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Ecometals (Ecometals) Change In Receivables : $-0.32 Mil (TTM As of Dec. 2012)


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What is Ecometals Change In Receivables?

Ecometals's change in receivables for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2012 was $0.03 Mil. It means Ecometals's Accounts Receivable declined by $0.03 Mil from Sep. 2012 to Dec. 2012 .

Ecometals's change in receivables for the fiscal year that ended in Mar. 2012 was $-0.49 Mil. It means Ecometals's Accounts Receivable increased by $0.49 Mil from Mar. 2011 to Mar. 2012 .

Ecometals's Accounts Receivable for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2012 was $0.08 Mil.

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 Receivable are being managed.

In Ben Graham's calculation of liquidation value, Apple Inc's Accounts Receivable are only considered to be worth 75% of book value. Ecometals's liquidation value for the three months ended in Dec. 2012 was $-7.16 Mil.


Ecometals Change In Receivables Historical Data

The historical data trend for Ecometals's Change In Receivables 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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Ecometals Change In Receivables Chart

Ecometals Annual Data
Trend Mar03 Mar04 Mar05 Mar06 Mar07 Mar08 Mar09 Mar10 Mar11 Mar12
Change In Receivables
Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only -0.74 0.59 -0.05 -0.05 -0.49

Ecometals Quarterly Data
Mar08 Jun08 Sep08 Dec08 Mar09 Jun09 Sep09 Dec09 Mar10 Jun10 Sep10 Dec10 Mar11 Jun11 Sep11 Dec11 Mar12 Jun12 Sep12 Dec12
Change In Receivables Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only -0.02 -0.36 -0.03 0.04 0.03

Ecometals Change In Receivables Calculation

Change In Accounts Receivable relative to the previous period. It is any increase or decrease in the cash a company is owed by its customers.

Change In Receivables for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Dec. 2012 adds up the quarterly data reported by the company within the most recent 12 months, which was $-0.32 Mil.

* 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.


Ecometals  (OTCPK:ECMLF) Change In Receivables 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 Receivable are being managed.

Ecometals's Days Sales Outstanding for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2012 is calculated as:

Days Sales Outstanding
=Accounts Receivable/Revenue*Days in Period
=0.077/0*91
=

2. In Ben Graham's calculation of liquidation value, Ecometals's accounts receivable are only considered to be worth 75% of book value:

Ecometals's liquidation value for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2012 is calculated as:

Liquidation Value
=Cash, Cash Equivalents, Marketable Securities-Total Liabilities+(0.75 * Accounts Receivable)+(0.5 * Total Inventories)
=0.031-7.252+0.75 * 0.077+0.5 * 0
=-7.16

* 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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Ecometals (Ecometals) Business Description

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1090 West Georgia Street, Suit 1305, Vancouver, BC, CAN, V6E 3V7
Ecometals Ltd is a mineral exploration company which focuses on South America. Its exploration portfolio includes gold projects in Ecuador and Brazil, and manganese gold and iron ore projects in Brazil.

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