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Alcon (ALC) Change In Receivables

: $0 Mil (TTM As of Dec. 2023)
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Alcon's change in receivables for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was $0 Mil. It means Alcon's Accounts Receivable stayed the same from Sep. 2023 to Dec. 2023 .

Alcon's change in receivables for the fiscal year that ended in Dec. 2023 was $-110 Mil. It means Alcon's Accounts Receivable increased by $110 Mil from Dec. 2022 to Dec. 2023 .

Alcon's Accounts Receivable for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was $1,886 Mil.

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 Receivable are being managed. Alcon's Days Sales Outstanding for the three months ended in Dec. 2023 was 73.17.

In Ben Graham's calculation of liquidation value, Apple Inc's Accounts Receivable are only considered to be worth 75% of book value. Alcon's liquidation value for the three months ended in Dec. 2023 was $-5,314 Mil.


Alcon Change In Receivables Historical Data

The historical data trend for Alcon's Change In Receivables 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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Alcon Annual Data
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Change In Receivables
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Alcon Quarterly Data
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Alcon Change In Receivables Calculation

Change In Accounts Receivable relative to the previous period. It is any increase or decrease in the cash a company is owed by its customers.

Change In Receivables for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Dec. 2023 adds up the quarterly data reported by the company within the most recent 12 months, which was $0 Mil.

* 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.


Alcon  (NYSE:ALC) Change In Receivables 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 Receivable are being managed.

Alcon's Days Sales Outstanding for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 is calculated as:

Days Sales Outstanding
=Accounts Receivable/Revenue*Days in Period
=1886/2352*91
=73.17

2. In Ben Graham's calculation of liquidation value, Alcon's accounts receivable are only considered to be worth 75% of book value:

Alcon's liquidation value for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 is calculated as:

Liquidation Value
=Cash, Cash Equivalents, Marketable Securities-Total Liabilities+(0.75 * Accounts Receivable)+(0.5 * Total Inventories)
=1101-8990+0.75 * 1886+0.5 * 2322
=-5,314

* 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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Alcon (ALC) Business Description

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Alcon is one of the leading visioncare companies in the world. Following nine years as a Novartis subsidiary, it was spun off as a public company in April 2019. Alcon operates in two segments: visioncare and surgical. Visioncare comprises contact lenses, lenscare solutions, and a suite of ocular health products. With brands like Dailies, Total1, and Air Optix, Alcon controls one fourth of the U.S. contact lens market. Surgical comprises intraocular lenses, ophthalmic surgical equipment, and consumables used during surgeries. Its main products include Centurion, a phacoemulsification device used during cataract surgeries, and a portfolio of IOLs including PanOptix and Vivity. Alcon has one of the largest installed bases of eye surgical equipment in the world.