TNGNQ (Tengion) Total Current Assets: $6.17 Mil (As of Sep. 2014)

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What is Tengion Total Current Assets?

Tengion TNGNQ -99.00% Total Current Assets is $6.17 Mil as of Sep. 2014.

Total current assets includes Cash, Cash Equivalents, Marketable Securities, Total Receivables, Total Inventories, and Other Current Assets. Tengion's total current assets for the quarter that ended in Sep. 2014 was $6.17 Mil.

Tengion  (OTCPK:TNGNQ) Total Current Assets Explanation

In Ben Graham's calculation of liquidation value, inventory is only considered worth half of its book value, and accounts receivable is considered worth 75% of its value. Therefore the liquidation value is lower than calculated from total current assets.

Tengion's Liquidation Value for the quarter that ended in Sep. 2014 is

Liquidation value
= Cash, Cash Equivalents, Marketable Securities-Total Liabilities+(0.75 * Accounts Receivable)+(0.5 * Total Inventories)
=5.728-93.003+0.75 * 0+0.5 * 0
=-87.28

* 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.

Tengion Total Current Assets Related Terms

Tengion Total Current Assets Historical Data

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The historical data trend for Tengion's Total Current Assets 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.

Tengion Total Current Assets Chart

Tengion Annual Data
Trend Dec07 Dec08 Dec09 Dec10 Dec11 Dec12 Dec13
Total Current Assets
Get a 7-Day Free Trial 20.80 12.51 15.72 8.90 21.84

Tengion Quarterly Data
Dec09 Mar10 Jun10 Sep10 Dec10 Mar11 Jun11 Sep11 Dec11 Mar12 Jun12 Sep12 Dec12 Mar13 Jun13 Sep13 Dec13 Mar14 Jun14 Sep14
Total Current Assets 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 27.90 21.84 15.66 10.61 6.17

Tengion Total Current Assets Calculation

Total Current Assets are the asset that can be converted to cash or used to pay current liabilities within 12 months.

Tengion's Total Current Assets for the fiscal year that ended in Dec. 2013 is calculated as

Total Current Assets=Cash, Cash Equivalents, Marketable Securities+Total Receivables+Total Inventories+Other Current Assets
=21.51+0+0+0.334
=21.84

Tengion's Total Current Assets for the quarter that ended in Sep. 2014 is calculated as

Total Current Assets=Cash, Cash Equivalents, Marketable Securities+Total Receivables+Total Inventories+Other Current Assets
=5.728+0+0+0.443
=6.17

* 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.

Total Current Assets is linked to the Current Ratio, which is the result of dividing total current assets by total current liabilities. It is frequently used as an indicator of a company's liquidity, its ability to meet short-term obligations.

Total Current Assets is also linked to Working Capital, Net working capital is calculated as Total Current Assets minus Total Current Liabilities.

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What does a Total Current Assets of $6.17 Mil mean?
Tengion (TNGNQ) has a Total Current Assets of $6.17 Mil as of Sep. 2014. The total amount of assets with liquidity less than one year as recorded on a company's balance sheet. View historical data for Tengion and its competitors.
Is Tengion's Total Current Assets too high?
Tengion's current Total Current Assets is $6.17 Mil.
How does Tengion's Total Current Assets compare to VITIF and HSTC?
Tengion's Total Current Assets of $6.17 Mil can be compared against companies in the Biotechnology industry. See the competitive comparison table and distribution chart on this page for a detailed peer-by-peer breakdown.
What is a good Total Current Assets for a Biotechnology company?
A good Total Current Assets depends on the Biotechnology industry context. However, Total Current Assets should not be evaluated in isolation — investors should consider it alongside profitability, growth, and financial strength metrics. Use the industry distribution chart on this page to see where any company falls relative to its peers.
What does a high Total Current Assets mean?
A high Total Current Assets can signal that a stock is expensive relative to its fundamentals. The total amount of assets with liquidity less than one year as recorded on a company's balance sheet. View historical data for Tengion and its competitors. Tengion's current Total Current Assets is $6.17 Mil. However, context matters — high-growth companies often justify higher valuations. Always evaluate alongside other metrics like GF Score™ and GF Value™.
Is Tengion stock overvalued right now?
Tengion (TNGNQ) has a current Total Current Assets of $6.17 Mil. The current Total Current Assets is $6.17 Mil. Investors should evaluate multiple metrics — including profitability, growth, and financial strength — before making a decision.
How is Total Current Assets calculated?
Total Current Assets is calculated from a company's financial statements. For Tengion (TNGNQ), the current Total Current Assets is $6.17 Mil as of Sep. 2014. GuruFocus calculates this using data sourced from SEC filings and annual reports. See the calculation section and 30-year financial data on this page for the full breakdown.

Tengion Business Description

Address 3929 Westpoint Boulevard, Suite G, Winston-Salem, NC, USA, 27103
Tengion Inc is a regenerative medicine company. The company is engaged in discovering, manufacturing and commercializing neo-organs, or products composed of living cells, with or without synthetic or natural materials, implanted or injected into the body to engraft into, regenerate, or replace damaged tissue or organ. Its product candidates seek to eliminate the need to utilize other tissues of the body for a purpose to which they are poorly suited, procure donor organs or administer anti-rejection medications. The company's solution Neo-Kidney Augment is based on its proprietary technology, which uses tubular epithelial cells, procured by a cortical biopsy of the patient's kidney, to create an injectable product candidate that can catalyze the regeneration of functional kidney tissue.