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Karooooo (Karooooo) Accounts Receivable : $51.2 Mil (As of Feb. 2024)


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What is Karooooo Accounts Receivable?

Accounts Receivable are created when a customer has received a product but has not yet paid for that product. Karooooo's accounts receivables for the quarter that ended in Feb. 2024 was $51.2 Mil.

Accounts receivable can be measured by Days Sales Outstanding. Karooooo's Days Sales Outstanding for the quarter that ended in Feb. 2024 was 81.62.

In Ben Graham's calculation of Net-Net Working Capital, accounts receivable are only considered to be worth 75% of book value. Karooooo's Net-Net Working Capital per share for the quarter that ended in Feb. 2024 was $-0.32.


Karooooo Accounts Receivable Historical Data

The historical data trend for Karooooo'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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Karooooo Accounts Receivable Chart

Karooooo Annual Data
Trend Feb19 Feb20 Feb21 Feb22 Feb23 Feb24
Accounts Receivable
Get a 7-Day Free Trial 14.45 17.13 21.94 22.85 51.19

Karooooo Quarterly Data
Feb19 Nov19 Feb20 May20 Aug20 Nov20 Feb21 May21 Aug21 Nov21 Feb22 May22 Aug22 Nov22 Feb23 May23 Aug23 Nov23 Feb24
Accounts Receivable 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 22.85 23.26 25.52 28.02 51.19

Karooooo Accounts Receivable Calculation

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


Karooooo 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.

Karooooo's Days Sales Outstanding for the quarter that ended in Feb. 2024 is calculated as:

Days Sales Outstanding
=Accounts Receivable/Revenue*Days in Period
=51.191/57.232*91
=81.62

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

Karooooo's Net-Net Working Capital Per Share for the quarter that ended in Feb. 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)
=(24.164+0.75 * 51.191+0.5 * 0.346-70.329
-0-2.153)/30.9
=-0.32

* 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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Karooooo (Karooooo) Business Description

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1 Harbourfront Avenue, Keppel Bay Tower No. 14-07, Singapore, SGP, 098632
Karooooo Ltd is a global provider of real-time mobility data analytics solutions for smart transportation. It offers a comprehensive, cloud-based smart mobility platform for connected vehicles and other assets. The company's software-as-a-service platform provides customers with differentiated insights and analytics to optimize business and workforce, increase efficiency and decrease costs, improve safety, monitor environmental impact, assist with regularity compliance and manage risk. The segments of the group are Cartrack; Carzuka; and Karooooo Logistics, of which key revenue is derived from the Cartrack segment.