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Softcat (LSE:SCT) Change In Receivables : £48.7 Mil (TTM As of Jan. 2024)


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What is Softcat Change In Receivables?

Softcat's change in receivables for the quarter that ended in Jan. 2024 was £-6.8 Mil. It means Softcat's Accounts Receivable increased by £6.8 Mil from Jul. 2023 to Jan. 2024 .

Softcat's change in receivables for the fiscal year that ended in Jul. 2023 was £51.4 Mil. It means Softcat's Accounts Receivable declined by £51.4 Mil from Jul. 2022 to Jul. 2023 .

Softcat's Accounts Receivable for the quarter that ended in Jan. 2024 was £428.4 Mil.

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 Receivable are being managed. Softcat's Days Sales Outstanding for the six months ended in Jan. 2024 was 167.38.

In Ben Graham's calculation of liquidation value, Apple Inc's Accounts Receivable are only considered to be worth 75% of book value. Softcat's liquidation value for the six months ended in Jan. 2024 was £35.2 Mil.


Softcat Change In Receivables Historical Data

The historical data trend for Softcat's Change In Receivables 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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Softcat Change In Receivables Chart

Softcat Annual Data
Trend Jul14 Jul15 Jul16 Jul17 Jul18 Jul19 Jul20 Jul21 Jul22 Jul23
Change In Receivables
Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only -79.35 -28.82 -15.54 -211.69 51.38

Softcat Semi-Annual Data
Jul14 Jan15 Jul15 Jan16 Jul16 Jan17 Jul17 Jan18 Jul18 Jan19 Jul19 Jan20 Jul20 Jan21 Jul21 Jan22 Jul22 Jan23 Jul23 Jan24
Change In Receivables 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 -75.52 -136.17 -4.08 55.46 -6.78

Softcat Change In Receivables Calculation

Change In Accounts Receivable relative to the previous period. It is any increase or decrease in the cash a company is owed by its customers.

Change In Receivables for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Jan. 2024 adds up the semi-annually data reported by the company within the most recent 12 months, which was £48.7 Mil.

* 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.


Softcat  (LSE:SCT) Change In Receivables 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 Receivable are being managed.

Softcat's Days Sales Outstanding for the quarter that ended in Jan. 2024 is calculated as:

Days Sales Outstanding
=Accounts Receivable/Revenue*Days in Period
=428.443/467.152*91
=167.38

2. In Ben Graham's calculation of liquidation value, Softcat's accounts receivable are only considered to be worth 75% of book value:

Softcat's liquidation value for the quarter that ended in Jan. 2024 is calculated as:

Liquidation Value
=Cash, Cash Equivalents, Marketable Securities-Total Liabilities+(0.75 * Accounts Receivable)+(0.5 * Total Inventories)
=112.455-400.552+0.75 * 428.443+0.5 * 3.992
=35.2

* 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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Softcat (LSE:SCT) Business Description

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Softcat PLC is a information technology infrastructure and service provider. It offers software licensing, workplace technology, networking and security, and cloud and data center solutions to the corporates, public sector organizations and small to medium-sized business segment, of which small to medium-sized business segment is the major business provider to the company. The entity earns revenue from offering products like software, hardware, and services, as well as the sale of the company's own services, of which majority of the revenue is derived from offering software products.