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Gerova Financial Group (Gerova Financial Group) Net-Net Working Capital : $-16.41 (As of Jun. 2009)


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What is Gerova Financial Group 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.

Gerova Financial Group's Net-Net Working Capital for the quarter that ended in Jun. 2009 was $-16.41.

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

GVFG's Price-to-Net-Net-Working-Capital is not ranked *
in the Insurance industry.
Industry Median: 4.66
* Ranked among companies with meaningful Price-to-Net-Net-Working-Capital only.

Gerova Financial Group Net-Net Working Capital Historical Data

The historical data trend for Gerova Financial Group'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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Gerova Financial Group Net-Net Working Capital Chart

Gerova Financial Group Annual Data
Trend Dec07 Dec08 Dec09
Net-Net Working Capital
-1.64 -15.94 -15.58

Gerova Financial Group Quarterly Data
Sep07 Dec07 Mar08 Jun08 Sep08 Dec08 Mar09 Jun09 Dec09
Net-Net Working Capital Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only -15.97 -15.94 -16.15 -16.41 -15.58

Competitive Comparison of Gerova Financial Group's Net-Net Working Capital

For the Insurance - Reinsurance subindustry, Gerova Financial Group'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.


Gerova Financial Group's Price-to-Net-Net-Working-Capital Distribution in the Insurance Industry

For the Insurance industry and Financial Services sector, Gerova Financial Group's Price-to-Net-Net-Working-Capital distribution charts can be found below:

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



Gerova Financial Group Net-Net Working Capital Calculation

Gerova Financial Group's Net-Net Working Capital (NNWC) per share for the fiscal year that ended in Dec. 2009 is calculated as

Net-Net Working Capital(A: Dec. 2009 )
=(Cash, Cash Equivalents, Marketable Securities+0.75 * Accounts Receivable+0.5 * Total Inventories-Total Liabilities
-Preferred Stock-Minority Interest)/Shares Outstanding (EOP)
=(0.973+0.75 * 0+0.5 * 0-44.59
-0-0)/2.8
=-15.58

Gerova Financial Group's Net-Net Working Capital (NNWC) per share for the quarter that ended in Jun. 2009 is calculated as

Net-Net Working Capital(Q: Jun. 2009 )
=(Cash, Cash Equivalents, Marketable Securities+0.75 * Accounts Receivable+0.5 * Total Inventories-Total Liabilities
-Preferred Stock-Minority Interest)/Shares Outstanding (EOP)
=(0.031+0.75 * 0+0.5 * 0-45.987
-0.001-0)/2.8
=-16.41

* 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.


Gerova Financial Group  (OTCPK:GVFG) 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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Gerova Financial Group (Gerova Financial Group) Business Description

Traded in Other Exchanges
N/A
Address
Cumberland House, 5th Floor, 1 Victoria Street, Hamilton, BMU, HM 11
Website
Gerova Financial Group Ltd is an international reinsurance company focused on the life and annuity reinsurance markets, in addition to a niche property and causality business.

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