Sonic Automotive (FRA:SA8A) Accounts Receivable : €387 Mil (As of Mar. 2024)

Sonic Automotive Accounts Receivable Chart

Sonic Automotive Annual Data
	Trend	Dec14	Dec15	Dec16	Dec17	Dec18	Dec19	Dec20	Dec21	Dec22	Dec23
Accounts Receivable		Get a 7-Day Free Trial					389.47	305.54	354.97	436.51	484.27

Sonic Automotive Quarterly Data
	Jun19	Sep19	Dec19	Mar20	Jun20	Sep20	Dec20	Mar21	Jun21	Sep21	Dec21	Mar22	Jun22	Sep22	Dec22	Mar23	Jun23	Sep23	Dec23	Mar24
Accounts Receivable	Get a 7-Day Free Trial															350.06	369.75	404.32	484.27	386.95

Sonic Automotive Accounts Receivable Calculation

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

Sonic Automotive 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.

Sonic Automotive's Days Sales Outstanding for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2024 is calculated as:

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

Sonic Automotive's Net-Net Working Capital Per Share for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2024 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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