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Accounts Receivable Turnover Ratio
Overview
The accounts receivable turnover ratio, sometimes known as the debtor’s turnover ratio, measures
the number of times over a specific period that a company collects its average accounts receivable.
The accounts receivable turnover ratio can also be manipulated to obtain the average number of
days it takes to collect credit sales from customers, known as accounts receivable days.
Formula
Interpretation
To calculate this ratio, the following formulas are also necessary:
Net Credit Sales = Sales on Credit – Sales Returns – Sales Allowances
Average Accounts Receivable = (Accounts Receivable
ending
+ Accounts Receivable
beginning
)/2
For example, at the end of a fiscal year, a company has credit sales of $50,000 and returns of
$3,200. At December 31
st
, the company had accounts receivable of $6,000. At January 1
st
, accounts
receivable was $3,000. Therefore, its accounts receivable turnover ratio for this fiscal period (365
days) would be = (50,000 – 3,200) / ((6,000 + 3,000) / 2) = 10.4.
Analyzing this, the company collects its accounts receivables about 10.4 times a year. This number
should be compared to industry averages to see how efficient the company is in collecting
payments versus its competitors.
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