Smiths News (Smiths News) Accounts Receivable : $88 Mil (As of Aug. 2023)

Smiths News Accounts Receivable Chart

Smiths News Annual Data
	Trend	Aug14	Aug15	Aug16	Aug17	Aug18	Aug19	Aug20	Aug21	Aug22	Aug23
Accounts Receivable		Get a 7-Day Free Trial					105.72	85.02	90.62	77.25	87.68

Smiths News Semi-Annual Data
	Feb14	Aug14	Feb15	Aug15	Feb16	Aug16	Feb17	Aug17	Feb18	Aug18	Feb19	Aug19	Feb20	Aug20	Feb21	Aug21	Feb22	Aug22	Feb23	Aug23
Accounts Receivable	Get a 7-Day Free Trial															90.62	143.44	77.25	126.33	87.68

Smiths News Accounts Receivable Calculation

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

Smiths News 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.

Smiths News's Days Sales Outstanding for the quarter that ended in Aug. 2023 is calculated as:

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

Smiths News's Net-Net Working Capital Per Share for the quarter that ended in Aug. 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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