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Spruce Biosciences (Spruce Biosciences) Net-Net Working Capital : $1.46 (As of Mar. 2024)


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What is Spruce Biosciences 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.

Spruce Biosciences's Net-Net Working Capital for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2024 was $1.46.

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

SPRB's Price-to-Net-Net-Working-Capital is ranked better than
97% of 934 companies
in the Biotechnology industry
Industry Median: 4.235 vs SPRB: 0.52

Spruce Biosciences Net-Net Working Capital Historical Data

The historical data trend for Spruce Biosciences'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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Spruce Biosciences Net-Net Working Capital Chart

Spruce Biosciences Annual Data
Trend Dec18 Dec19 Dec20 Dec21 Dec22 Dec23
Net-Net Working Capital
Get a 7-Day Free Trial -3.43 6.18 3.14 2.62 1.68

Spruce Biosciences Quarterly Data
Jun19 Sep19 Dec19 Mar20 Jun20 Sep20 Dec20 Mar21 Jun21 Sep21 Dec21 Mar22 Jun22 Sep22 Dec22 Mar23 Jun23 Sep23 Dec23 Mar24
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 2.48 2.24 1.98 1.68 1.46

Competitive Comparison of Spruce Biosciences's Net-Net Working Capital

For the Biotechnology subindustry, Spruce Biosciences'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.


Spruce Biosciences's Price-to-Net-Net-Working-Capital Distribution in the Biotechnology Industry

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

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



Spruce Biosciences Net-Net Working Capital Calculation

Spruce Biosciences'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)
=(96.339+0.75 * 0+0.5 * 0-27.437
-0-0)/41.0298
=1.68

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

Net-Net Working Capital(Q: Mar. 2024 )
=(Cash, Cash Equivalents, Marketable Securities+0.75 * Accounts Receivable+0.5 * Total Inventories-Total Liabilities
-Preferred Stock-Minority Interest)/Shares Outstanding (EOP)
=(81.154+0.75 * 0+0.5 * 0-20.915
-0-0)/41.1548
=1.46

* 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.


Spruce Biosciences  (NAS:SPRB) 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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Spruce Biosciences (Spruce Biosciences) Business Description

Traded in Other Exchanges
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Address
611 Gateway Boulevard, Suite 740, South San Francisco, CA, USA, 94080
Spruce Biosciences Inc is a late-stage biopharmaceutical company focused on developing and commercializing novel therapies for rare endocrine disorders with unmet medical needs. The company is initially developing its wholly-owned product candidate, tildacerfont, as the potential first non-steroidal therapy to offer markedly improved disease control and reduce steroid burden for patients suffering from classic congenital adrenal hyperplasia (CAH).
Executives
Percival Barretto-ko director 611 GATEWAY BOULEVARD, SUITE 740, SOUTH SAN FRANCISCO CA 94080
Novo Holdings A/s 10 percent owner TUBORG HAVNEVEJ 19, HELLERUP G7 2900
Niall O'donnell director C/O RIVERVEST VENTURE PARTNERS, 101 SOUTH HANLEY RD., STE 1850, ST. LOUIS MO 63105
Charlton Ralph William Iii officer: Chief Medical Officer 2001 JUNIPERO SERRA BOULEVARD, SUITE 640, DALY CITY CA 94104
Javier B. Szwarcberg director, officer: Chief Executive Officer 2001 JUNIPERO SERRA BOULEVARD, SUITE 640, DALY CITY CA 94014
Kirk Ways director C/O 2001 JUNIPERO SERRA BOULEVARD, SUITE 540, DALY CITY CA 94014
Camilla V Simpson director 20 ELAINE AVE., MILL VALLEY CA 94941
Bali Muralidhar director C/O EXICURE, INC., 8045 LAMON AVENUE, SUITE 410, SKOKIE IL 60077
Jonas Hansson director 18 AVENUE D'OUCHY, LAUSANNE V8 CH-1006
Rivervest Venture Fund Iii (ohio), L.p. 10 percent owner 11000 CEDAR AVENUE, SUITE 100, CLEVELAND OH 44106-3502
Healthcap Viii, L.p. 10 percent owner 18 AVENUE D'OUCHY, C/O HEALTHCAP VIII GP SA, CH 1006 LAUSANNE V8 1006
Moghrabi Dina Chaya director 22 GLEDHOW GARDENS, FLAT 2, LONDON X0 SW5 0AZ
Omega Fund Vi Gp Manager, Ltd. 10 percent owner 888 BOYLSTON STREET, SUITE 1111, BOSTON MA 02199
Samir M. Gharib officer: Chief Financial Officer 2655 PINE STREET, #6, SAN FRANCISCO CA 94115
Richard King director, officer: Chief Executive Officer C/O KOS PHARMACEUTICALS INC, 1001 BRICKELL AVE 25TH FL, MIAMI FL 33131