American Oriental Bioengineering (American Oriental Bioengineering) Accounts Receivable : $27.2 Mil (As of Sep. 2013)

American Oriental Bioengineering Accounts Receivable Chart

American Oriental Bioengineering Annual Data
	Trend	Dec03	Dec04	Dec05	Dec06	Dec07	Dec08	Dec09	Dec10	Dec11	Dec12
Accounts Receivable		Get a 7-Day Free Trial					36.98	57.22	-	53.20	45.54

American Oriental Bioengineering Quarterly Data
	Dec08	Mar09	Jun09	Sep09	Dec09	Mar10	Jun10	Sep10	Dec10	Mar11	Jun11	Sep11	Dec11	Mar12	Jun12	Sep12	Dec12	Mar13	Jun13	Sep13
Accounts Receivable	Get a 7-Day Free Trial															42.34	45.54	31.95	29.24	27.23

American Oriental Bioengineering Accounts Receivable Calculation

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

American Oriental Bioengineering 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.

American Oriental Bioengineering's Days Sales Outstanding for the quarter that ended in Sep. 2013 is calculated as:

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

American Oriental Bioengineering's Net-Net Working Capital Per Share for the quarter that ended in Sep. 2013 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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