Stock Analysis on Net

Toyota Motor Corp. (NYSE:TM)

This company has been moved to the archive! The financial data has not been updated since June 24, 2015.

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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Mar 31, 2015 Mar 31, 2014 Mar 31, 2013 Mar 31, 2012 Mar 31, 2011 Mar 31, 2010
Selected Financial Data (US$ in millions, translated from JPY ¥)
Allowance for doubtful accounts 341 182 169 158 143 148
Trade accounts and notes receivable, gross 17,919 19,955 21,108 24,490 17,571 20,421
Financial Ratio
Allowance as a percentage of trade accounts and notes receivable, gross1 1.90% 0.91% 0.80% 0.65% 0.81% 0.72%

Based on: 20-F (reporting date: 2015-03-31), 20-F (reporting date: 2014-03-31), 20-F (reporting date: 2013-03-31), 20-F (reporting date: 2012-03-31), 20-F (reporting date: 2011-03-31), 20-F (reporting date: 2010-03-31).

1 2015 Calculation
Allowance as a percentage of trade accounts and notes receivable, gross = 100 × Allowance for doubtful accounts ÷ Trade accounts and notes receivable, gross
= 100 × 341 ÷ 17,919 = 1.90%

Financial ratio Description The company
Allowance as a percentage of trade accounts and notes receivable, gross Allowance for doubtful accounts divided by the gross accounts receivable. Toyota Motor Corp. allowance as a percentage of trade accounts and notes receivable, gross increased from 2013 to 2014 and from 2014 to 2015.

Allowance for Credit Losses

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Mar 31, 2015 Mar 31, 2014 Mar 31, 2013 Mar 31, 2012 Mar 31, 2011 Mar 31, 2010
Selected Financial Data (US$ in millions, translated from JPY ¥)
Allowance for credit losses 1,406 1,421 1,477 1,609 1,886 2,499
Finance receivables, gross 130,386 134,760 129,572 119,839 118,465 108,262
Financial Ratio
Allowance as a percentage of finance receivables, gross1 1.08% 1.05% 1.14% 1.34% 1.59% 2.31%

Based on: 20-F (reporting date: 2015-03-31), 20-F (reporting date: 2014-03-31), 20-F (reporting date: 2013-03-31), 20-F (reporting date: 2012-03-31), 20-F (reporting date: 2011-03-31), 20-F (reporting date: 2010-03-31).

1 2015 Calculation
Allowance as a percentage of finance receivables, gross = 100 × Allowance for credit losses ÷ Finance receivables, gross
= 100 × 1,406 ÷ 130,386 = 1.08%

Financial ratio Description The company
Allowance as a percentage of finance receivables, gross Allowance for credit losses divided by the gross financing receivable. Toyota Motor Corp. allowance as a percentage of finance receivables, gross decreased from 2013 to 2014 but then slightly increased from 2014 to 2015.