Mansfelder Metals (Mansfelder Metals) Accounts Receivable : $0.8 Mil (As of Sep. 2007)

Mansfelder Metals Accounts Receivable Chart

Mansfelder Metals Annual Data
	Trend	Jul97	Jul98	Jul99	Jul00	Jul01	Jul02	Jul03	Jul04	Jul05	Dec06
Accounts Receivable		Get a 7-Day Free Trial					0.05	0.01	-	1.18	1.06

Mansfelder Metals Quarterly Data
	Oct02	Jan03	Apr03	Jul03	Oct03	Jan04	Apr04	Jul04	Oct04	Jan05	Apr05	Jul05	Oct05	Mar06	Jun06	Sep06	Dec06	Mar07	Jun07	Sep07
Accounts Receivable	Get a 7-Day Free Trial															1.73	1.06	2.15	1.90	0.78

Mansfelder Metals Accounts Receivable Calculation

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

Mansfelder Metals 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.

Mansfelder Metals's Days Sales Outstanding for the quarter that ended in Sep. 2007 is calculated as:

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

Mansfelder Metals's Net-Net Working Capital Per Share for the quarter that ended in Sep. 2007 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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