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TAL Education Group (TAL Education Group) Net-Net Working Capital : $3.37 (As of Feb. 2024)


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What is TAL Education Group 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.

TAL Education Group's Net-Net Working Capital for the quarter that ended in Feb. 2024 was $3.37.

The industry rank for TAL Education Group's Net-Net Working Capital or its related term are showing as below:

TAL's Price-to-Net-Net-Working-Capital is ranked better than
62.07% of 87 companies
in the Education industry
Industry Median: 6.73 vs TAL: 4.05

TAL Education Group Net-Net Working Capital Historical Data

The historical data trend for TAL Education Group'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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TAL Education Group Net-Net Working Capital Chart

TAL Education Group Annual Data
Trend Feb15 Feb16 Feb17 Feb18 Feb19 Feb20 Feb21 Feb22 Feb23 Feb24
Net-Net Working Capital
Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only -1.32 -1.45 2.60 3.68 3.40

TAL Education Group Quarterly Data
May19 Aug19 Nov19 Feb20 May20 Aug20 Nov20 Feb21 May21 Aug21 Nov21 Feb22 May22 Aug22 Nov22 Feb23 May23 Aug23 Nov23 Feb24
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 3.68 3.15 3.16 3.17 3.37

Competitive Comparison of TAL Education Group's Net-Net Working Capital

For the Education & Training Services subindustry, TAL Education Group'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.


TAL Education Group's Price-to-Net-Net-Working-Capital Distribution in the Education Industry

For the Education industry and Consumer Defensive sector, TAL Education Group's Price-to-Net-Net-Working-Capital distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where TAL Education Group's Price-to-Net-Net-Working-Capital falls into.



TAL Education Group Net-Net Working Capital Calculation

TAL Education Group's Net-Net Working Capital (NNWC) per share for the fiscal year that ended in Feb. 2024 is calculated as

Net-Net Working Capital(A: Feb. 2024 )
=(Cash, Cash Equivalents, Marketable Securities+0.75 * Accounts Receivable+0.5 * Total Inventories-Total Liabilities
-Preferred Stock-Minority Interest)/Shares Outstanding (EOP)
=(3303.349+0.75 * 0+0.5 * 68.328-1289.185
-0--23.334)/609.975
=3.40

TAL Education Group's Net-Net Working Capital (NNWC) per share for the quarter that ended in Feb. 2024 is calculated as

Net-Net Working Capital(Q: Feb. 2024 )
=(Cash, Cash Equivalents, Marketable Securities+0.75 * Accounts Receivable+0.5 * Total Inventories-Total Liabilities
-Preferred Stock-Minority Interest)/Shares Outstanding (EOP)
=(3303.349+0.75 * 0+0.5 * 68.328-1289.185
-0--23.334)/615.534
=3.37

* 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.


TAL Education Group  (NYSE:TAL) 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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TAL Education Group (TAL Education Group) Business Description

Address
Xiaoying West Street, 5th Floor, Tower B, Heying Center, Haidian District, Beijing, CHN, 100085
TAL Education Group is a smart learning solutions provider in China. K-9 academic afterschool tutoring used to account for the majority of TAL's revenue before the regulatory changes in 2021 that imposed a nonprofit requirement on the business. After spinning off its K-9 academic afterschool tutoring business, TAL realigned its focus toward enrichment learning, content solutions, and learning technology solutions.

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