Compare two companies with regard their credit card policies

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Problem - Accounts receivable analysis - Xavier Stores Company and Lestrade Stores Inc. are large retail department stores. Both companies offer credit to their customers through their own credit card operations. Information from the financial statements for both companies for two recent years is as follows (in millions):

 

Xavier

Lestrade

Sales

$8,500,000

$4,585,000

Credit card receivables-beginning

820,000

600,000

Credit card receviables-ending

880,000

710,000

Required -

a. Determine the (1) accounts receivable turnover. Round to one decimal place.

a. Determine (2) the number of days' sales in receivables for both companies. Round to one decimal place.

b. Compare the two companies with regard to their credit card policies.

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