Based on its December 1, 2008 closing price of $ 0.65, the company has a market capitalization of $ 19.4 M and net cash (i.e.
cash less all liabilities) of $ 36.5 M, which means that AVGN is trading at 53 % of its net cash.
Not exact matches
Figures here include all assets (property,
cash, equities, business interests)
less any
liabilities.
Resources Holdings Fund Overview (PDF) Summary Prospectus (PDF): Class P2 *
Cash and equivalents includes short - term securities, accrued income, Treasury futures and other assets
less liabilities.
*
Cash and equivalents includes short - term securities, accrued income, Treasury futures and other assets
less liabilities.
So if the Current Asset: Current
Liability ratio is
less than 1, chances are, the company isn't doing very well — they can't pay back all the money they owe with the
cash they'll have on hand and will have to start selling long - term assets, or look at refinancing the company, in order to pay their short - term bills.
Two things must be true — a firm must not be able to raise
cash to make a debt payment, and the assets of the firm are worth
less than the
liabilities.
He looked for profitable firms trading at much
less than their current assets (
cash and assets that can be turned into
cash over the next year) minus all
liabilities.
We've been following AVGN (see earlier posts here and here) because it's a net
cash stock (i.e. it's trading at
less than the value of its
cash after deducting all
liabilities) and it has a specialist biotechnology activist fund Biotechnology Value Fund (BVF) pushing it to liquidate and return its
cash to shareholders.
We've been following AVGN (see earlier posts here, here, here, here, here and here) because it's a net
cash stock (i.e. it's trading at
less than the value of its
cash after deducting all
liabilities) and specialist biotechnology activist fund BVF has been pushing it to liquidate and return its
cash to shareholders.
We've been following AVGN (see earlier posts here, here and here) because it's a net
cash stock (i.e. it's trading at
less than the value of its
cash after deducting all
liabilities) and it has a specialist biotechnology activist fund Biotechnology Value Fund (BVF) pushing it to liquidate and return its
cash to shareholders.
We posted about Avigen, Inc. (NASDAQ: AVGN) on December 1, 2008, noting that it was a rare opportunity because it was a net
cash stock (i.e. it was trading at
less than the value of its
cash after deducting all
liabilities).
Short term is a concept that refers to holding an asset for a year or
less, and accountants use the term «current» to refer to an asset expected to be converted into
cash in the next year or a
liability coming due in the next year.
And, if the
liabilities are called into question, so are those who funded the
liabilities, because they are
less certain of receiving the
cash flows that they expected.
I have a feeling that those net nets would do better than the Neg Ent firms because net nets trading for
less than
cash are cheaper (the formula takes into account total
liabilities, not just debt).
It is derived by dividing the total value of all the
cash and securities in a fund's portfolio,
less any
liabilities, by the number of shares outstanding.
The Net Current Asset Value (NCAV) calculates the value of a firm's
cash, inventory, and receivables
less all
liabilities and preferred stock which is treated as debt.
We opened our position because AVGN was a net
cash stock (i.e. it's trading at
less than the value of its
cash after deducting all
liabilities), albeit a
cash burning net
cash stock, and BVF was pushing it to liquidate and return its
cash to shareholders.
Yet, had you focused exclusively on net nets (Graham's famous approach whereby one only buys stock in companies where the sum of current assets
less all
liabilities exceeds the market value), you would have
cashed in 29.4 % annually in the same period.
We've been following AVGN (see archived posts here) because it's a net
cash stock (i.e. it's trading at
less than the value of its
cash after deducting all
liabilities) and specialist biotechnology investor Biotechnology Value Fund (BVF) has been pushing it to liquidate and return its
cash to shareholders.
The net current assets investment selection criterion calls for the purchase of stocks which are priced at 66 % or
less of a company's underlying current assets (
cash, receivables and inventory) net of all
liabilities and claims senior to a company's common stock (current
liabilities, long - term debt, preferred stock, unfunded pension
liabilities).
Net working capital consists of current assets (
cash, marketable securities, receivables, and inventories)
less current
liabilities (accounts, notes, and taxes payable within one year.)
Berkshire was a classic «net net» — a stock trading for
less than the value of its
cash, receivables, and inventory
less all
liabilities.
We've been following AVGN (see archived posts here) because it's a net
cash stock (i.e. it's trading at
less than the value of its
cash after deducting all
liabilities) and specialist biotechnology investor BVF has been pushing it to liquidate and return its
cash to shareholders.
We've been following AVGN (see archived posts here) because it's a net
cash stock (i.e. it's trading at
less than the value of its
cash after deducting all
liabilities) and specialist biotechnology activist fund BVF has been pushing it to liquidate and return its
cash to shareholders.
Right now, VXGN has a lot of
cash compared to its
liabilities and is trading for
less than that.
The number of shares issued at closing will be subject to adjustment if VaxGen's net
cash, as of a date shortly before the closing, as agreed by both parties,
less certain expenses and
liabilities, is greater or
less than approximately $ 33.2 million.
We've been following AVGN (see archived posts here) for exactly the reason that Pollack identifies: it's a net
cash stock (i.e. it's trading at
less than the value of its
cash after deducting all
liabilities) and specialist biotechnology activist fund BVF has been pushing it to liquidate and return its
cash to shareholders.
As illustrated in the chart above, if your vehicle is
less than the amount of
cash you have in the bank then buy
liability insurance or minimum coverage.
They will be investigating how a company that was signed off by accountants, KPMG, as a solvent business in spring 2017 could crash into liquidation with a reported # 5bn of
liabilities and just # 29m left in
cash,
less than a year later.