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Svenska Cellulosa AB (OSTO:SCA B) Accounts Receivable : kr3,288 Mil (As of Mar. 2024)


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What is Svenska Cellulosa AB Accounts Receivable?

Accounts Receivable are created when a customer has received a product but has not yet paid for that product. Svenska Cellulosa AB's accounts receivables for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2024 was kr3,288 Mil.

Accounts receivable can be measured by Days Sales Outstanding. Svenska Cellulosa AB's Days Sales Outstanding for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2024 was 65.82.

In Ben Graham's calculation of Net-Net Working Capital, accounts receivable are only considered to be worth 75% of book value. Svenska Cellulosa AB's Net-Net Working Capital per share for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2024 was kr-58.94.


Svenska Cellulosa AB Accounts Receivable Historical Data

The historical data trend for Svenska Cellulosa AB'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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Svenska Cellulosa AB Accounts Receivable Chart

Svenska Cellulosa AB Annual Data
Trend Dec14 Dec15 Dec16 Dec17 Dec18 Dec19 Dec20 Dec21 Dec22 Dec23
Accounts Receivable
Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 2,313.00 1,964.00 2,516.00 3,007.00 2,858.00

Svenska Cellulosa AB 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 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 3,004.00 2,969.00 2,558.00 2,858.00 3,288.00

Svenska Cellulosa AB Accounts Receivable Calculation

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


Svenska Cellulosa AB 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.

Svenska Cellulosa AB's Days Sales Outstanding for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2024 is calculated as:

Days Sales Outstanding
=Accounts Receivable/Revenue*Days in Period
=3288/4558*91
=65.82

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

Svenska Cellulosa AB'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)
=(564+0.75 * 3288+0.5 * 5421-47137
-0-0)/702.342
=-58.94

* 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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Svenska Cellulosa AB (OSTO:SCA B) Business Description

Address
Skepparplatsen 1, Sundsvall, SWE, SE-851 88
Svenska Cellulosa AB is Europe's private forest owner, engaged in four business segments; the Forest segment supplies its industries with timber. The segment includes managing and harvesting on its own forest land, sourcing timber from other forest owners, and transporting the timber to its industries, The Wood segment includes five sawmills in northern Sweden and wood processing and distribution to the building materials trade in Sweden and France, The Pulp segment encompasses the production and sale of bleached softwood kraft pulp (NBSK) and chemi-thermomechanical pulp (CTMP), which are produced at the Ostrand pulp mill, and The Containerboard segment includes packaging paper with kraft liner manufacturing at the Obbola and Munksund paper mills.

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