Stock Analysis on Net
Stock Analysis on Net

Boston Scientific Corp. (NYSE:BSX)

This company has been moved to the archive! The financial data has not been updated since May 4, 2023.

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, 2022 Dec 31, 2021 Dec 31, 2020 Dec 31, 2019 Dec 31, 2018
Selected Financial Data (US$ in millions)
Allowance for credit losses 109 108 105 74 68
Trade accounts receivable, gross 2,079 1,886 1,637 1,902 1,676
Financial Ratio
Allowance as a percentage of trade accounts receivable, gross1 5.24% 5.73% 6.41% 3.89% 4.06%

Based on: 10-K (reporting date: 2022-12-31), 10-K (reporting date: 2021-12-31), 10-K (reporting date: 2020-12-31), 10-K (reporting date: 2019-12-31), 10-K (reporting date: 2018-12-31).

1 2022 Calculation
Allowance as a percentage of trade accounts receivable, gross = 100 × Allowance for credit losses ÷ Trade accounts receivable, gross
= 100 × 109 ÷ 2,079 = 5.24%

Financial ratio Description The company
Allowance as a percentage of trade accounts receivable, gross Allowance for doubtful accounts divided by the gross accounts receivable. Boston Scientific Corp. allowance as a percentage of trade accounts receivable, gross decreased from 2020 to 2021 and from 2021 to 2022.