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Fred's (STU:FR1A) Net-Net Working Capital : €-6.20 (As of Apr. 2019)


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What is Fred's 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.

Fred's's Net-Net Working Capital for the quarter that ended in Apr. 2019 was €-6.20.

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

STU:FR1A's Price-to-Net-Net-Working-Capital is not ranked *
in the Retail - Defensive industry.
Industry Median: 5.725
* Ranked among companies with meaningful Price-to-Net-Net-Working-Capital only.

Fred's Net-Net Working Capital Historical Data

The historical data trend for Fred's'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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Fred's Net-Net Working Capital Chart

Fred's Annual Data
Trend Jan10 Jan11 Jan12 Jan13 Jan14 Jan15 Jan16 Jan17 Jan18 Jan19
Net-Net Working Capital
Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only -0.78 -2.68 -3.98 -5.30 -2.41

Fred's Quarterly Data
Oct14 Jan15 Apr15 Jul15 Oct15 Jan16 Apr16 Jul16 Oct16 Jan17 Apr17 Jul17 Oct17 Jan18 Apr18 Jul18 Oct18 Jan19 Apr19 Apr20
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 -4.78 -5.18 -2.41 -6.20 -1.99

Competitive Comparison of Fred's's Net-Net Working Capital

For the Discount Stores subindustry, Fred's'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.


Fred's's Price-to-Net-Net-Working-Capital Distribution in the Retail - Defensive Industry

For the Retail - Defensive industry and Consumer Defensive sector, Fred's's Price-to-Net-Net-Working-Capital distribution charts can be found below:

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



Fred's Net-Net Working Capital Calculation

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

Net-Net Working Capital(A: Jan. 2019 )
=(Cash, Cash Equivalents, Marketable Securities+0.75 * Accounts Receivable+0.5 * Total Inventories-Total Liabilities
-Preferred Stock-Minority Interest)/Shares Outstanding (EOP)
=(4.689+0.75 * 20.122+0.5 * 218.793-213.359
-0-0)/34.9887
=-2.41

Fred's's Net-Net Working Capital (NNWC) per share for the quarter that ended in Apr. 2019 is calculated as

Net-Net Working Capital(Q: Apr. 2019 )
=(Cash, Cash Equivalents, Marketable Securities+0.75 * Accounts Receivable+0.5 * Total Inventories-Total Liabilities
-Preferred Stock-Minority Interest)/Shares Outstanding (EOP)
=(6.394+0.75 * 20.686+0.5 * 197.099-338.349
-0-0)/35.1289
=-6.20

* 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.


Fred's  (STU:FR1A) 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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Fred's (STU:FR1A) Business Description

Traded in Other Exchanges
N/A
Address
4300 New Getwell Road, Memphis, TN, USA, 38118
Fred's Inc is a U.S.-based company that is principally engaged in operating retail stores. Most of the company's stores are self-owned stores, with a few franchised stores. The company's sales mix consists of pharmaceuticals, consumables, household goods and softlines, and franchise, with pharmaceuticals contributing a material portion of total revenue. The company owns 100% of the equity stake in Reeves-Sain Drug Store. The company generates revenue from merchandise sales and franchise fee from franchisees. It also sells gift cards. The company conducts operation primarily in the southeast of the United States.

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