Analysis of Bad Debts
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.
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- Common-Size Balance Sheet: Liabilities and Stockholders’ Equity
- Analysis of Liquidity Ratios
- Analysis of Short-term (Operating) Activity Ratios
- Analysis of Long-term (Investment) Activity Ratios
- DuPont Analysis: Disaggregation of ROE, ROA, and Net Profit Margin
- Price to FCFE (P/FCFE)
- Capital Asset Pricing Model (CAPM)
- Return on Assets (ROA) since 2005
- Price to Book Value (P/BV) since 2005
- Analysis of Debt
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Allowance for Doubtful Accounts Receivable
Based on: 10-K (reporting date: 2019-12-31), 10-K (reporting date: 2018-12-31), 10-K (reporting date: 2017-12-31), 10-K (reporting date: 2016-12-31), 10-K (reporting date: 2015-12-31).
1 2019 Calculation
Allowance as a percentage of accounts and notes receivable, trade, gross = 100 × Allowance for doubtful receivables ÷ Accounts and notes receivable, trade, gross
= 100 × ÷ =
| Financial ratio | Description | The company |
|---|---|---|
| Allowance as a percentage of accounts and notes receivable, trade, gross | Allowance for doubtful accounts divided by the gross accounts receivable. | DuPont de Nemours Inc. allowance as a percentage of accounts and notes receivable, trade, gross increased from 2017 to 2018 but then decreased significantly from 2018 to 2019. |