Concept explainers
Ratio Analysis:
Ratio analysis is a tool to analyze the financial statements of a company which helps to express a mathematical relationship among the items of financial statements.
Receivables turnover ratio:
Receivables turnover ratio is an activity ratio, which measures the ability of the company to collect cash from its customers. This ratio also indicates the manner in which the company extends its credit policy and efficient collection of debts. It can be calculated by using the following formula:
The receivables turnover ratio of Company UC.
Inventory turnover ratio:
Inventory turnover ratio is used to determine the number of times inventory used or sold during the particular accounting period. It helps to measure the efficiency of inventory management. It can be calculated by using the following formula:
The inventory turnover ratio.
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INTERMEDIATE ACCOUNTING (ACCT 3200B)
- Page 328 EXERCISE 7.9 Industry Characteristics and Collection Performance e LO7-8 The following information was taken from annual reports of Goodyear Tire & Rubber and PPL Corp.., a public utility: Goodyear PPL Net sales $18.1 billion $ 11.5 billion Average accounts receivable 2.3 billion 923 million a. Compute for each company the accounts receivable turnover rate for the year. b. Compute for each company the average number of days required to collect outstanding receivables (round answers to nearest whole day). c. Explain why the figures computed for Goodyear in parts a and b are so different from those computed for PPL.arrow_forwardExercise 6-15 (Algo) Liquid assets and accounts receivable LO A1 Barga Company's net sales for Year 1 and Year 2 are $665,000 and $749,000, respectively. Its year-end balances of accounts receivable follow: Year 1, $64,000; and Year 2, $91,000. a. Complete the below table to calculate the days' sales uncollected at the end of each year. Note: Do not round intermediate calculations. Round your "Days' Sales Uncollected" answers to 1 decimal place. Year 1: Year 2: Choose Numerator: Accounts receivable $ $ Days' Sales Uncollected 1 Choose Denominator: X 1 60,000 1 94,000 / 1 X X X Days 365 365 365 = = = Days' Sales Uncollected Days' sales uncollected 31.3 days daysarrow_forwardA1 Salon Supply Corporation had net credit sales during the year of $1,200,000 and cost of goods sold of $720,000. Net accounts receivable at the beginning of the year was $120,000 and at the end of the year was $180,000. What was the accounts receivable turnover? A) 6.7 B) 8.0 C) 4.8 D) 10.0arrow_forward
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- Problem 6 Tantrum Company provided the following information in relation to accounts receivable at year-end: Days Outstanding % Uncollectible Estimated Amount 1,200,000 0-60 1% 2% 61-120 900,000 Over 120 1,000,000 6% During the current year, the entity wrote off P70,000 in accounts receivable and recovered P20,000 that had been written off in prior years. At the beginning of current year, the allowance for uncollectible accounts was P60,000. Under the aging method, what amount of uncollectible accounts expense should be reported for the current year?arrow_forwardQuestion Content Area Based on the following data, what is the accounts receivable turnover? Sales on account during year $700,000 Cost of merchandise sold during year 270,000 Accounts receivable, beginning of year 45,000 Accounts receivable, end of year 35,000 Merchandise inventory, beginning of year 90,000 Merchandise inventory, end of year 110,000 a.20.0 b.15.5 c.2.6 d.17.5arrow_forward
- Corporate Financial AccountingAccountingISBN:9781305653535Author:Carl Warren, James M. Reeve, Jonathan DuchacPublisher:Cengage Learning