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Dixons Retail (LSE:DXNS) Change In Receivables : £-13 Mil (TTM As of Apr. 2014)


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What is Dixons Retail Change In Receivables?

Dixons Retail's change in receivables for the quarter that ended in Apr. 2014 was £10 Mil. It means Dixons Retail's Accounts Receivable declined by £10 Mil from Oct. 2013 to Apr. 2014 .

Dixons Retail's change in receivables for the fiscal year that ended in Apr. 2014 was £-13 Mil. It means Dixons Retail's Accounts Receivable increased by £13 Mil from Apr. 2013 to Apr. 2014 .

Dixons Retail's Accounts Receivable for the quarter that ended in Apr. 2014 was £149 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. Dixons Retail's Days Sales Outstanding for the six months ended in Apr. 2014 was 7.19.

In Ben Graham's calculation of liquidation value, Apple Inc's Accounts Receivable are only considered to be worth 75% of book value. Dixons Retail's liquidation value for the six months ended in Apr. 2014 was £-1,638 Mil.


Dixons Retail Change In Receivables Historical Data

The historical data trend for Dixons Retail'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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Dixons Retail Change In Receivables Chart

Dixons Retail Annual Data
Trend Apr05 Apr06 Apr07 May08 Apr09 Apr10 Apr11 Apr12 Apr13 Apr14
Change In Receivables
Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 117.60 9.10 29.60 12.60 -13.40

Dixons Retail Semi-Annual Data
Oct07 Oct08 Apr09 Oct09 Apr10 Oct10 Apr11 Oct11 Apr12 Oct12 Apr13 Oct13 Apr14
Change In Receivables Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 21.00 -13.80 26.40 -23.70 10.30

Dixons Retail 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 Apr. 2014 adds up the semi-annually data reported by the company within the most recent 12 months, which was £-13 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.


Dixons Retail  (LSE:DXNS) 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.

Dixons Retail's Days Sales Outstanding for the quarter that ended in Apr. 2014 is calculated as:

Days Sales Outstanding
=Accounts Receivable/Revenue*Days in Period
=149.1/3786.3*91
=7.19

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

Dixons Retail's liquidation value for the quarter that ended in Apr. 2014 is calculated as:

Liquidation Value
=Cash, Cash Equivalents, Marketable Securities-Total Liabilities+(0.75 * Accounts Receivable)+(0.5 * Total Inventories)
=408.7-2501.1+0.75 * 149.1+0.5 * 684.4
=-1,638

* 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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Dixons Retail (LSE:DXNS) Business Description

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Dixons Retail PLC is an electrical retailer and service company which sell consumer electronics, personal computers, domestic appliances, photographic equipment, communication products and related services. The Group's reportable segments are; UK & Ireland comprises of electrical and computing retail chains as well as business to business activities. The division is engaged in multi-channel retail sales, associated peripherals and services and related financial and after sales services and also in business to business sales of computer hardware and software; Nordics operates in Norway, Sweden, Finland, Denmark, Iceland, Greenland and the Faroe Islands. The division engages in multi-channel retail sales and provided related product support services to its customers; Other International comprises operations in Italy, Greece, the Czech Republic, Slovakia, Turkey and the business to be closed in Spain which is excluded from underlying results. The Other International division engages in retail sales and provides related product support services to its customers in all of its markets; and Pure play e-commerce comprises pure play online retailers and operates in all of the countries in which the other divisions operate and across Europe.

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