Instead of measuring
the liquidation value of a company, it measures its zero - growth value, which is a better baseline for equity investors.
We believe this methodology provides for a fair assessment of the potential
liquidation value of the Company's balance sheet.
As always, Greenbackd's concern is primarily for the state of the balance sheet and
the liquidation value of the company.
It is a miscarriage of fiduciary responsibility to sell for less than the current share price and less than
the liquidation value of the company.
That was especially true during the Great Depression, which hammered the market so badly that you could regularly find stocks trading below
the liquidation value of the company's assets — conditions that recurred, to a lesser extent, in the 1970s and in early 2009.
Not exact matches
There are several instances where conversion into common could be advantageous to a preferred shareholder including an acquisition
of the
company at a
value well exceeding the
liquidation preferences, where common shareholders receive a greater amount
of the acquisition proceeds.
Liquidation Value - The amount for which the assets
of the
Company can be sold, minus the liabilities owed, e.g., the assets
of a bakery include the cake mixers, ingredients, baking tins, etc..
More due diligence on asset
values is determined before it enters into a commitment, and the
liquidation values of assets are determined and an in - depth understanding
of the financial position
of your
company is completed to understand the present circumstances.
But having a note means the investor has a kind
of liquidation preference - they will receive
value, if any, from the liquidating
company's assets, before the founders do.
The
company's balance sheet has, however, retained some
value (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 (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):
To reiterate what we said in our January 6, 2009 letter and have repeated numerous times during our discussions with management, we believe that any action other than the immediate dissolution and
liquidation of the
Company is an irresponsible waste
of corporate assets and will result in a severe impairment
of shareholder
value.
Our analysis indicates that these payouts, which we believe would be triggered by most «change in control» scenarios, including a
liquidation, total at least $ 2 million, a significant amount
of the
Company's entire market
value at the time
of adoption.
There is no need, nor reason, to waste time or shareholder resources on advisors or to delay the
liquidation process in order to explore risky alternative strategies, courses certain to result in further diminution
of value for all shareholders, when the majority
of the stockholders
of the
Company appear to have already made their views perfectly clear.
Yet 37 days have passed since the failure
of Viprinex, «the sole major asset
of the
Company,» without the Board communicating or enacting a plan designed to maximize shareholder
value through the dissolution and
liquidation of NTI assets.
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):
Our analysis indicates that these payouts, which we believe would be triggered by most «change in control» scenarios, including a
liquidation, total at least $ 3 million, an incredible 16.5 %
of the
Company's entire market
value at the time
of adoption.
Our analysis indicates that these payouts, which we believe would be triggered by most «change in control» scenarios, including a
liquidation, total at least $ 3 million, an incredible 20 %
of the
Company's entire market
value.
We believe the Board's failure to commit exclusively to a transaction that offers downside protection based on the
Company's
liquidation value suggests that the Board is considering other options, which will put the
value of Avigen at risk.
Chapman's oeuvre is «asset - rich
companies with battered stock prices» (WSJ.com subscription required) and he often operates in the universe
of stocks trading below
liquidation value.
We've written previously about Chapman's fondness for «asset - rich
companies with battered stock prices,» which sees him frequently operating in the universe
of stocks trading below
liquidation value.
Alternatively, if the
company flounders and files for bankruptcy, your fractional shares will have a superior priority claim to the
liquidation value of the fractional shares than the senior bondholders and other shareholders.
I recently bought into a European
company that trades at about 1/3
of its hard asset
liquidation value.
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.
The first being Benjamin Graham's net current asset
value method that looks for
companies trading for less than two - thirds their current assets less all their liabilities, which is a rough measure
of their
liquidation value.
Assuming the board acts quickly to salvage what remains
of CRC, we estimate the
company's per share
value in
liquidation at around $ 2.45 or $ 15M in toto.
It show a comparison
of compound average returns from shells and Special Purpose Acquisition
Companies (SPACs), which we previously discussed in the post, Blank checks: Fertile fishing grounds for
liquidation value investors:
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):
alternatives to creating
value, we have reviewed your proposal for the
liquidation of the
Company.
If this was my case, I'd probably submit a limit sell order so as to try and pick out a high for the timing
of my
liquidation, and lower my limit vs fair
value as it got closer to the expiration
of your ability to hold the parent
company stock.
Instead
of the maximization
of shareholder
value (the number one goal
of a corporation according to Aswath Damodaron) we witnessed a good ol' boy board
of directors sit back and allow an entrenched management team to either lose or steal millions
of assets (at one million a year in salary on a 10MM
company, its stealing or akin to stealing no matter what actually happened to the $ 8 per share
of liquidation value you mentioned that the
company had... just one year ago)... and it raises goosebumps wondering where the millions
of dollars actually went... just as I am sure Bernie Madoff's investors are wondering where there money is...
February 17, 2016 Wintergreen Advisers, LLC is pleased that Consolidated - Tomoka Land Co. has hired Deutsche Bank to pursue the directive
of Wintergreen's Proxy Proposal: to explore strategic alternatives to enhance shareholder
value, including the possible
liquidation of assets or the sale
of the
company.
Net - net asset
value:
Companies, where the sum
of the current assets (adjusted to reflect
liquidation value) exceed the sum
of all its short and long term debt obligations with at least 30 %, can be characterized as net - nets if the sum
of this calculation exceeds the current market
value / trading price.
in which he discussed the phenomenon
of companies trading below
liquidation value.
The stock is up 36.8 % since we opened the position to close yesterday at $ 1.97, giving the
company a market capitalization
of $ 13.4 M. Following our review
of the most recent 10Q, we've estimate the
liquidation value to $ 19.5 M or $ 2.47 per share.
But the latest financials for the
company, the first to be presented under
liquidation accounting, show a
liquidation value of just $ 9.25 per share.
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.
Our updated estimate for the
company's
liquidation 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):
Tangible book
value is
of interest to me because I assume it more closely describes the likely
value of a
company in
liquidation than book
value does.
The summary
of our estimate for the
company's
liquidation 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):
Further research by Tweedy, Browne has indicated that
companies satisfying the net current asset criterion have not only enjoyed superior common stock performance over time but also often have been priced at significant discounts to «real world» estimates
of the specific
value that stockholders would probably receive in an actual sale or
liquidation of the entire corporation.
Ultimately
companies are
valued based on a wide array
of metrics in addition to their book (or
liquidation value) and dividend stream; profit, return on assets, return on equity, growth rates, future prospects etc..
Me, a
value investor thought that buying a
company at 55 %
of liquidation value, and a single digit multiple
of forward earnings would do fine.
Since Emeco is at this point in time mostly a bet on
liquidation value one
of the most important things to track is how much money the
company is receiving for the idle equipment that they are selling, and for the first time since 2009 they sold a bunch
of equipment for a significant loss:
Set out below is our summary analysis
of the
company's balance sheet (the «Carrying» column shows the assets as they are carried in the financial statements, and the «Liquidating» column shows our estimate
of the
value of the assets in a
liquidation):
Currently, the fund is 90 % invested long, with most
of those investments in special situations opportunities such as
liquidations and
companies selling for less than cash
value.
We also don't believe the incremental but uncertain future
value of the
company's NOL in a merged entity offsets the hard cash equivalent
value shareholders would receive in a
liquidation in the current environment.
What Leon Cooperman is referring to here is that Warren Buffett, with the help
of Charlie Munger, was able to evolve his
value investing style when Ben Graham style cigar butts
companies trading at less than
liquidation value disappeared after the Great Depression.
The board's estimate
of the
company's
liquidation value is slightly higher than ours, at $ 1.40 -LSB-...]
B. However, in calculating the
liquidation value, the $ 1.36 per Share does not include windup expenses, or the ongoing expense
of operating MathStar as a public
company during the windup.
After full payment
of the
Company's outstanding obligations for its leased space and its contractual obligations for design tool leases, and assuming
liquidation expenses
of approximately $ 500,000, the
liquidation value per Share would be approximately $ 1.40.