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Australian Clinical Labs (ASX:ACL) Net-Net Working Capital : A$-1.65 (As of Dec. 2023)


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What is Australian Clinical Labs 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.

Australian Clinical Labs's Net-Net Working Capital for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was A$-1.65.

The industry rank for Australian Clinical Labs's Net-Net Working Capital or its related term are showing as below:

ASX:ACL's Price-to-Net-Net-Working-Capital is not ranked *
in the Medical Diagnostics & Research industry.
Industry Median: 5.635
* Ranked among companies with meaningful Price-to-Net-Net-Working-Capital only.

Australian Clinical Labs Net-Net Working Capital Historical Data

The historical data trend for Australian Clinical Labs'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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Australian Clinical Labs Net-Net Working Capital Chart

Australian Clinical Labs Annual Data
Trend Dec20 Jun21 Jun22 Jun23
Net-Net Working Capital
-1.49 -1.57 -1.54 -1.69

Australian Clinical Labs Semi-Annual Data
Jun21 Dec21 Jun22 Dec22 Jun23 Dec23
Net-Net Working Capital Get a 7-Day Free Trial -1.52 -1.54 -1.67 -1.69 -1.65

Competitive Comparison of Australian Clinical Labs's Net-Net Working Capital

For the Diagnostics & Research subindustry, Australian Clinical Labs'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.


Australian Clinical Labs's Price-to-Net-Net-Working-Capital Distribution in the Medical Diagnostics & Research Industry

For the Medical Diagnostics & Research industry and Healthcare sector, Australian Clinical Labs's Price-to-Net-Net-Working-Capital distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Australian Clinical Labs's Price-to-Net-Net-Working-Capital falls into.



Australian Clinical Labs Net-Net Working Capital Calculation

Australian Clinical Labs's Net-Net Working Capital (NNWC) per share for the fiscal year that ended in Jun. 2023 is calculated as

Net-Net Working Capital(A: Jun. 2023 )
=(Cash, Cash Equivalents, Marketable Securities+0.75 * Accounts Receivable+0.5 * Total Inventories-Total Liabilities
-Preferred Stock-Minority Interest)/Shares Outstanding (EOP)
=(19.955+0.75 * 51.352+0.5 * 15.092-406.242
-0-0.254)/201.834
=-1.69

Australian Clinical Labs'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)
=(24.938+0.75 * 74.138+0.5 * 16.805-418.693
-0-0.202)/200.503
=-1.65

* 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.


Australian Clinical Labs  (ASX:ACL) 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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Australian Clinical Labs (ASX:ACL) Business Description

Traded in Other Exchanges
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Address
1868-1892 Dandenong Road, Clayton, VIC, AUS, 3168
Australian Clinical Labs, or ACL, is Australia's third-largest private pathology provider. ACL earns almost its entire group revenue from pathology services in Australia, which are mostly earned via the publicly funded health Medicare system. ACL is well-established in the states of Western Australia, South Australia, Victoria and the Northern Territory.

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