Ball Corporation BALL Operating Segments — Provision For Doubtful Accounts
Discontinued — last reported Q4 '14
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Where this comes from
Reported directly by Ball Corporation in its filing.
Tagged under the XBRL concept us-gaap:ProvisionForDoubtfulAccounts.
The official record: Ball Corporation’s 10-K, filed March 2, 2017, on SEC EDGAR. View the filing →
Questions, answered.
- What does operating segments — provision for doubtful accounts mean?
- The estimated portion of customer invoices that will likely go unpaid.
- How do you interpret operating segments — provision for doubtful accounts?
- An increase suggests rising credit risk or deteriorating customer financial health, while a decrease indicates improved collections or a higher-quality customer base.
- How does operating segments — provision for doubtful accounts compare across companies?
- Standard across manufacturing and industrial peers; usually a small percentage of total receivables.