Becton Dickinson (Becton Dickinson) Accounts Receivable : $2,267 Mil (As of Dec. 2023)

Becton Dickinson Accounts Receivable Chart

Becton Dickinson Annual Data
	Trend	Sep14	Sep15	Sep16	Sep17	Sep18	Sep19	Sep20	Sep21	Sep22	Sep23
Accounts Receivable		Get a 7-Day Free Trial					2,345.00	2,398.00	2,350.00	2,191.00	2,534.00

Becton Dickinson Quarterly Data
	Mar19	Jun19	Sep19	Dec19	Mar20	Jun20	Sep20	Dec20	Mar21	Jun21	Sep21	Dec21	Mar22	Jun22	Sep22	Dec22	Mar23	Jun23	Sep23	Dec23
Accounts Receivable	Get a 7-Day Free Trial															2,282.00	2,413.00	2,414.00	2,534.00	2,267.00

Becton Dickinson Accounts Receivable Calculation

Accounts Receivable is money owed to a business by customers and shown on its Balance Sheet as an asset.

Becton Dickinson Accounts Receivable Explanation

1. Accounts Receivable are created when a customer has received a product but has not yet paid for that product. Days Sales Outstanding measures of the average number of days that a company takes to collect revenue after a sale has been made. It is a financial ratio that illustrates how well a company's accounts receivables are being managed.

Becton Dickinson's Days Sales Outstanding for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 is calculated as:

2. In Ben Graham's calculation of Net-Net Working Capital (NNWC), Becton Dickinson's accounts receivable are only considered to be worth 75% of book value:

Becton Dickinson's Net-Net Working Capital Per Share for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 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.

Be Aware

Net receivables tells us a great deal about the different competitors in the same industry. In competitive industries, some attempt to gain advantage by offering better credit terms, causing increase in sales and receivables.

If company consistently shows lower % Net receivables to gross sales than competitors, then it usually has some kind of competitive advantage which requires further digging.

Average Days Sales Outstanding is a good indicator for measuring a company's sales channel and customers. A company may book great revenue and earnings growth but never receive payment from their customers. This may force a write-off in the future and depress future earnings.

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