Metro Global Media (Metro Global Media) Accounts Receivable : $2.32 Mil (As of Nov. 2001)

Metro Global Media Accounts Receivable Chart

Metro Global Media Annual Data
	Trend	May92	May93	May94	May95	May96	May97	May98	May99	May00	May01
Accounts Receivable		Get a 7-Day Free Trial					-	-	-	2.99	2.85

Metro Global Media Quarterly Data
	Feb97	May97	Aug97	Nov97	Feb98	May98	Aug98	Nov98	Feb99	May99	Aug99	Nov99	Feb00	May00	Aug00	Nov00	Feb01	May01	Aug01	Nov01
Accounts Receivable	Get a 7-Day Free Trial															3.14	3.37	2.85	1.95	2.32

Metro Global Media Accounts Receivable Calculation

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

Metro Global Media 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.

Metro Global Media's Days Sales Outstanding for the quarter that ended in Nov. 2001 is calculated as:

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

Metro Global Media's Net-Net Working Capital Per Share for the quarter that ended in Nov. 2001 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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