(131.174+0.75 * 499.759+0.5 * 4.656-467.226
-0-0)/199.74
=0.21

* 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.


Softcat  (FRA:SF5) 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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Softcat (FRA:SF5) Business Description

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Softcat PLC is a information technology infrastructure and service provider. It offers software licensing, workplace technology, networking and security, and cloud and data center solutions to the corporates, public sector organizations and small to medium-sized business segment, of which small to medium-sized business segment is the major business provider to the company. The entity earns revenue from offering products like software, hardware, and services, as well as the sale of the company's own services, of which majority of the revenue is derived from offering software products.

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