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Nocturne Acquisition (Nocturne Acquisition) Net-Net Working Capital : $-2.13 (As of Sep. 2023)


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What is Nocturne Acquisition Net-Net Working Capital?

In calculating the Net-Net Working Capital (NNWC), Benjamin Graham assumed that a company's accounts receivable is only worth 75% its value, its inventory is only worth 50% of its value, but its liabilities have to be paid in full. In addition, Graham believed that preferred stock belongs on the liability side of the balance sheet, not as part of capital and surplus. This is a conservative way of estimating the company's value.

Nocturne Acquisition's Net-Net Working Capital for the quarter that ended in Sep. 2023 was $-2.13.

The industry rank for Nocturne Acquisition's Net-Net Working Capital or its related term are showing as below:

MBTC's Price-to-Net-Net-Working-Capital is not ranked *
in the Diversified Financial Services industry.
Industry Median: 1.8
* Ranked among companies with meaningful Price-to-Net-Net-Working-Capital only.

Nocturne Acquisition Net-Net Working Capital Historical Data

The historical data trend for Nocturne Acquisition's Net-Net Working Capital 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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Nocturne Acquisition Net-Net Working Capital Chart

Nocturne Acquisition Annual Data
Trend Dec20 Dec21 Dec22
Net-Net Working Capital
-0.01 -0.26 -1.62

Nocturne Acquisition Quarterly Data
Dec20 Mar21 Jun21 Sep21 Dec21 Mar22 Jun22 Sep22 Dec22 Mar23 Jun23 Sep23
Net-Net Working Capital Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only -0.51 -1.62 -1.76 -1.94 -2.13

Competitive Comparison of Nocturne Acquisition's Net-Net Working Capital

For the Shell Companies subindustry, Nocturne Acquisition's Price-to-Net-Net-Working-Capital, along with its competitors' market caps and Price-to-Net-Net-Working-Capital 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.


Nocturne Acquisition's Price-to-Net-Net-Working-Capital Distribution in the Diversified Financial Services Industry

For the Diversified Financial Services industry and Financial Services sector, Nocturne Acquisition's Price-to-Net-Net-Working-Capital distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Nocturne Acquisition's Price-to-Net-Net-Working-Capital falls into.



Nocturne Acquisition Net-Net Working Capital Calculation

Nocturne Acquisition's Net-Net Working Capital (NNWC) per share for the fiscal year that ended in Dec. 2022 is calculated as

Net-Net Working Capital(A: Dec. 2022 )
=(Cash, Cash Equivalents, Marketable Securities+0.75 * Accounts Receivable+0.5 * Total Inventories-Total Liabilities
-Preferred Stock-Minority Interest)/Shares Outstanding (EOP)
=(0.047+0.75 * 0+0.5 * 0-8.662
-0-0)/5.32408
=-1.62

Nocturne Acquisition's Net-Net Working Capital (NNWC) per share for the quarter that ended in Sep. 2023 is calculated as

Net-Net Working Capital(Q: Sep. 2023 )
=(Cash, Cash Equivalents, Marketable Securities+0.75 * Accounts Receivable+0.5 * Total Inventories-Total Liabilities
-Preferred Stock-Minority Interest)/Shares Outstanding (EOP)
=(0.017+0.75 * 0+0.5 * 0-11.071
-0-0)/5.19142
=-2.13

* 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.

In calculating the Net-Net Working Capital (NNWC), Benjamin Graham assumed that a company's accounts receivable is only worth 75% its value, its inventory is only worth 50% of its value, but its liabilities have to be paid in full.

In addition, Graham believed that preferred stock belongs on the liability side of the balance sheet, not as part of capital and surplus. In "Security Analysis", preferred stock is dubbed "an imperfect creditorship position" that is best placed on the balance sheet alongside funded debt.

This is a conservative way of estimating the company's value.


Nocturne Acquisition  (NAS:MBTC) Net-Net Working Capital Explanation

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.

Benjamin Graham looked for companies whose market values were less than two-thirds of their net-net value. They are collected under our Net-Net screener.


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Nocturne Acquisition (Nocturne Acquisition) Business Description

Traded in Other Exchanges
Address
3 Germay Drive, Unit 4, Number 1066, Wilmington, DE, USA, 19084
Website
Nocturne Acquisition Corp is a blank check company.
Executives
Derek Feng director 953 9TH STREET, MANHATTAN BEACH CA 90266
Ka Lok Wong director 7244 CARRIZO DRIVE,, LA JOLLA CA 92037
Giuseppe Mangiacotti director 7244 CARIZZO DRIVE, LA JOLLA CA 92037
Simon Choi director 7244 CARRIZO DRIVE, LA JOLLA CA 92037
Nocturne Sponsor, Llc 10 percent owner 7244 CARRIZO DRIVE, LA JOLLA CA 92037
Marcus Vincent Gomez director 7244 CARRIZO DRIVE, LA JOLLA CA 92037
Henry Monzon director, 10 percent owner, officer: Chairman and CEO 7244 CARRIZO DRIVE, LA JOLLA CA 92037
Kashan Zaheer Piracha director 7244 CARRIZO DRIVE, LA JOLLA CA 92037
Ka Seng Ao director, 10 percent owner, officer: Chief Financial Officer 7244 CARRIZO DRIVE, LA JOLLA CA 92037
Etienne Snyman director 7244 CARRIZO DRIVE, LA JOLLA CA 92037

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