Anglo American (LSE:AAL) Accounts Receivable : £1,950 Mil (As of Dec. 2023)

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What is Anglo American Accounts Receivable?

Accounts Receivable are created when a customer has received a product but has not yet paid for that product. Anglo American's accounts receivables for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was £1,950 Mil.

Accounts receivable can be measured by Days Sales Outstanding. Anglo American's Days Sales Outstanding for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was 30.07.

In Ben Graham's calculation of Net-Net Working Capital, accounts receivable are only considered to be worth 75% of book value. Anglo American's Net-Net Working Capital per share for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was £-18.21.

Anglo American Accounts Receivable Historical Data

The historical data trend for Anglo American's Accounts Receivable can be seen below:

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Anglo American Accounts Receivable Chart

Anglo American Annual Data

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Accounts Receivable

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924.76

1,476.10

1,746.14

1,785.68

1,949.72

Anglo American Semi-Annual Data
	Jun14	Dec14	Jun15	Dec15	Jun16	Dec16	Jun17	Dec17	Jun18	Dec18	Jun19	Dec19	Jun20	Dec20	Jun21	Dec21	Jun22	Dec22	Jun23	Dec23
Accounts Receivable	Get a 7-Day Free Trial															1,746.14	2,966.24	1,785.68	2,716.56	1,949.72

Anglo American Accounts Receivable Calculation

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

Anglo American 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.

Anglo American's Days Sales Outstanding for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 is calculated as:

	Days Sales Outstanding
=	Accounts Receivable	/	Revenue	*	Days in Period
=	1949.72	/	11832.62	*	91
=	30.07

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

Anglo American's Net-Net Working Capital Per Share for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 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)
=	(4427.16	+	0.75 * 1949.72	+	0.5 * 5045.73	-	27592.33
-	0	-	5182.4)	/	1337.58
=	-18.21

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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Anglo American (LSE:AAL) Business Description

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Address

17 Charterhouse Street, London, GBR, EC1N 6RA

Website

https://www.angloamerican.com

Anglo American's mining portfolio spans many commodities and continents. Like fellow large diversified miners, Anglo has significant exposure to copper, iron ore and metallurgical coal, but it is unique among the global majors given its significant platinum group metals and diamonds output. The company accounts for about one third of the world's platinum supply and around 30% of palladium supply. Anglo also owns 85% of De Beers, in most years the world's largest supplier and marketer of rough gem diamonds by value. Anglo also plans to move back into the crop nutrients business via its Woodsmith polyhalite project in the United Kingdom.