Covidien (FRA:6COP) Net-Net Working Capital : €-11.73 (As of Dec. 2014)

Covidien Net-Net Working Capital Chart

Covidien Annual Data
	Trend	Sep05	Sep06	Sep07	Sep08	Sep09	Sep10	Sep11	Sep12	Sep13	Sep14
Net-Net Working Capital		Get a 7-Day Free Trial					-11.92	-10.22	-12.60	-11.60	-12.29

Covidien Quarterly Data
	Mar10	Jun10	Sep10	Dec10	Mar11	Jun11	Sep11	Dec11	Mar12	Jun12	Sep12	Dec12	Mar13	Jun13	Sep13	Dec13	Mar14	Jun14	Sep14	Dec14
Net-Net Working Capital	Get a 7-Day Free Trial															-10.95	-12.66	-11.69	-12.21	-11.73

Competitive Comparison of Covidien's Net-Net Working Capital

For the Medical Instruments & Supplies subindustry, Covidien'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.

Covidien's Price-to-Net-Net-Working-Capital Distribution in the Medical Devices & Instruments Industry

For the Medical Devices & Instruments industry and Healthcare sector, Covidien's Price-to-Net-Net-Working-Capital distribution charts can be found below:

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

Covidien Net-Net Working Capital Calculation

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

Covidien's Net-Net Working Capital (NNWC) per share for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2014 is calculated as

* 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.

Covidien  (FRA:6COP) 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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