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Transcom WorldWide (OSTO:TWW SDB A) Accounts Receivable : kr800 Mil (As of Sep. 2014)


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What is Transcom WorldWide Accounts Receivable?

Accounts Receivable are created when a customer has received a product but has not yet paid for that product. Transcom WorldWide's accounts receivables for the quarter that ended in Sep. 2014 was kr800 Mil.

Accounts receivable can be measured by Days Sales Outstanding. Transcom WorldWide's Days Sales Outstanding for the quarter that ended in Sep. 2014 was 54.43.

In Ben Graham's calculation of Net-Net Working Capital, accounts receivable are only considered to be worth 75% of book value. Transcom WorldWide's Net-Net Working Capital per share for the quarter that ended in Sep. 2014 was kr-0.73.


Transcom WorldWide Accounts Receivable Historical Data

The historical data trend for Transcom WorldWide's Accounts Receivable can be seen below:

* 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.

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Transcom WorldWide Accounts Receivable Chart

Transcom WorldWide Annual Data
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Accounts Receivable
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Transcom WorldWide Quarterly Data
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Transcom WorldWide Accounts Receivable Calculation

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


Transcom WorldWide 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.

Transcom WorldWide's Days Sales Outstanding for the quarter that ended in Sep. 2014 is calculated as:

Days Sales Outstanding
=Accounts Receivable/Revenue*Days in Period
=800.273/1341.553*91
=54.43

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

Transcom WorldWide's Net-Net Working Capital Per Share for the quarter that ended in Sep. 2014 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)
=(263.202+0.75 * 800.273+0.5 * 0-1769.732
-0-0)/1245.533
=-0.73

* 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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Transcom WorldWide Business Description

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Transcom WorldWide SA was established in 1995. Together with its subsidiaries provide multi-language customer relationship management products and services ('CRM') and credit management services ('CMS'), including customer help lines and other telephone-based marketing and customer service programs ('teleservices') to clients in customer-intensive industries. The Group has two primary sources of revenues being its CRM (Customer Relationship Management) and its CMS (Credit Management Services) businesses. In relation to its CRM business, revenue mainly arise from call services operations. In relation to its CMS business, revenue mainly arise from fees and commissions generated from the collection of receivables on behalf of customers. The Company's operating segments are North Europe CRM (Denmark, Netherlands, Norway, Sweden, Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania), Central & South Europe CRM (Austria, Belgium, Croatia, Germany, Hungary, Italy, luxembourg, Poland, Slovakia, Switzerland, and Tunisia), Iberia & latam CRM (Chile, Peru, Portugal and Spain), North America & Asia Pacific CRM (Canada, the Philippines, USA, the United Kingdom and Australia), and CMS (Austria, the Czech Republic, the United Kingdom, Poland, Denmark, Norway and Sweden).

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