What is Macquarie/First Trust Global Infrastructure/Utilities Dividend&Income Fund 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.
MFD's Price-to-Net-Net-Working-Capital is not ranked *
in the Asset Management industry.
Industry Median: 6.125 * Ranked among companies with meaningful Price-to-Net-Net-Working-Capital only.
Macquarie/First Trust Global Infrastructure/Utilities Dividend&Income Fund Net-Net Working Capital Historical Data
* 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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Macquarie/First Trust Global Infrastructure/Utilities Dividend&Income Fund Net-Net Working Capital Chart
Macquarie/First Trust Global Infrastructure/Utilities Dividend&Income Fund Annual Data
* 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.
Macquarie/First Trust Global Infrastructure/Utilities Dividend&Income Fund's Price-to-Net-Net-Working-Capital Distribution in the Asset Management Industry
* The bar in red indicates where Macquarie/First Trust Global Infrastructure/Utilities Dividend&Income Fund's Price-to-Net-Net-Working-Capital falls into.
Macquarie/First Trust Global Infrastructure/Utilities Dividend&Income Fund Net-Net Working Capital Calculation
* 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.
Macquarie/First Trust Global Infrastructure/Utilities Dividend&Income Fund (NYSE:MFD) 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.
Macquarie/First Trust Global Infrastructure/Utilities Dividend&Income Fund Net-Net Working Capital Related Terms
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Macquarie/First Trust Global Infrastructure/Utilities Dividend&Income Fund Business Description
Macquarie/First Trust Global Infrastructure/Utilities Dividend&Income Fund is a diversified, closed-end management company. Its objective is to seek a high level of current return consisting of dividends, interest, and other similar income while attempting to preserve capital. The fund seeks to achieve its objective by investing in the securities of companies involved in the management, ownership, and operation of infrastructure and utilities. It also invests in senior secured loans generally considered to be high-yield securities. The company portfolio of investments consists of the investment in the common stocks, master limited partnerships, and senior floating-rate loan interests.
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