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Lombard Medical Technologies (LSE:LMT) Accounts Receivable : £0.90 Mil (As of Dec. 2012)


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What is Lombard Medical Technologies Accounts Receivable?

Accounts Receivable are created when a customer has received a product but has not yet paid for that product. Lombard Medical Technologies's accounts receivables for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2012 was £0.90 Mil.

Accounts receivable can be measured by Days Sales Outstanding. Lombard Medical Technologies's Days Sales Outstanding for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2012 was 42.04.

In Ben Graham's calculation of Net-Net Working Capital, accounts receivable are only considered to be worth 75% of book value. Lombard Medical Technologies's Net-Net Working Capital per share for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2012 was £-0.03.


Lombard Medical Technologies Accounts Receivable Historical Data

The historical data trend for Lombard Medical Technologies'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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Lombard Medical Technologies Accounts Receivable Chart

Lombard Medical Technologies Annual Data
Trend Sep02 Dec04 Dec05 Dec06 Dec07 Dec08 Dec09 Dec10 Dec11 Dec12
Accounts Receivable
Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 0.49 0.25 0.77 1.06 0.90

Lombard Medical Technologies Semi-Annual Data
Sep02 Dec04 Dec05 Dec06 Dec07 Dec08 Dec09 Dec10 Dec11 Dec12
Accounts Receivable Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 0.49 0.25 0.77 1.06 0.90

Lombard Medical Technologies Accounts Receivable Calculation

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


Lombard Medical Technologies 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.

Lombard Medical Technologies's Days Sales Outstanding for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2012 is calculated as:

Days Sales Outstanding
=Accounts Receivable/Revenue*Days in Period
=0.896/3.89*91
=42.04

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

Lombard Medical Technologies's Net-Net Working Capital Per Share for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2012 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)
=(2.748+0.75 * 0.896+0.5 * 1.96-5.086
-0-0)/20.162
=-0.03

* 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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Lombard Medical Technologies (LSE:LMT) Business Description

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Lombard Medical Technologies PLC is engaged in the design and development of endovascular stent grafts, their manufacture, and commercialization either directly through the group's own sales force or through a network of local distributors supported by clinical specialists from Lombard Medical. The principal product, the AorfixT AAA stent graft has European CE mark approval for use in patients with high-angle-neck aneurysms of up to 90 degrees. The group has operations in United Kingdom and United States of America.