Stock Analysis on Net

Marathon Oil Corp. (NYSE:MRO)

This company has been moved to the archive! The financial data has not been updated since August 4, 2022.

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, 2021 Dec 31, 2020 Dec 31, 2019 Dec 31, 2018 Dec 31, 2017
Selected Financial Data (US$ in millions)
Reserve for credit losses 15 22 11 11 12
Receivables, gross 1,157 769 1,133 1,090 1,094
Financial Ratio
Allowance as a percentage of receivables, gross1 1.30% 2.86% 0.97% 1.01% 1.10%

Based on: 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), 10-K (reporting date: 2017-12-31).

1 2021 Calculation
Allowance as a percentage of receivables, gross = 100 × Reserve for credit losses ÷ Receivables, gross
= 100 × 15 ÷ 1,157 = 1.30%

Financial ratio Description The company
Allowance as a percentage of receivables, gross Allowance for doubtful accounts divided by the gross accounts receivable. Marathon Oil Corp. allowance as a percentage of receivables, gross increased from 2019 to 2020 but then slightly decreased from 2020 to 2021 not reaching 2019 level.