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Portola Pharmaceuticals (Portola Pharmaceuticals) Net-Net Working Capital : $-0.91 (As of Mar. 2020)


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What is Portola Pharmaceuticals 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.

Portola Pharmaceuticals's Net-Net Working Capital for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2020 was $-0.91.

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

PTLA's Price-to-Net-Net-Working-Capital is not ranked *
in the Biotechnology industry.
Industry Median: 4.3
* Ranked among companies with meaningful Price-to-Net-Net-Working-Capital only.

Portola Pharmaceuticals Net-Net Working Capital Historical Data

The historical data trend for Portola Pharmaceuticals'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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Portola Pharmaceuticals Net-Net Working Capital Chart

Portola Pharmaceuticals Annual Data
Trend Dec10 Dec11 Dec12 Dec13 Dec14 Dec15 Dec16 Dec17 Dec18 Dec19
Net-Net Working Capital
Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 6.55 2.93 3.70 0.41 -0.09

Portola Pharmaceuticals Quarterly Data
Jun15 Sep15 Dec15 Mar16 Jun16 Sep16 Dec16 Mar17 Jun17 Sep17 Dec17 Mar18 Jun18 Sep18 Dec18 Mar19 Jun19 Sep19 Dec19 Mar20
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 -0.28 -1.18 1.64 -0.09 -0.91

Competitive Comparison of Portola Pharmaceuticals's Net-Net Working Capital

For the Biotechnology subindustry, Portola Pharmaceuticals'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.


Portola Pharmaceuticals's Price-to-Net-Net-Working-Capital Distribution in the Biotechnology Industry

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

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



Portola Pharmaceuticals Net-Net Working Capital Calculation

Portola Pharmaceuticals's Net-Net Working Capital (NNWC) per share for the fiscal year that ended in Dec. 2019 is calculated as

Net-Net Working Capital(A: Dec. 2019 )
=(Cash, Cash Equivalents, Marketable Securities+0.75 * Accounts Receivable+0.5 * Total Inventories-Total Liabilities
-Preferred Stock-Minority Interest)/Shares Outstanding (EOP)
=(429.283+0.75 * 13.547+0.5 * 4.101-448.658
-0-0)/77.925
=-0.09

Portola Pharmaceuticals's Net-Net Working Capital (NNWC) per share for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2020 is calculated as

Net-Net Working Capital(Q: Mar. 2020 )
=(Cash, Cash Equivalents, Marketable Securities+0.75 * Accounts Receivable+0.5 * Total Inventories-Total Liabilities
-Preferred Stock-Minority Interest)/Shares Outstanding (EOP)
=(362.896+0.75 * 7.41+0.5 * 3.576-441.273
-0-0)/78.484
=-0.91

* 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.


Portola Pharmaceuticals  (NAS:PTLA) 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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Portola Pharmaceuticals (Portola Pharmaceuticals) Business Description

Traded in Other Exchanges
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Address
270 E. Grand Avenue, South San Francisco, CA, USA, 94080
Portola Pharmaceuticals Inc is a biotechnology company focused on developing and commercializing novel therapeutics. The company focuses on areas of thrombosis, other hematologic disorders, and inflammation for patients who have limited or no approved treatment options. Portola focuses on biomarker or genetic approaches to clinical development that it believes will increase the probability of clinical, regulatory, and commercial success of first-in-class therapies. The company also uses collaborative agreements.
Executives
Dennis M Fenton director
John B Moriarty officer: EVP, General Counsel ALEXION PHARMACEUTICALS, 352 KNOTTER DRIVE, CHESHIRE CT 06410
Hollings Renton director
David C Stump director
Ted W Love director C/O GLOBAL BLOOD THERAPEUTICS, INC., 400 EAST JAMIE COURT, SUITE 101, SOUTH SAN FRANCISCO CA 94080
John Johnson director DENDREON CORPORATION, 1301 2ND AVENUE, SEATTLE WA 98101
Jeffrey W Bird director 755 PAGE MILL RD STE A-200, PALO ALTO CA 94304-1005
Henry Ward Wolff director 6701 KAISER DRIVE, FREMONT CA 94555
J. Scott Garland director, officer: President and CEO 210 EAST GRAND AVE., SOUTH SAN FRANCISCO CA 94080
Laura Brege director C/O ONYX PHARMACEUTICALS, INC., 2100 POWELL STREET, EMERYVILLE CA 94608
Mardi Dier officer: EVP and CFO C/O ACELYRIN, INC., 4149 LIBERTY CANYON RD., AGOURA HILLS CA 91301
Rajiv Patni officer: EVP, CMO C/O OCERA THERAPEUTICS, INC., 525 UNIVERSITY AVENUE, SUITE 610, PALO ALTO CA 94301
John T Curnutte officer: EVP R&D PORTOLA PHARMACEUTICALS, INC., 270 EAST GRAND AVENUE, SOUTH SAN FRANCISCO CA 94080
Charles J Homcy other: Former Director PORTOLA PHARMACEUTICALS, INC., 270 EAST GRAND AVENUE, SOUTH SAN FRANCISCO CA 94080
William Lis director, officer: Chief Executive Officer PORTOLA PHARMACEUTICALS, INC., 270 EAST GRAND AVENUE, SOUTH SAN FRANCISCO CA 94080

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