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Arcadium Lithium (Arcadium Lithium) Net-Net Working Capital : $-0.75 (As of Sep. 2023)


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What is Arcadium Lithium 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.

Arcadium Lithium's Net-Net Working Capital for the quarter that ended in Sep. 2023 was $-0.75.

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

ALTM's Price-to-Net-Net-Working-Capital is not ranked *
in the Chemicals industry.
Industry Median: 7.325
* Ranked among companies with meaningful Price-to-Net-Net-Working-Capital only.

Arcadium Lithium Net-Net Working Capital Historical Data

The historical data trend for Arcadium Lithium'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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Arcadium Lithium Net-Net Working Capital Chart

Arcadium Lithium Annual Data
Trend Dec16 Dec17 Dec18 Dec19 Dec20 Dec21 Dec22
Net-Net Working Capital
Get a 7-Day Free Trial - -0.50 -0.79 -0.40 -0.60

Arcadium Lithium Quarterly Data
Dec18 Mar19 Jun19 Sep19 Dec19 Mar20 Jun20 Sep20 Dec20 Mar21 Jun21 Sep21 Dec21 Mar22 Jun22 Sep22 Dec22 Mar23 Jun23 Sep23
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 -0.57 -0.60 -0.57 -0.63 -0.75

Competitive Comparison of Arcadium Lithium's Net-Net Working Capital

For the Specialty Chemicals subindustry, Arcadium Lithium'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.


Arcadium Lithium's Price-to-Net-Net-Working-Capital Distribution in the Chemicals Industry

For the Chemicals industry and Basic Materials sector, Arcadium Lithium's Price-to-Net-Net-Working-Capital distribution charts can be found below:

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



Arcadium Lithium Net-Net Working Capital Calculation

Arcadium Lithium's Net-Net Working Capital (NNWC) per share for the fiscal year that ended in Dec. 2022 is calculated as

Net-Net Working Capital(A: Dec. 2022 )
=(Cash, Cash Equivalents, Marketable Securities+0.75 * Accounts Receivable+0.5 * Total Inventories-Total Liabilities
-Preferred Stock-Minority Interest)/Shares Outstanding (EOP)
=(189+0.75 * 141.6+0.5 * 152.3-631.2
-0-0)/431.994
=-0.60

Arcadium Lithium's Net-Net Working Capital (NNWC) per share for the quarter that ended in Sep. 2023 is calculated as

Net-Net Working Capital(Q: Sep. 2023 )
=(Cash, Cash Equivalents, Marketable Securities+0.75 * Accounts Receivable+0.5 * Total Inventories-Total Liabilities
-Preferred Stock-Minority Interest)/Shares Outstanding (EOP)
=(112.6+0.75 * 110.1+0.5 * 202.7-620.5
-0-0)/432.429
=-0.75

* 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.


Arcadium Lithium  (NYSE:ALTM) 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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Arcadium Lithium (Arcadium Lithium) Business Description

Address
1818 Market Street, Philadelphia, PA, USA, 19103
Arcadium Lithium is a pure-play lithium producer that was formed in the Allkem-Livent merger in January 2024. Arcadium should benefit from increased lithium demand via higher electric vehicle adoption, as lithium is a key component of EV batteries. The company's low-cost lithium carbonate production comes from two brine resources in Argentina. Arcadium also produces spodumene, a hard rock lithium upstream concentrate, from a mine in Australia and operates downstream lithium hydroxide conversion plants in the United States and China.
Executives
Gilberto Antoniazzi officer: Vice President and CFO LIVENT CORPORATION, C/O FMC CORPORATION, 2929 WALNUT STREET, PHILADELPHIA PA 19104
Paul W Graves director, officer: President and CEO 1735 MARKET STREET, PHILADELPHIA PA 19103
Christina Lampe-onnerud director C/O FUELCELL ENERGY, INC., 3 GREAT PASTURE ROAD, DANBURY CT 06810
Pablo Marcet director C/O GEO LOGIC SA, PASCUAL, FICHERA Y, ASOC., CERRITO 1070, PISO 8, BUENOS AIRES C1 1010
Ronald B Stark officer: Chief Accounting Officer C/O NRG ENERGY, INC., 211 CARNEGIE CENTER, PRINCETON NJ 08540
Nicholas Pfeiffer officer: Chief Accounting Officer 1735 MARKET STREET, PHILADELPHIA PA 19103
G Peter Daloia director
Steven T Merkt director 1050 WESTLAKES DRIVE, BERWYN PA 19312
Michael F Barry director ONE QUAKER PARK, 901 HECTOR ST, CONSHOHOCHEN PA 19428
Pierre R Brondeau director ROHAM AND HAAS CO, 100 INDEPENDENCE MALL WEST, PHILADELPHIA PA 19106
Robert C Pallash director 17000 ROTUNDA DRIVE, DEARBORN MI 48120
Andrea E Utecht director 1735 MARKET ST, 15TH FL, PHILADELPHIA PA 19103
Fmc Corp 10 percent owner 2929 WALNUT STREET, PHILADELPHIA PA 19104
Sara Ponessa officer: VP, Gen. Counsel & Secretary C/O LIVENT CORP., 1818 MARKET STREET, PHILADELPHIA PA 19103
Thomas Schneberger officer: Vice President and COO C/O FMC CORP, 2929 WALNUT STREET, PHILADELPHIA PA 19104