Covista Communications (Covista Communications) Accounts Receivable : $8.47 Mil (As of Apr. 2005)

Covista Communications Accounts Receivable Chart

Covista Communications Annual Data
	Trend	Jan96	Jan97	Jan98	Jan99	Jan00	Jan01	Jan02	Jan03	Jan04	Jan05
Accounts Receivable		Get a 7-Day Free Trial					-	10.25	15.72	10.53	9.02

Covista Communications Quarterly Data
	Jul00	Oct00	Jan01	Apr01	Jul01	Oct01	Jan02	Apr02	Jul02	Oct02	Jan03	Apr03	Jul03	Oct03	Jan04	Apr04	Jul04	Oct04	Jan05	Apr05
Accounts Receivable	Get a 7-Day Free Trial															10.16	10.06	6.24	9.02	8.47

Covista Communications Accounts Receivable Calculation

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

Covista 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.

Covista Communications's Days Sales Outstanding for the quarter that ended in Apr. 2005 is calculated as:

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

Covista Communications's Net-Net Working Capital Per Share for the quarter that ended in Apr. 2005 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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