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Grand Canyon Education (FRA:GKD) Accounts Receivable : €102.8 Mil (As of Mar. 2024)


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What is Grand Canyon Education Accounts Receivable?

Accounts Receivable are created when a customer has received a product but has not yet paid for that product. Grand Canyon Education's accounts receivables for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2024 was €102.8 Mil.

Accounts receivable can be measured by Days Sales Outstanding. Grand Canyon Education's Days Sales Outstanding for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2024 was 37.11.

In Ben Graham's calculation of Net-Net Working Capital, accounts receivable are only considered to be worth 75% of book value. Grand Canyon Education's Net-Net Working Capital per share for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2024 was €3.03.


Grand Canyon Education Accounts Receivable Historical Data

The historical data trend for Grand Canyon Education'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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Grand Canyon Education Accounts Receivable Chart

Grand Canyon Education Annual Data
Trend Dec14 Dec15 Dec16 Dec17 Dec18 Dec19 Dec20 Dec21 Dec22 Dec23
Accounts Receivable
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Grand Canyon Education Quarterly Data
Jun19 Sep19 Dec19 Mar20 Jun20 Sep20 Dec20 Mar21 Jun21 Sep21 Dec21 Mar22 Jun22 Sep22 Dec22 Mar23 Jun23 Sep23 Dec23 Mar24
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Grand Canyon Education Accounts Receivable Calculation

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


Grand Canyon Education 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.

Grand Canyon Education's Days Sales Outstanding for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2024 is calculated as:

Days Sales Outstanding
=Accounts Receivable/Revenue*Days in Period
=102.773/252.701*91
=37.11

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

Grand Canyon Education's Net-Net Working Capital Per Share for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2024 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)
=(267.438+0.75 * 102.773+0.5 * 0-254.034
-0-0)/29.8393
=3.03

* 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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Grand Canyon Education (FRA:GKD) Business Description

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2600 West Camelback Road, Phoenix, AZ, USA, 85017
Grand Canyon Education, Inc is a publicly traded education services company dedicated to serving colleges and universities. GCE's most significant university partner is Grand Canyon University, an Arizona non-profit corporation that operates a comprehensive regionally accredited university that offers graduate and undergraduate degree programs, emphases and certificates across nine colleges both online, on ground at its campus in Phoenix, Arizona and at four off-site classroom and laboratory sites. The Company generates all of its revenue through services agreements with its university partners.

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