Avistar Communications (Avistar Communications) Accounts Receivable : $0.54 Mil (As of Mar. 2012)

Avistar Communications Accounts Receivable Chart

Avistar Communications Annual Data
	Trend	Dec02	Dec03	Dec04	Dec05	Dec06	Dec07	Dec08	Dec09	Dec10	Dec11
Accounts Receivable		Get a 7-Day Free Trial					1.39	2.70	1.03	0.72	1.76

Avistar Communications Quarterly Data
	Jun07	Sep07	Dec07	Mar08	Jun08	Sep08	Dec08	Mar09	Jun09	Sep09	Dec09	Mar10	Jun10	Sep10	Dec10	Mar11	Jun11	Sep11	Dec11	Mar12
Accounts Receivable	Get a 7-Day Free Trial															1.10	0.73	2.58	1.76	0.54

Avistar Communications Accounts Receivable Calculation

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

Avistar Communications 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.

Avistar Communications's Days Sales Outstanding for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2012 is calculated as:

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

Avistar Communications's Net-Net Working Capital Per Share for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2012 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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