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Polman (WAR:PLM) Net-Net Working Capital : zł-0.10 (As of Mar. 2025)


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What is Polman 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.

Polman's Net-Net Working Capital for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2025 was zł-0.10.

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

WAR:PLM's Price-to-Net-Net-Working-Capital is not ranked *
in the Business Services industry.
Industry Median: 5.75
* Ranked among companies with meaningful Price-to-Net-Net-Working-Capital only.

Polman Net-Net Working Capital Historical Data

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

Polman Annual Data
Trend Dec15 Dec16 Dec17 Dec18 Dec19 Dec20 Dec21 Dec22 Dec23 Dec24
Net-Net Working Capital
Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only -0.11 -0.08 -0.10 -0.04 -0.09

Polman Quarterly Data
Jun20 Sep20 Dec20 Mar21 Jun21 Sep21 Dec21 Mar22 Jun22 Sep22 Dec22 Mar23 Jun23 Sep23 Dec23 Mar24 Jun24 Sep24 Dec24 Mar25
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 -0.06 -0.08 -0.06 -0.09 -0.10

Competitive Comparison of Polman's Net-Net Working Capital

For the Specialty Business Services subindustry, Polman'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.


Polman's Price-to-Net-Net-Working-Capital Distribution in the Business Services Industry

For the Business Services industry and Industrials sector, Polman's Price-to-Net-Net-Working-Capital distribution charts can be found below:

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


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Polman Net-Net Working Capital Calculation

Polman's Net-Net Working Capital (NNWC) per share for the fiscal year that ended in Dec. 2024 is calculated as

Net-Net Working Capital(A: Dec. 2024 )
=(Cash, Cash Equivalents, Marketable Securities+0.75 * Accounts Receivable+0.5 * Total Inventories-Total Liabilities
-Preferred Stock-Minority Interest)/Shares Outstanding (EOP)
=(0.938+0.75 * 4.811+0.5 * 0-7.363
-0-0)/32.582
=-0.09

Polman's Net-Net Working Capital (NNWC) per share for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2025 is calculated as

Net-Net Working Capital(Q: Mar. 2025 )
=(Cash, Cash Equivalents, Marketable Securities+0.75 * Accounts Receivable+0.5 * Total Inventories-Total Liabilities
-Preferred Stock-Minority Interest)/Shares Outstanding (EOP)
=(0.201+0.75 * 3.784+0.5 * 0-6.181
-0-0)/32.582
=-0.10

* 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.


Polman  (WAR:PLM) 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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Polman Business Description

Traded in Other Exchanges
N/A
Address
ul. On the Skraju Street 68, Warsaw, POL, 02-197
Polman SA provides various industrial cleaning services. The company activities inlcude high-pressure cleaning of industrial surfaces and installations, chemical cleaning and etching of industrial installations, vacuuming and dedusting, vacuum loading, transport and unloading of all loose, semi-liquid and liquid materials, cleaning and rinsing oil systems with oil change and hydrodynamic cleaning of air and smoke heaters etc. The company serves petrochemical, chemical, energy, and combined heat and power, food and paper industries.

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