Allocate Software (LSE:ALLA) Accounts Receivable : £9.70 Mil (As of May. 2014)

Allocate Software Accounts Receivable Chart

Allocate Software Annual Data
	Trend	May05	May06	May07	May08	May09	May10	May11	May12	May13	May14
Accounts Receivable		Get a 7-Day Free Trial					7.56	7.94	12.12	9.43	9.70

Allocate Software Semi-Annual Data
	Nov04	May05	Nov05	May06	Nov06	May07	Nov07	May08	Nov08	May09	Nov09	May10	Nov10	May11	Nov11	May12	Nov12	May13	Nov13	May14
Accounts Receivable	Get a 7-Day Free Trial															12.12	12.79	9.43	10.74	9.70

Allocate Software Accounts Receivable Calculation

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

Allocate Software 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.

Allocate Software's Days Sales Outstanding for the quarter that ended in May. 2014 is calculated as:

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

Allocate Software's Net-Net Working Capital Per Share for the quarter that ended in May. 2014 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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