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.
Paying user area
Try for free
Becton, Dickinson & Co. pages available for free this week:
- Income Statement
- Common-Size Balance Sheet: Liabilities and Stockholders’ Equity
- Analysis of Reportable Segments
- Common Stock Valuation Ratios
- Enterprise Value (EV)
- Return on Assets (ROA) since 2005
- Total Asset Turnover since 2005
- Price to Earnings (P/E) since 2005
- Price to Operating Profit (P/OP) since 2005
- Analysis of Revenues
The data is hidden behind: . Unhide it.
Get full access to the entire website from $10.42/mo, or
get 1-month access to Becton, Dickinson & Co. for $22.49.
This is a one-time payment. There is no automatic renewal.
We accept:
Allowance for Doubtful Accounts Receivable
Based on: 10-K (reporting date: 2021-09-30), 10-K (reporting date: 2020-09-30), 10-K (reporting date: 2019-09-30), 10-K (reporting date: 2018-09-30), 10-K (reporting date: 2017-09-30), 10-K (reporting date: 2016-09-30).
1 2021 Calculation
Allowance as a percentage of trade receivables, gross = 100 × Allowance for doubtful accounts ÷ Trade receivables, gross
= 100 × ÷ =
Financial ratio | Description | The company |
---|---|---|
Allowance as a percentage of trade receivables, gross | Allowance for doubtful accounts divided by the gross accounts receivable. | Becton, Dickinson & Co. allowance as a percentage of trade receivables, gross increased from 2019 to 2020 but then decreased significantly from 2020 to 2021. |