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Merriman Holdings (Merriman Holdings) Net-Net Working Capital : $-1.18 (As of Sep. 2015)


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What is Merriman Holdings 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.

Merriman Holdings's Net-Net Working Capital for the quarter that ended in Sep. 2015 was $-1.18.

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

MERR's Price-to-Net-Net-Working-Capital is not ranked *
in the Capital Markets industry.
Industry Median: 7.085
* Ranked among companies with meaningful Price-to-Net-Net-Working-Capital only.

Merriman Holdings Net-Net Working Capital Historical Data

The historical data trend for Merriman Holdings'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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Merriman Holdings Net-Net Working Capital Chart

Merriman Holdings Annual Data
Trend Dec05 Dec06 Dec07 Dec08 Dec09 Dec10 Dec11 Dec12 Dec13 Dec14
Net-Net Working Capital
Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 39.37 5.63 -10.74 -0.55 -0.47

Merriman Holdings Quarterly Data
Dec10 Mar11 Jun11 Sep11 Dec11 Mar12 Jun12 Sep12 Dec12 Mar13 Jun13 Sep13 Dec13 Mar14 Jun14 Sep14 Dec14 Mar15 Jun15 Sep15
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 -0.35 -0.47 -0.81 -1.01 -1.18

Competitive Comparison of Merriman Holdings's Net-Net Working Capital

For the Capital Markets subindustry, Merriman Holdings'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.


Merriman Holdings's Price-to-Net-Net-Working-Capital Distribution in the Capital Markets Industry

For the Capital Markets industry and Financial Services sector, Merriman Holdings's Price-to-Net-Net-Working-Capital distribution charts can be found below:

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



Merriman Holdings Net-Net Working Capital Calculation

Merriman Holdings's Net-Net Working Capital (NNWC) per share for the fiscal year that ended in Dec. 2014 is calculated as

Net-Net Working Capital(A: Dec. 2014 )
=(Cash, Cash Equivalents, Marketable Securities+0.75 * Accounts Receivable+0.5 * Total Inventories-Total Liabilities
-Preferred Stock-Minority Interest)/Shares Outstanding (EOP)
=(3.352+0.75 * 0.47+0.5 * 0-5.819
-0-0)/4.51863
=-0.47

Merriman Holdings's Net-Net Working Capital (NNWC) per share for the quarter that ended in Sep. 2015 is calculated as

Net-Net Working Capital(Q: Sep. 2015 )
=(Cash, Cash Equivalents, Marketable Securities+0.75 * Accounts Receivable+0.5 * Total Inventories-Total Liabilities
-Preferred Stock-Minority Interest)/Shares Outstanding (EOP)
=(1.381+0.75 * 0.266+0.5 * 0-6.928
-0-0)/4.51863
=-1.18

* 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.


Merriman Holdings  (OTCPK:MERR) 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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Merriman Holdings (Merriman Holdings) Business Description

Traded in Other Exchanges
N/A
Address
250 Montgomery Street, 16th Floor, San Francisco, CA, USA, 94104
Merriman Holdings Inc is a financial service holding company. It provides capital markets advisory and research, corporate and investment banking services. The company's investment bankers provide a range of corporate finance and strategic advisory services. Its corporate finance practice advises on and structures capital raising solutions for its corporate clients through public and private offerings primarily of equity and convertible debt securities.
Executives
D Jonathan Merriman director, 10 percent owner, officer: CEO MERRIMAN CURHAN FORD & CO 600 CALIFORNIA ST., 9TH FLOOR SAN FRANCISCO CA 94108
Ronald L Chez director, 10 percent owner 1524 NORTH ASTOR, CHICAGO IL 60610
Jeffrey M Soinski director 585 WEST 500 SOUTH, BOUNTIFUL UT 84010
William J Febbo director 600 CALIFORNIA ST., 9TH FLOOR, SAN FRANCISCO CA 94108
Douglas Bergeron director 111 W. OCEAN BOULEVARD, LONG BEACH CA 90802
Andrew Arno director, 10 percent owner C/O MERRIMAN CURHAN FORD GROUP, INC., 600 CALIFORNIA STREET, 9TH FLOOR, SAN FRANCISCO CA 94108
Christopher L Aguilar officer: General Counsel 600 CALIFORNIA STREET, 9TH FLOOR, SAN FRANCISCO CA 94108
Robert J Majteles director
Ronald Spears director 600 CALIFORNIA STREET, 9TH FLOOR, SAN FRANCISCO CA 94108

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