Stock Analysis on Net

NXP Semiconductors N.V. (NASDAQ:NXPI)

This company has been moved to the archive! The financial data has not been updated since July 26, 2022.

Analysis of Bad Debts

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Allowance for doubtful accounts receivable (bad debts) is a contra account which reduce the balance of the company gross accounts receivable. The relationship between the allowance and the balance in receivables should be relatively constant unless there is a change in the economy overall or a change in customer base.


Allowance for Doubtful Accounts Receivable

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Dec 31, 2021 Dec 31, 2020 Dec 31, 2019 Dec 31, 2018 Dec 31, 2017
Selected Financial Data (US$ in millions)
Allowance for credit loss 2 2 2 3 3
Accounts receivable from third parties 925 767 669 795 882
Financial Ratio
Allowance as a percentage of accounts receivable from third parties1 0.22% 0.26% 0.30% 0.38% 0.34%

Based on: 10-K (reporting date: 2021-12-31), 10-K (reporting date: 2020-12-31), 10-K (reporting date: 2019-12-31), 20-F (reporting date: 2018-12-31), 20-F (reporting date: 2017-12-31).

1 2021 Calculation
Allowance as a percentage of accounts receivable from third parties = 100 × Allowance for credit loss ÷ Accounts receivable from third parties
= 100 × 2 ÷ 925 = 0.22%

Financial ratio Description The company
Allowance as a percentage of accounts receivable from third parties Allowance for doubtful accounts divided by the gross accounts receivable. NXP Semiconductors N.V. allowance as a percentage of accounts receivable from third parties decreased from 2019 to 2020 and from 2020 to 2021.