NNWC = cash + 0.75×receivables + 0.5×inventory – total liabilities; a harsher cousin of NCAV for deeper safety margins.
Published: 2026-02-14
NNWC tightens the classic NCAV test by discounting assets that may realize less than book in a fire sale. Investors often demand price < 2/3 of NNWC for extra cushion.
“Price is what you pay; value is what you get.” — Benjamin Graham
Use cases:
- Rank net-nets when inventories or receivables quality is questionable.
- Stress-test thinly traded microcaps where liquidation value must be conservative.
- Combine with share-count change data to see if dilution is eroding per-share NNWC.