Chime Communications (Chime Communications) Accounts Receivable : $172.7 Mil (As of Jun. 2015)

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What is Chime Communications Accounts Receivable?

Accounts Receivable are created when a customer has received a product but has not yet paid for that product. Chime Communications's accounts receivables for the quarter that ended in Jun. 2015 was $172.7 Mil.

Accounts receivable can be measured by Days Sales Outstanding. Chime Communications's Days Sales Outstanding for the quarter that ended in Jun. 2015 was 109.71.

In Ben Graham's calculation of Net-Net Working Capital, accounts receivable are only considered to be worth 75% of book value. Chime Communications's Net-Net Working Capital per share for the quarter that ended in Jun. 2015 was $-1.76.

Chime Communications Accounts Receivable Historical Data

The historical data trend for Chime Communications's Accounts Receivable can be seen below:

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Chime Communications Accounts Receivable Chart

Chime Communications Annual Data

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81.06

93.78

77.29

94.22

98.89

Chime Communications Semi-Annual Data
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Accounts Receivable	Get a 7-Day Free Trial															111.72	94.22	157.51	98.89	172.75

Chime Communications Accounts Receivable Calculation

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

Chime Communications 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.

Chime Communications's Days Sales Outstanding for the quarter that ended in Jun. 2015 is calculated as:

	Days Sales Outstanding
=	Accounts Receivable	/	Revenue	*	Days in Period
=	172.749	/	287.361	*	91
=	109.71

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

Chime Communications's Net-Net Working Capital Per Share for the quarter that ended in Jun. 2015 is calculated as:

	Net-Net Working Capital Per Share
=	(Cash And Cash Equivalents	+	0.75 * Accounts Receivable	+	0.5 * Total Inventories	-	Total Liabilities
-	Preferred Stock	-	Minority Interest)	/	Shares Outstanding (EOP)
=	(36.71	+	0.75 * 172.749	+	0.5 * 12.171	-	346.445
-	0	-	2.98)	/	100.658
=	-1.76

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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Chime Communications PLC was incorporated in the United Kingdom on January 29, 1986. The Company provides advertising, sports marketing, market research, direct marketing, design and event management consultancy. Its business segments are Sport & Entertainment, Advertising and Marketing Services (AMS), Healthcare, and Insight & Engagement.Â In sport & entertainment segment CSM Sport & Entertainment works with brands, rights holders, governing bodies, governments and athletes across the globe, CSM specialises in strategic consultancy, rights sales, sponsorship activation, hospitality, branding and wayfinding, athlete management and communications across sporting events. The advertising and marketing services division includes the VCCP Partnership and the Chime Specialist Group. VCCP operates in advertising and marketing services, direct marketing, digital communication, search relations, point of sale, sales promotion, data consultancy and technical design, multimedia content, youth marketing and experiential, marketing consulting, retail and shopper marketing and specialist media planning and buying. The Specialist Group includes agencies operating in niche markets; corporate responsibility and sustainability consultancy; for technology brands; providing customer reference and advocacy and; in professional and financial services. The insight and engagement division brings together researchers, technologists and insight specialists who deliver to clients, in real time, actionable solutions. The division has particular expertise in delivering clients in FMCG, financial services, utilities and retail with experience performance improvement plans, mystery shopping programmes and advertising and brand tracking. The Insight & Engagement division includes specialist brands such as Watermelon - a specialist digital agency, Cherry Picked - a specialist recruitment agency, Facts International - a specialist fieldwork agency and full service agencies Opinion Leader and CIE. In healthcare segment OPEN Health is a healthcare communications and market access group. It comprises ten different specialist businesses that bring a breadth of expertise focused principally on pharma, health device and diagnostic clients. OPEN Health's companies cover aspects of the communications mix including advertising, PR, medical communications, market access consulting, real world data collection, market research and patient engagement programmes.

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