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S4 Capital (S4 Capital) Accounts Receivable : $439 Mil (As of Dec. 2023)


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What is S4 Capital Accounts Receivable?

Accounts Receivable are created when a customer has received a product but has not yet paid for that product. S4 Capital's accounts receivables for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was $439 Mil.

Accounts receivable can be measured by Days Sales Outstanding. S4 Capital's Days Sales Outstanding for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was 128.02.

In Ben Graham's calculation of Net-Net Working Capital, accounts receivable are only considered to be worth 75% of book value. S4 Capital's Net-Net Working Capital per share for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was $-0.97.

S4 Capital Accounts Receivable Historical Data

The historical data trend for S4 Capital'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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S4 Capital Accounts Receivable Chart

S4 Capital Annual Data
Trend Dec18 Dec19 Dec20 Dec21 Dec22 Dec23
Accounts Receivable
Get a 7-Day Free Trial 156.79 214.51 446.14 425.82 438.99

S4 Capital Semi-Annual Data
Jun17 Jun18 Jun19 Dec19 Jun20 Dec20 Jun21 Dec21 Jun22 Dec22 Jun23 Dec23
Accounts Receivable Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 446.14 334.50 425.82 461.11 438.99

S4 Capital Accounts Receivable Calculation

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

S4 Capital 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.

S4 Capital's Days Sales Outstanding for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 is calculated as:

Days Sales Outstanding
=Accounts Receivable/Revenue*Days in Period
=438.987/625.823*91
=128.02

2. In Ben Graham's calculation of Net-Net Working Capital (NNWC), S4 Capital's accounts receivable are only considered to be worth 75% of book value:

S4 Capital's Net-Net Working Capital Per Share for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 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)
=(184.43+0.75 * 438.987+0.5 * 0-1081.013
-0-0.127)/583.064
=-0.97

* 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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Address
12 St James’s Place, London, GBR, SW1A 1NX
Website
https://www.s4capital.com
S4 Capital PLC is the new age/new era digital advertising and marketing services company. It builds a purely digital advertising and marketing services business for global, multinational, regional, and local clients and millennial-driven influencer brands. The company integrates businesses in three practice areas: First-Party Data, Content, and Programmatic. Along with an emphasis on faster, cheaper executions in an always-on consumer-led environment, with a unitary structure. The company operates in three reportable segments Content practice, Data&Digital Media practice, and Technology Services practice.