We last estimated the net
cash liquidation value at around $ 34M or $ 1.14 per share.
AVGN has been sold for its net
cash liquidation value plus $ 3M from MediciNova.
MediciNova and Avigen currently contemplate that the terms of the merger would provide that Avigen shareholders receive consideration approximating Avigen's net
cash liquidation value plus $ 3 million.
Not exact matches
An individual's
value to his creditors at time of filing a consumer proposal comprises his assets
valued at
liquidation (auction) pricing (that may be a garage sale for your furniture and household goods, the wholesale
cash buyer for your car, or the pawnbroker for your jewellery) after deducting exemption in prescribed, legislated amount (s) for car, household goods, clothing, tools of the trade, medical aids, home, life insurance, pensions, RRSP, etc., which amounts to little or nothing for the large majority of us, less than our debt in any case.
The difference between our estimates for NTII's net
cash value and its
liquidation value is the $ 9M in ARS, which we've discounted by 20 % to $ 7.2 M, and which the company believes will eventually yield full
value.
Additionally, the convertible security allows each Avigen stockholder the choice of receiving
cash in an amount not presently available to them, other than in a
liquidation scenario, or participating in what we believe will be growth in
value of the combined entity.
Posted in Activist Investors, Aspen Exploration Corporation (OTC: ASPN), Stocks, Tymothi O. Tombar Tagged Activist investment, Aspen Exploration Corporation (OTC: ASPN),
Liquidation Value, Net
Cash Stock, Tymothi O. Tombar 3 Comments
MathStar Inc's (OTC: MATH) board has rejected the $ 1.04 per share
cash merger offer from PureChoice, Inc. because «the $ 1.04 per share price is less than the
liquidation value of MathStar, including the
value from any technology sale, and, in the Merger, MathStar's shareholders would derive no
value from MathStar's net operating loss carryforwards.»
Posted in Forward Industries Inc (NASDAQ: FORD), Net
Cash Stocks, Net Net Stocks, Stocks, tagged Forward Industries Inc (NASDAQ: FORD),
Liquidation Value, Net
Cash Stock on August 7, 2009 Leave a Comment»
Our updated estimate for the company's net
cash value is set out below (the «Book Value» column shows the assets as they are carried in the financial statements, and the «Liquidating Value» column shows our estimate of the value of the assets in a liquidat
value is set out below (the «Book
Value» column shows the assets as they are carried in the financial statements, and the «Liquidating Value» column shows our estimate of the value of the assets in a liquidat
Value» column shows the assets as they are carried in the financial statements, and the «Liquidating
Value» column shows our estimate of the value of the assets in a liquidat
Value» column shows our estimate of the
value of the assets in a liquidat
value of the assets in a
liquidation):
Posted in Activist Investors, Ditech Networks Inc (NASDAQ: DITC), Greenbackd Portfolio, Lamassu Holdings LLC, Lloyd I. Miller III, Net
Cash Stocks, Net Net Stocks, Stocks Tagged Activist investment, Ditech Networks Inc (NASDAQ: DITC),
Liquidation Value, Lloyd I. Miller III, Net
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Posted in Activist Investors, Net
Cash Stocks, Net Net Stocks, Stocks, VaxGen Inc (OTC: VXGN) Tagged Activist investment,
Liquidation Value, Net
Cash Stock, Net Current Asset
Value, VaxGen Inc (OTC: VXGN) 13 Comments
Posted in Activist Investors, MathStar Inc (OTC: MATH), Net
Cash Stocks, S. Muoio & Co, Stocks, tagged Activist investment,
Liquidation Value, MathStar Inc (OTC: MATH), Net
Cash Stock on July 15, 2009 5 Comments»
Our estimate of MATH's
liquidation value is its net
cash value after deducting around $ 2M of
cash burn, professional fees and other
liquidation costs, or around $ 11.7 M or $ 1.27 per share.
At its close yesterday of $ 0.43 ABTL is trading at its net
cash and at a 45 % discount to its
value in
liquidation.
Posted in Activist Investors, MathStar Inc (OTC: MATH), Net
Cash Stocks, Stocks Tagged Activist investment,
Liquidation Value, MathStar Inc (OTC: MATH), Net
Cash Stock 4 Comments
Posted in About,
Liquidation Value, Net
Cash Stocks, Net Net Stocks, Stocks, tagged Liquidating
Value, Net
Cash Stock on January 30, 2009 Leave a Comment»
Posted in Activist Investors, MathStar Inc (OTC: MATH), Stocks, tagged Activist investment,
Liquidation Value, MathStar Inc (OTC: MATH), Net
Cash Stock on July 13, 2009 2 Comments»
Posted in Aspen Exploration Corporation (OTC: ASPN), Net
Cash Stocks, Net Net Stocks, tagged Aspen Exploration Corporation (OTC: ASPN),
Liquidation Value, Net
Cash Stock on September 3, 2009 12 Comments»
While its earnings and operating
cash flow have now turned negative, its
liquidation value rema...
Posted in Activist Investors, MathStar Inc (OTC: MATH), Net
Cash Stocks, Stocks, tagged Activist investment,
Liquidation Value, MathStar Inc (OTC: MATH), Net
Cash Stock on July 14, 2009 4 Comments»
Buffett in his early career made his fortune buying extremely low - quality business like Berkshire Hathaway, which was a dying textile business, at extremely low multiples of
cash flow and / or discounts to
liquidation value, so called net nets.
If you own assets with
values over allowed dollar limits, the Trustee can force
liquidation (sale) of these «non-exempt» assets and turn over the
cash value to your creditors.
Gladstone Capital Corp., a business development company, invests in US small and medium sized companies with EBITDA of $ 3 million, positive
cash flows, strong competitive position in an industry,
liquidation value of assets and experienced management.
Greenbackd is so called because it was initially solely devoted to stocks trading at a discount to net
cash value (stocks backed by a surplus of Greenbacks, hence «Greenback'd»), net current asset
value, negative enterprise
value, or
liquidation value.
Any shareholders remaining in the fund on the distribution date will automatically have their shares redeemed for
cash at the net asset
value as of the
liquidation date.
At some point I read an article mentioning how companies were selling below
liquidation value, and some below
cash value.
Posted in Activist Investors, Net
Cash Stocks, Northstar Neuroscience Inc (NASDAQ: NSTR), Stocks Tagged Activist investment,
Liquidation Value, Northstar Neuroscience Inc (NASDAQ: NSTR) 4 Comments
While BVF's slate was not successful at the special meeting, AVGN's board now plans to develop its own plan of
liquidation, which should put a floor on AVGN's stock at around its net
cash value of $ 37M or $ 1.24 per share less wind down costs.
Posted in Activist Investors, CoSine Communications Inc (OTC: COSN), Net
Cash Stocks, Steel Partners, Stocks Tagged Activist investment, CoSine Communications Inc (OTC: COSN),
Liquidation Value, Net
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Posted in Activist Investors, Biotechnology
Value Fund, Neurobiological Technologies Inc (NASDAQ: NTII), Stocks, tagged Activist investment, Biotechnology
Value Fund, Liquidating
Value,
Liquidation Value, Net
Cash Stock, Neurobiological Technologies Inc (NASDAQ: NTII) on May 11, 2009 2 Comments»
So the stock is trading at close to its
liquidation value purely on net
cash and AV411 and Genzyme asset are free options potentially worth another $ 0.75 / share or higher....
Posted in Activist Investors, Mithras Capital, Net
Cash Stocks, Soapstone Networks Inc (NASDAQ: SOAP), Stocks Tagged Activist investment,
Liquidation Value, Net
Cash Stock, Soapstone Networks Inc (NASDAQ: SOAP) 5 Comments
Posted in Activist Investors, CuraGen Corporation (NASDAQ: CRGN), DellaCamera Capital Management, Net
Cash Stocks, Stocks Tagged Activist investment, CuraGen Corporation (NASDAQ: CRGN),
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While IKAN is still trading at a discount to our calculation of its
liquidation and net
cash values, without a catalyst our investment thesis is gone, so we're exiting the position.
In that post, we assumed between $ 6M and $ 6.5 M in
cash burn for the quarter and $ 3.9 M in contractual obligations, which would have reduced the per share
liquidation value by between $ 0.64 and $ 0.67 per share at June 30 and equated to a per share
liquidation value of between $ 4.57 and $ 4.54 at June 30.
Posted in Activist Investors,
Liquidation Value, Net
Cash Stocks, Stocks Tagged Activist investment,
Liquidation Value, Net
Cash Stock 8 Comments
The company's hard asset
value (which excludes the PDL biotechnology business intellectual property) rests mainly on its holding of cash and equivalents contributed by PDL (the «Book Value» column shows the assets as they are carried in the financial statements, and the «Liquidating Value» column shows our estimate of the value of the assets in a liquidat
value (which excludes the PDL biotechnology business intellectual property) rests mainly on its holding of
cash and equivalents contributed by PDL (the «Book
Value» column shows the assets as they are carried in the financial statements, and the «Liquidating Value» column shows our estimate of the value of the assets in a liquidat
Value» column shows the assets as they are carried in the financial statements, and the «Liquidating
Value» column shows our estimate of the value of the assets in a liquidat
Value» column shows our estimate of the
value of the assets in a liquidat
value of the assets in a
liquidation):
When you lose millions of dollars when invested in a public corporation that at all times had a 40 % discount to your estimate of
liquidation value, (and no debt with positive
cash flow) it helps to have a sense of humor...
We estimated the
liquidation value to be anywhere from nil to $ 259M or ~ $ 10.85 per share and the net
cash value from nil to $ 228M or $ 10.54 per share, so it wasn't a typical
liquidation play for us.
Posted in Activist Investors, Greenbackd Portfolio, Mithras Capital, Net
Cash Stocks, Soapstone Networks Inc (NASDAQ: SOAP), Stocks Tagged Activist investment,
Liquidation Value, Mithras Capital, Net
Cash Stock, Soapstone Networks Inc (NASDAQ: SOAP) 9 Comments
Interested as I am in the firm as a going concern, as opposed to its
liquidation value, I would likely assess the probability of a
cash shortage and that would lead to an estimated cost of capital for future CF, but if I discount further the
value of negative CF there's a risk of double dipping on the
cash burn situation.
To sum - up, we wish to find stocks that are attractive in the activists» view due to untapped potential, which said activists can unlock by e.g. distributing
cash holdings, stop
value - destroying activities, optimize capital structures or advocate for a merger or
liquidation.
FORD is trading at a substantial discount to its
liquidation and net
cash values.
-LSB-...] on the March 31 financials we get NCAV, which is likely a good proxy for
liquidation value, of $ 33.2 m (27.7 m
cash +12.5 m receivables - total liabilities of 7m.
The impact of a $ 2M stock buyback at Friday's closing price is to increase per share
liquidation value by around 6 % to $ 1.64 and leaves the company with $ 26.3 M in
cash and short term investments.
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We started following FORD (see our post archive here) because it was trading at a discount to its net
cash and
liquidation values, although there was no obvious catalyst.
Posted in Activist Investors, Cadus Corporation (OTC: KDUS), Carl Icahn, Net
Cash Stocks, Net Net Stocks, Special Situation, Stocks, tagged Activist investment, Cadus Corporation (OTC: KDUS), Carl Icahn,
Liquidation Value, Moab Capital Partners, Net
Cash Stock on September 29, 2009 7 Comments»
We estimate the net
cash value to be around $ 20.6 M or $ 1.57 per share and the
liquidation value to be around $ 23.2 M or $ 1.77 per share.