The South Financial Group (The South Financial Group) Accounts Receivable : $34.00 Mil (As of Jun. 2010)

The South Financial Group Accounts Receivable Chart

The South Financial Group Annual Data
	Trend	Dec00	Dec01	Dec02	Dec03	Dec04	Dec05	Dec06	Dec07	Dec08	Dec09
Accounts Receivable		Get a 7-Day Free Trial					70.84	77.52	70.46	50.39	37.30

The South Financial Group Quarterly Data
	Sep05	Dec05	Mar06	Jun06	Sep06	Dec06	Mar07	Jun07	Sep07	Dec07	Mar08	Jun08	Sep08	Dec08	Mar09	Jun09	Sep09	Dec09	Mar10	Jun10
Accounts Receivable	Get a 7-Day Free Trial															40.52	37.55	37.30	37.54	34.00

The South Financial Group Accounts Receivable Calculation

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

The South Financial Group 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.

The South Financial Group's Days Sales Outstanding for the quarter that ended in Jun. 2010 is calculated as:

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

The South Financial Group's Net-Net Working Capital Per Share for the quarter that ended in Jun. 2010 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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