SAABY (Saab AB) Accounts Receivable : $1,032 Mil (As of Dec. 2024)

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What is Saab AB Accounts Receivable?

Accounts Receivable are created when a customer has received a product but has not yet paid for that product. Saab AB's accounts receivables for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2024 was $1,032 Mil.

Accounts receivable can be measured by Days Sales Outstanding. Saab AB's Days Sales Outstanding for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2024 was 49.60.

In Ben Graham's calculation of Net-Net Working Capital, accounts receivable are only considered to be worth 75% of book value. Saab AB's Net-Net Working Capital per share for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2024 was $-2.81.

Saab AB Accounts Receivable Historical Data

The historical data trend for Saab AB's Accounts Receivable can be seen below:

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Saab AB Accounts Receivable Chart

Saab AB Annual Data

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Accounts Receivable

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485.71

647.33

582.48

706.21

1,031.77

Saab AB Quarterly Data
	Mar20	Jun20	Sep20	Dec20	Mar21	Jun21	Sep21	Dec21	Mar22	Jun22	Sep22	Dec22	Mar23	Jun23	Sep23	Dec23	Mar24	Jun24	Sep24	Dec24
Accounts Receivable	Get a 7-Day Free Trial															706.21	677.92	878.99	635.74	1,031.77

Saab AB Accounts Receivable Calculation

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

Saab AB 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.

Saab AB's Days Sales Outstanding for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2024 is calculated as:

	Days Sales Outstanding
=	Accounts Receivable	/	Revenue	*	Days in Period
=	1031.771	/	1898.043	*	91
=	49.60

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

Saab AB's Net-Net Working Capital Per Share for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2024 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)
=	(1068.821	+	0.75 * 1031.771	+	0.5 * 1986.8	-	5827.128
-	0	-	28.129)	/	1072.936
=	-2.81

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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Olof Palmes gata 17, 5th Floor, Stockholm, SWE, SE-111 22

Website

https://www.saab.com

Saab supplies products and services for military, defense, and civil security. The company operates in four segments: aeronautics, dynamics, surveillance, and Kockums. Aeronautics involves the manufacturing and support of defense and commercial aerial systems. Dynamics produces combat weapons and defense training and management systems. Surveillance supplies security services, and creates traffic management technology and aviation parts. Kockums offers solutions for naval missions. Over three fourths of Saab's sales are from the defense sector. The company sells to multiple geographic regions, but over half of its sales come from Europe.