Accounts Receivable are created when a customer has received a product but has not yet paid for that product. Alaska Air Group's accounts receivables for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2024 was $384 Mil.
Accounts receivable can be measured by Days Sales Outstanding.
Alaska Air Group's Days Sales Outstanding for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2024 was 15.70.
In Ben Graham's calculation of Net-Net Working Capital, accounts receivable are only considered to be worth 75% of book value. Alaska Air Group's Net-Net Working Capital per share for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2024 was $-65.37.
Alaska Air Group Accounts Receivable Historical Data
The historical data trend for Alaska Air Group'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.
Accounts Receivable is money owed to a business by customers and shown on its Balance Sheet as an asset.
Alaska Air Group 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.
Alaska Air Group'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), Alaska Air Group's accounts receivable are only considered to be worth 75% of book value:
Alaska Air Group'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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Alaska Air Group (Alaska Air Group) Business Description
Alaska Air Group Inc operates two airlines, Alaska and Horizon in three operating segments. The Mainline segment includes scheduled air transportation on Alaska's Boeing and Airbus jet aircraft for passengers and cargo throughout the U.S., and in parts of Mexico, and Costa Rica. The Regional segment includes Horizon's and other third-party carriers' scheduled air transportation for passengers across a shorter distance network within the U.S. and Canada under capacity purchase agreements (CPA). The Horizon segment includes the capacity sold to Alaska under a CPA. It earns revenues from Passenger tickets, including ticket breakage and net of taxes and fees, Passenger ancillary and Mileage Plan passenger revenue.
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