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Trading at Less than Cash Value
Today we are looking at companies trading at less than cash value meaning companies whose current share price is less than the cash per share on the balance sheet. We also show the value of cash net debt per share to show how much cash per share would be left if the debt was paid off.
What this Means…
Companies can have more cash per share than the actual share price for a number of reasons including they just raised capital, are in industries that experience high burn rates and will eat through the cash quickly or if there is a lot of uncertainty about the future of the company. Companies earning a positive net income will have a P/E greater than 0 and are worth exploring in more detail.
Today’s Data on AMEX
Today’s data is for companies listed on the American Stock Exchange.
| Symbol | Name | Close Price | Shares Outstanding | P/E | P/B | Cash per Share | Net Cash per Share |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| LEU | Centrus Energy Corp | 6.380000 | 9000000 | None | None | 18.98 | -7.03 |
| MSN | Emerson Radio Corp | 1.050000 | 27129832 | None | 0.5272 | 1.44 | 0.97 |
| ALN | American Lorain Corp | 0.540000 | 38274490 | 54.0000 | 0.1050 | 0.98 | -0.62 |
| BRN | Barnwell Industries Inc | 1.640000 | 8277160 | 28.1667 | 1.0273 | 1.88 | 1.88 |
| SSY | SunLink Health Systems Inc | 1.205500 | 9443408 | None | 0.5046 | 1.36 | 0.42 |
| IMUC | ImmunoCellular Therapeutics Ltd | 2.050000 | 3444895 | None | 0.6072 | 4.44 | None |
| NSPR | InspireMD Inc | 2.500000 | 1432542 | None | 0.5750 | 7.31 | 4.76 |
| MPO | Midstates Petroleum Co Inc | 0.140100 | 24699900 | None | None | 11.32 | -74.90 |
Let’s look at a few companies…
Lets look at a couple of the companies on this list to get a better understanding of them.
MSN:ASE Emerson Radio
http://www.emersonradio.com
Emerson Radio has 32 employees and is headquartered in United States.
Emerson Radio Corp designs, sources, imports and markets housewares and consumer electronic products and licenses its trademarks to others for products domestically and internationally.
ALN:ASE American Lorain
http://www.loraingroup.com
American Lorain has 3150 employees and is headquartered in China.
American Lorain Corp is a food manufacturing company. The Company is engaged in developing, manufacturing and selling of convenience foods, chestnut products, and frozen, canned & bulk foods.
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