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Mersana Therapeutics (Mersana Therapeutics) Net-Net Working Capital : $0.17 (As of Dec. 2023)


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What is Mersana Therapeutics 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.

Mersana Therapeutics's Net-Net Working Capital for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was $0.17.

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

MRSN's Price-to-Net-Net-Working-Capital is ranked worse than
86.84% of 927 companies
in the Biotechnology industry
Industry Median: 4 vs MRSN: 18.03

Mersana Therapeutics Net-Net Working Capital Historical Data

The historical data trend for Mersana Therapeutics'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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Mersana Therapeutics Net-Net Working Capital Chart

Mersana Therapeutics Annual Data
Trend Dec15 Dec16 Dec17 Dec18 Dec19 Dec20 Dec21 Dec22 Dec23
Net-Net Working Capital
Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only 1.55 3.05 1.27 0.58 0.17

Mersana Therapeutics Quarterly Data
Mar19 Jun19 Sep19 Dec19 Mar20 Jun20 Sep20 Dec20 Mar21 Jun21 Sep21 Dec21 Mar22 Jun22 Sep22 Dec22 Mar23 Jun23 Sep23 Dec23
Net-Net Working Capital 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 0.58 0.39 0.54 0.25 0.17

Competitive Comparison of Mersana Therapeutics's Net-Net Working Capital

For the Biotechnology subindustry, Mersana Therapeutics'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.


Mersana Therapeutics's Price-to-Net-Net-Working-Capital Distribution in the Biotechnology Industry

For the Biotechnology industry and Healthcare sector, Mersana Therapeutics's Price-to-Net-Net-Working-Capital distribution charts can be found below:

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



Mersana Therapeutics Net-Net Working Capital Calculation

Mersana Therapeutics's Net-Net Working Capital (NNWC) per share for the fiscal year that ended in Dec. 2023 is calculated as

Net-Net Working Capital(A: Dec. 2023 )
=(Cash, Cash Equivalents, Marketable Securities+0.75 * Accounts Receivable+0.5 * Total Inventories-Total Liabilities
-Preferred Stock-Minority Interest)/Shares Outstanding (EOP)
=(209.084+0.75 * 0+0.5 * 0-189.156
-0-0)/120.712
=0.17

Mersana Therapeutics's Net-Net Working Capital (NNWC) per share for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 is calculated as

Net-Net Working Capital(Q: Dec. 2023 )
=(Cash, Cash Equivalents, Marketable Securities+0.75 * Accounts Receivable+0.5 * Total Inventories-Total Liabilities
-Preferred Stock-Minority Interest)/Shares Outstanding (EOP)
=(209.084+0.75 * 0+0.5 * 0-189.156
-0-0)/120.712
=0.17

* 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.

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.


Mersana Therapeutics  (NAS:MRSN) 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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Mersana Therapeutics (Mersana Therapeutics) Business Description

Traded in Other Exchanges
Address
840 Memorial Drive, Cambridge, MA, USA, 02139
Mersana Therapeutics Inc is a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company using its differentiated and proprietary ADC platforms to develop targeted drugs with increased tolerability and expanded opportunities to deliver meaningful clinical benefits to patients. The Company's early stage programs include XMT-1660, a Dolasynthen ADC targeting B7-H4, as well as XMT-2056, a STING agonist ADC developed using the Company's Immunosynthen platform and targeting a novel epitope of human epidermal growth factor receptor 2. The Company also has two earlier stage preclinical candidates, XMT-2068 and XMT-2175, both of which leverage the Company's Immunosynthen platform and target tumor-associated antigens.
Executives
Anna Protopapas director, officer: President and CEO MILLENNIUM PHARMACEUTICALS, INC., 40 LANDSDOWNE STREET, CAMBRIDGE MA 02139
Mohan Bala officer: SVP, Chief Development Officer C/O MERSANA THERAPEUTICS, INC., 840 MEMORIAL DRIVE, CAMBRIDGE MA 02139
Tushar Misra officer: Chief Manufacturing Officer 840 MEMORIAL DRIVE, CAMBRIDGE MA 02139
Brian Deschuytner officer: Sr. VP, Finance & Product stgy 840 MEMORIAL DRIVE, CAMBRIDGE MA 01776
Ashish Mandelia officer: VP, Controller 840 MEMORIAL DRIVE, CAMBRIDGE MA 02139
Timothy B Lowinger officer: Chief Scientific Officer 840 MEMORIAL DRIVE, CAMBRIDGE MA 02139
Alejandra Carvajal officer: Chief Legal Officer C/O CERULEAN PHARMA INC., 840 MEMORIAL DRIVE, 5TH FLOOR, CAMBRIDGE MA 02139
Ecor1 Capital, Llc 10 percent owner 357 TEHAMA STREET #3, SAN FRANCISCO CA 94103
Arvin Yang officer: Chief Medical Officer 840 MEMORIAL DRIVE, CAMBRIDGE MA 02139
Hack Andrew A. F. director 300 THIRD STREET, FIRST FLOOR, CAMBRIDGE MA 02142
Michael J. Kaufman officer: Sr VP Chmistry, Man & Control 840 MEMORIAL DRIVE, CAMBRIDGE MA 02139
Allene M. Diaz director C/O ALLENA PHARMACEUTIALS, INC., ONEW NEWTON EXECUTIVE PARK SUITE 202, NEWTON MA 02462
Eva M. Jack officer: CBO, Treasurer & Secretary 840 MEMORIAL DRIVE, CAMBRIDGE MA 02139
Lawrence M Alleva director 1000 WINTER STREET, SUITE 3300, WALTHAM MA 02451
Scott D Sandell 10 percent owner

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