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Lonrho (LSE:LONR) Receivables Turnover : 2.26 (As of Dec. 2012)


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What is Lonrho Receivables Turnover?

The Receivables Turnover ratio measures the number of times a company collects its average accounts receivable balance. It is calculated as Revenue divided by average Accounts Receivable. An efficient company has a higher accounts receivable turnover ratio while an inefficient company has a lower ratio. Lonrho's Revenue for the six months ended in Dec. 2012 was £83.6 Mil. Lonrho's average Accounts Receivable for the six months ended in Dec. 2012 was £37.0 Mil. Hence, Lonrho's Receivables Turnover for the six months ended in Dec. 2012 was 2.26.


Lonrho Receivables Turnover Historical Data

The historical data trend for Lonrho's Receivables Turnover 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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Lonrho Receivables Turnover Chart

Lonrho Annual Data
Trend Sep03 Sep04 Sep05 Sep06 Sep07 Sep08 Sep09 Sep10 Sep11 Dec12
Receivables Turnover
Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 10.65 8.34 6.07 8.48 7.56

Lonrho Semi-Annual Data
Mar02 Sep02 Mar03 Sep03 Mar05 Sep05 Mar06 Sep06 Mar07 Sep07 Mar08 Sep08 Mar09 Sep09 Mar10 Sep10 Mar11 Sep11 Jun12 Dec12
Receivables Turnover 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 1.98 1.95 1.53 2.28 2.26

Competitive Comparison of Lonrho's Receivables Turnover

For the Conglomerates subindustry, Lonrho's Receivables Turnover, along with its competitors' market caps and Receivables Turnover data, can be viewed below:

* Competitive companies are chosen from companies within the same industry, with headquarter located in same country, with closest market capitalization; x-axis shows the market cap, and y-axis shows the term value; the bigger the dot, the larger the market cap. Note that "N/A" values will not show up in the chart.


Lonrho's Receivables Turnover Distribution in the Conglomerates Industry

For the Conglomerates industry and Industrials sector, Lonrho's Receivables Turnover distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Lonrho's Receivables Turnover falls into.



Lonrho Receivables Turnover Calculation

Receivables Turnover measures the number of times a company collects its average accounts receivable balance.

Lonrho's Receivables Turnover for the fiscal year that ended in Dec. 2012 is calculated as

Receivables Turnover (A: Dec. 2012 )
=Revenue / Average Total Inventories
=Revenue (A: Dec. 2012 ) / ((Accounts Receivable (A: Sep. 2011 ) + Accounts Receivable (A: Dec. 2012 )) / count )
=206.5 / ((0 + 27.3) / 1 )
=206.5 / 27.3
=7.56

Lonrho's Receivables Turnover for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2012 is calculated as

Receivables Turnover (Q: Dec. 2012 )
=Revenue / Average Total Inventories
=Revenue (Q: Dec. 2012 ) / ((Accounts Receivable (Q: Jun. 2012 ) + Accounts Receivable (Q: Dec. 2012 )) / count )
=83.6 / ((46.7 + 27.3) / 2 )
=83.6 / 37
=2.26

* 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.


Lonrho  (LSE:LONR) Receivables Turnover Explanation

An efficient company has a higher accounts receivable turnover ratio while an inefficient company has a lower ratio. This metric is commonly used to compare companies within the same industry to check whether they are on par with their competitors.


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Lonrho (LSE:LONR) Business Description

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Lonrho PLC is engaged in providing the infrastructure and services required for the growing oil, mineral and agricultural sectors in Africa. The Company has a diverse portfolio of investments across Sub-Saharan Africa in four core operating sectors: Agribusiness, Infrastructure, Hotels and Support Services. Agribusiness vertically integrates the production, sourcing, logistics, processing and distribution of agricultural products from Sub-Saharan Africa to the consumer. The division supplies to its retailers in Sub-Saharan Africa, Europe, the USA, Middle East, Scandinavia and the Far East. The division also distributes agricultural and heavy machinery. Infrastructure division develops and manages oil logistics terminals. Luba Freeport, the oil service terminal in the Gulf of Guinea, has attracted oil service companies to be long term tenants at the port to service offshore exploration and production rigs. The Company's Hotel division includes hotels centred on the commercial, conference and business related markets across the Continent. It owns or manages hotels in Lubumbashi and Kinshasa in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Maputo in Mozambique, Gaborone in Botswana and Mutare in Zimbabwe. IT business is a full systems integrator and manager that designs, builds, develops and integrates IT solutions for large corporate clients, banks and governments and then undertakes management contracts to run and manage installations. The IT division is a distributor for Cisco, Microsoft, Dell and Hewlett Packard systems and equipment.

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