National Grid (National Grid) Accounts Receivable : $4,134 Mil (As of Sep. 2023)

National Grid Accounts Receivable Chart

National Grid Annual Data
	Trend	Mar14	Mar15	Mar16	Mar17	Mar18	Mar19	Mar20	Mar21	Mar22	Mar23
Accounts Receivable		Get a 7-Day Free Trial					4,154.15	1,919.55	2,984.74	3,505.93	3,134.71

National Grid Semi-Annual Data
	Mar14	Sep14	Mar15	Sep15	Mar16	Sep16	Mar17	Sep17	Mar18	Sep18	Mar19	Sep19	Mar20	Sep20	Mar21	Sep21	Mar22	Sep22	Mar23	Sep23
Accounts Receivable	Get a 7-Day Free Trial															4,048.08	3,505.93	4,173.27	3,134.71	4,133.66

National Grid Accounts Receivable Calculation

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

National Grid 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.

National Grid's Days Sales Outstanding for the quarter that ended in Sep. 2023 is calculated as:

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

National Grid's Net-Net Working Capital Per Share for the quarter that ended in Sep. 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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