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Blue Zone (Blue Zone) Accounts Receivable : $0.10 Mil (As of Dec. 2001)


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What is Blue Zone Accounts Receivable?

Accounts Receivable are created when a customer has received a product but has not yet paid for that product. Blue Zone's accounts receivables for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2001 was $0.10 Mil.

Accounts receivable can be measured by Days Sales Outstanding. Blue Zone's Days Sales Outstanding for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2001 was 30.32.

In Ben Graham's calculation of Net-Net Working Capital, accounts receivable are only considered to be worth 75% of book value. Blue Zone's Net-Net Working Capital per share for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2001 was $-0.01.


Blue Zone Accounts Receivable Historical Data

The historical data trend for Blue Zone's Accounts Receivable can be seen below:

* 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.

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Blue Zone Accounts Receivable Chart

Blue Zone Annual Data
Trend Dec99 Dec00 Dec01
Accounts Receivable
- - 0.10

Blue Zone Semi-Annual Data
Dec99 Dec00 Dec01
Accounts Receivable - - 0.10

Blue Zone Accounts Receivable Calculation

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


Blue Zone 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.

Blue Zone's Days Sales Outstanding for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2001 is calculated as:

Days Sales Outstanding
=Accounts Receivable/Revenue*Days in Period
=0.1/0.602*91
=30.32

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

Blue Zone's Net-Net Working Capital Per Share for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2001 is calculated as:

Net-Net Working Capital Per Share
=(Cash And Cash Equivalents+0.75 * Accounts Receivable+0.5 * Total Inventories-Total Liabilities
-Preferred Stock-Minority Interest)/Shares Outstanding (EOP)
=(0.385+0.75 * 0.1+0.5 * 0-0.828
-0-0)/24.539
=-0.01

* 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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