Pricesmart (Pricesmart) Accounts Receivable : $20 Mil (As of Feb. 2024)

Pricesmart Accounts Receivable Chart

Pricesmart Annual Data
	Trend	Aug14	Aug15	Aug16	Aug17	Aug18	Aug19	Aug20	Aug21	Aug22	Aug23
Accounts Receivable		Get a 7-Day Free Trial					9.87	13.15	12.36	13.39	17.90

Pricesmart Quarterly Data
	May19	Aug19	Nov19	Feb20	May20	Aug20	Nov20	Feb21	May21	Aug21	Nov21	Feb22	May22	Aug22	Nov22	Feb23	May23	Aug23	Nov23	Feb24
Accounts Receivable	Get a 7-Day Free Trial															16.40	15.03	17.90	17.65	19.82

Pricesmart Accounts Receivable Calculation

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

Pricesmart 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.

Pricesmart's Days Sales Outstanding for the quarter that ended in Feb. 2024 is calculated as:

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

Pricesmart's Net-Net Working Capital Per Share for the quarter that ended in Feb. 2024 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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