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Q4 (TSX:QFOR) Net-Net Working Capital : C$-0.07 (As of Sep. 2023)


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What is Q4 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.

Q4's Net-Net Working Capital for the quarter that ended in Sep. 2023 was C$-0.07.

The industry rank for Q4's Net-Net Working Capital or its related term are showing as below:

TSX:QFOR's Price-to-Net-Net-Working-Capital is not ranked *
in the Software industry.
Industry Median: 7.3
* Ranked among companies with meaningful Price-to-Net-Net-Working-Capital only.

Q4 Net-Net Working Capital Historical Data

The historical data trend for Q4'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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Q4 Net-Net Working Capital Chart

Q4 Annual Data
Trend Dec18 Dec19 Dec20 Dec21 Dec22
Net-Net Working Capital
- -0.03 -0.61 1.28 0.24

Q4 Quarterly Data
Dec18 Dec19 Jun20 Sep20 Dec20 Mar21 Jun21 Sep21 Dec21 Mar22 Jun22 Sep22 Dec22 Mar23 Jun23 Sep23
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 0.47 0.24 0.07 -0.04 -0.07

Competitive Comparison of Q4's Net-Net Working Capital

For the Software - Application subindustry, Q4'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.


Q4's Price-to-Net-Net-Working-Capital Distribution in the Software Industry

For the Software industry and Technology sector, Q4's Price-to-Net-Net-Working-Capital distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Q4's Price-to-Net-Net-Working-Capital falls into.



Q4 Net-Net Working Capital Calculation

Q4's Net-Net Working Capital (NNWC) per share for the fiscal year that ended in Dec. 2022 is calculated as

Net-Net Working Capital(A: Dec. 2022 )
=(Cash, Cash Equivalents, Marketable Securities+0.75 * Accounts Receivable+0.5 * Total Inventories-Total Liabilities
-Preferred Stock-Minority Interest)/Shares Outstanding (EOP)
=(39.591+0.75 * 13.321+0.5 * 0-40.02
-0-0)/39.7801
=0.24

Q4's Net-Net Working Capital (NNWC) per share for the quarter that ended in Sep. 2023 is calculated as

Net-Net Working Capital(Q: Sep. 2023 )
=(Cash, Cash Equivalents, Marketable Securities+0.75 * Accounts Receivable+0.5 * Total Inventories-Total Liabilities
-Preferred Stock-Minority Interest)/Shares Outstanding (EOP)
=(28.107+0.75 * 5.851+0.5 * 0-35.151
-0-0)/40.1823
=-0.07

* 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.


Q4  (TSX:QFOR) 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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Q4 (TSX:QFOR) Business Description

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469-A King Street West, Toronto, ON, CAN, M5V 1K4
Q4 Inc is a provider of a capital markets communication software platform. It offers a broad suite of products to publicly listed companies, investment managers and investment banks along with a variety of workflows, including investor relations, corporate access, deal management and research. The company's cloud-based software platform of products provides corporate customers with critical technology infrastructure and data that may be used to support their investor relations teams through website, virtual events, CRM and analytics products. The group delivers services primarily over the internet on a subscription basis using the software-as-a-service (SaaS) model. It derives revenue from Canada, the U.S., Europe and Other countries, of which a majority of revenue is derived from the U.S.

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