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Alleghany (Alleghany) Net Cash per Share : $-1,526.16 (As of Jun. 2022)


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What is Alleghany Net Cash per Share?

Net Cash per Share is calculated as Balance Sheet Cash And Cash Equivalents plus Marketable Securities minus Total Liabilities minus Minority Interest and then divided by Shares Outstanding (EOP). Alleghany's Net Cash per Share for the quarter that ended in Jun. 2022 was $-1,526.16.

The historical rank and industry rank for Alleghany's Net Cash per Share or its related term are showing as below:

During the past 13 years, the highest Price-to-Net-Cash Ratio of Alleghany was 10.98. The lowest was 0.00. And the median was 3.44.

Y's Price-to-Net-Cash is not ranked *
in the Insurance industry.
Industry Median: 5.5
* Ranked among companies with meaningful Price-to-Net-Cash only.

Alleghany Net Cash per Share Historical Data

The historical data trend for Alleghany's Net Cash per Share 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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Alleghany Net Cash per Share Chart

Alleghany Annual Data
Trend Dec12 Dec13 Dec14 Dec15 Dec16 Dec17 Dec18 Dec19 Dec20 Dec21
Net Cash per Share
Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only -1,004.11 -1,078.42 -1,118.10 -1,329.35 -1,545.14

Alleghany Quarterly Data
Sep17 Dec17 Mar18 Jun18 Sep18 Dec18 Mar19 Jun19 Sep19 Dec19 Mar20 Jun20 Sep20 Dec20 Mar21 Jun21 Sep21 Dec21 Mar22 Jun22
Net Cash per Share 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 -1,447.15 -1,524.01 -1,545.14 -1,560.78 -1,526.16

Competitive Comparison of Alleghany's Net Cash per Share

For the Insurance - Property & Casualty subindustry, Alleghany's Price-to-Net-Cash, along with its competitors' market caps and Price-to-Net-Cash 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.


Alleghany's Price-to-Net-Cash Distribution in the Insurance Industry

For the Insurance industry and Financial Services sector, Alleghany's Price-to-Net-Cash distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Alleghany's Price-to-Net-Cash falls into.



Alleghany Net Cash per Share Calculation

In the calculation of a company's Net Cash per Share, assets other than cash and short term investments are considered to be worth nothing. But the company has to pay its debt and other liabilities in full. This is an extremely conservative way of valuation. Most companies have negative Net Cash per Share. But sometimes a company's price may be lower than its net-cash.

Alleghany's Net Cash per Share for the fiscal year that ended in Dec. 2021 is calculated as

Net Cash per Share (A: Dec. 2021 )
=(Balance Sheet Cash And Cash Equivalents+Marketable Securities-Total Liabilities-Minority Interest)/Shares Outstanding (EOP)
=(927.966+1142.258-23081.793-0)/13.5985
=-1,545.14

Alleghany's Net Cash per Share for the quarter that ended in Jun. 2022 is calculated as

Net Cash per Share (Q: Jun. 2022 )
=(Balance Sheet Cash And Cash Equivalents+Marketable Securities-Total Liabilities-Minority Interest)/Shares Outstanding (EOP)
=(941.519+1624.444-23101.195-0)/13.4555
=-1,526.16

* 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.


Alleghany  (NYSE:Y) Net Cash per Share Explanation

Ben Graham invested in situations where the company's stock price was lower than its net-cash. He assigned some value to the company's other current asset. The value is called Net Current Asset Value (NCAV). 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.

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Alleghany (Alleghany) Business Description

Traded in Other Exchanges
N/A
Address
1411 Broadway, 34th Floor, New York, NY, USA, 10018
Alleghany Corp is a property and casualty insurance company that owns and manages subsidiaries that operate reinsurance and insurance operations. The company also executes certain private capital investments. The company classifies its business into three reportable segments: reinsurance, insurance, and Alleghany Capital. These segments' underwriting activities are evaluated separately from investment and corporate activities. Reinsurance contracts are generally classified as a treaty or facultative contracts. Treaty reinsurance provides for the automatic reinsuring of all or a portion of a specified class of risk underwritten by the ceding company. Facultative reinsurance is geared toward individual risks.
Executives
Christopher Kent Dalrymple officer: VP and General Counsel C/O DARWIN PROFESSIONAL UNDERWRITERS INC 9 FARM SPRINGS ROAD FARMINGTON CT 06032
Ian H Chippendale director TRANSATLANTIC HOLDINGS, INC. 80 PINE ST NEW YORK NY 10005
Joseph Patrick Brandon officer: Executive Vice President C/O ALLEGHANY CORPORATION 1411 BROADWAY, 34TH FLOOR NEW YORK NY 10018
Chris H Cheesman director C/O ALLEGHANY CORPORATION 1411 BROADWAY, 34TH FLOOR NEW YORK NY 10018
Kerry J Jacobs officer: SVP, Chief Financial Officer C/O ALLEGHANY CORPORATION 1411 BROADWAY, 34TH FLOOR NEW YORK NY 10018
William K Lavin director 375 PARK AVENUE SUITE 3201 NEW YORK NY 10152
John F Shannon officer: SVP, chief investment officer C/O ALLEGHANY CORPORATION 1411 BROADWAY, 34TH FLOOR NEW YORK NY 10018
Phillip M Martineau director 414 EAST THIRD STREET PO BOX 1109 MUSCATINE IA 52761
Lauren M Tyler director C/O ALLEGHANY CORPORATION, 1411 BROADWAY, 34TH FLOOR, NEW YORK NY 10018
Jefferson Kirby director ALLEGHANY CORPORATION 7 TIMES SQUARE TOWER, 17TH FLOOR NEW YORK NY 10036
Rex D Adams director
Raymond Wong director C/O SPRING MOUNTAIN CAPITAL, LP 650 MADISON AVENUE, 20TH FLOOR NEW YORK NY 10022
James F Will director ST VINCENT COLLEGE, 300 PRASER PURCHASE RD, LATROBE PA 15650
Roger Bryce Gorham officer: SVP, Chief Financial Officer C/O ALLEGHANY CORPORATION 1411 BROADWAY, 34TH FLOOR NEW YORK NY 10018
Sennott John Langton Jr officer: SVP C/O ALLEGHANY CORPORATION 1411 BROADWAY, 34TH FLOOR NEW YORK NY 10018

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