Interplay Entertainment (Interplay Entertainment) Accounts Receivable : $0.13 Mil (As of Mar. 2011)

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What is Interplay Entertainment Accounts Receivable?

Accounts Receivable are created when a customer has received a product but has not yet paid for that product. Interplay Entertainment's accounts receivables for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2011 was $0.13 Mil.

Accounts receivable can be measured by Days Sales Outstanding. Interplay Entertainment's Days Sales Outstanding for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2011 was 58.76.

In Ben Graham's calculation of Net-Net Working Capital, accounts receivable are only considered to be worth 75% of book value. Interplay Entertainment's Net-Net Working Capital per share for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2011 was $-0.03.

Interplay Entertainment Accounts Receivable Historical Data

The historical data trend for Interplay Entertainment's Accounts Receivable can be seen below:

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Interplay Entertainment Accounts Receivable Chart

Interplay Entertainment Annual Data

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0.20

Interplay Entertainment Quarterly Data
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Accounts Receivable	Get a 7-Day Free Trial															-	-	-	0.20	0.13

Interplay Entertainment Accounts Receivable Calculation

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

Interplay Entertainment 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.

Interplay Entertainment's Days Sales Outstanding for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2011 is calculated as:

	Days Sales Outstanding
=	Accounts Receivable	/	Revenue	*	Days in Period
=	0.132	/	0.205	*	91
=	58.76

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

Interplay Entertainment's Net-Net Working Capital Per Share for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2011 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)
=	(0.004	+	0.75 * 0.132	+	0.5 * 0.011	-	3.416
-	0	-	0)	/	122.662
=	-0.03

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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