Unilever NV (Unilever NV) Accounts Receivable : $7,832 Mil (As of Jun. 2020)

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What is Unilever NV Accounts Receivable?

Accounts Receivable are created when a customer has received a product but has not yet paid for that product. Unilever NV's accounts receivables for the quarter that ended in Jun. 2020 was $7,832 Mil.

Accounts receivable can be measured by Days Sales Outstanding. Unilever NV's Days Sales Outstanding for the quarter that ended in Jun. 2020 was 49.36.

In Ben Graham's calculation of Net-Net Working Capital, accounts receivable are only considered to be worth 75% of book value. Unilever NV's Net-Net Working Capital per share for the quarter that ended in Jun. 2020 was $-17.75.

Unilever NV Accounts Receivable Historical Data

The historical data trend for Unilever NV's Accounts Receivable can be seen below:

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Unilever NV Accounts Receivable Chart

Unilever NV Annual Data

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Accounts Receivable

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3,177.56

3,511.60

6,176.33

4,948.81

5,462.22

Unilever NV Semi-Annual Data
	Dec10	Jun11	Dec11	Jun12	Dec12	Jun13	Dec13	Jun14	Dec14	Jun15	Dec15	Jun16	Dec16	Jun17	Dec17	Jun18	Dec18	Jun19	Dec19	Jun20
Accounts Receivable	Get a 7-Day Free Trial															7,968.46	4,948.81	9,128.81	5,462.22	7,832.21

Unilever NV Accounts Receivable Calculation

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

Unilever NV 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.

Unilever NV's Days Sales Outstanding for the quarter that ended in Jun. 2020 is calculated as:

	Days Sales Outstanding
=	Accounts Receivable	/	Revenue	*	Days in Period
=	7832.207	/	28957.207	*	91
=	49.36

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

Unilever NV's Net-Net Working Capital Per Share for the quarter that ended in Jun. 2020 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)
=	(6628.378	+	0.75 * 7832.207	+	0.5 * 5231.982	-	58731.982
-	0	-	2911.036)	/	2621.3
=	-17.75

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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Netherlands-based Unilever NV and U.K.-based Unilever PLC operate Unilever Group, a diversified household and personal product (60% of 2018 sales by value) and packaged-food and refreshments (40%) company. The firm's brands include Knorr soups and sauces, Hellmann's mayonnaise, Lipton teas, Axe and Dove skin products, and the TRESemme hair-care brand. The firm has been acquisitive in recent years, and high-profile purchases include the mail-order men's grooming business Dollar Shave Club.