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Earnings quality and risk screens

Receivables vs revenue

How much faster receivables grew than revenue year over year - collections lagging sales or recognition running ahead of cash.

Formula

Receivables growth − revenue growth (percentage points, same period ends)

Served as: annual · derived. Annual and quarterly observations are never mixed unlabeled.

Where the inputs come from

  • Receivables concepts (fallback chain)
  • Revenues (same-end pairing)

Listed highest priority first. Every served figure carries its filing, fiscal period and accession; open any value on the financials page to see them.

How to compare it honestly

Compare against the company's own history; a one-year build can be honest timing, a multi-year divergence rarely is.

When it is not served

Not computed when either base is non-positive or the two are not tagged at the same consecutive ends.

Missing data is missing evidence: it is never shown as zero and never treated as a conclusion.

What it cannot tell you

Acquisitions and mix shifts move the ratio without any recognition change; it is a prompt to read the filings, not a finding.

Questions worth asking next

  • Do the notes explain the receivables build (terms, acquisitions, timing)?
  • Does the divergence persist across more than one year?

Research prompts, not recommendations.

See it computed from filings

Related in earnings quality and risk screens: Altman Z'' · Piotroski F-score · Beneish M-score · Sloan accruals · Cash-flow backing of earnings · Inventory vs revenue

Definitions are descriptive and educational. Nothing here is a guaranteed signal or personalized investment advice. How the platform computes and cites every figure.

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