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EMC (EMC) Cash Conversion Cycle : 49.87 (As of Jun. 2016)


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What is EMC Cash Conversion Cycle?

Cash Conversion Cycle is one of several measures of management effectiveness. It equals Days Sales Outstanding + Days Inventory - Days Payable.

EMC's Days Sales Outstanding for the three months ended in Jun. 2016 was 44.26.
EMC's Days Inventory for the three months ended in Jun. 2016 was 49.53.
EMC's Days Payable for the three months ended in Jun. 2016 was 43.92.
Therefore, EMC's Cash Conversion Cycle (CCC) for the three months ended in Jun. 2016 was 49.87.


EMC Cash Conversion Cycle Historical Data

The historical data trend for EMC's Cash Conversion Cycle can be seen below:

* For Operating Data section: All numbers are indicated by the unit behind each term and all currency related amount are in USD.
* For other sections: All numbers are in millions except for per share data, ratio, and percentage. All currency related amount are indicated in the company's associated stock exchange currency.

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EMC Cash Conversion Cycle Chart

EMC Annual Data
Trend Dec06 Dec07 Dec08 Dec09 Dec10 Dec11 Dec12 Dec13 Dec14 Dec15
Cash Conversion Cycle
Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only -6.94 1.54 1.25 55.59 46.59

EMC Quarterly Data
Sep11 Dec11 Mar12 Jun12 Sep12 Dec12 Mar13 Jun13 Sep13 Dec13 Mar14 Jun14 Sep14 Dec14 Mar15 Jun15 Sep15 Dec15 Mar16 Jun16
Cash Conversion Cycle Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 1.72 2.19 46.75 53.45 49.87

Competitive Comparison of EMC's Cash Conversion Cycle

For the Computer Hardware subindustry, EMC's Cash Conversion Cycle, along with its competitors' market caps and Cash Conversion Cycle data, can be viewed below:

* Competitive companies are chosen from companies within the same industry, with headquarter located in same country, with closest market capitalization; x-axis shows the market cap, and y-axis shows the term value; the bigger the dot, the larger the market cap. Note that "N/A" values will not show up in the chart.


EMC's Cash Conversion Cycle Distribution in the Hardware Industry

For the Hardware industry and Technology sector, EMC's Cash Conversion Cycle distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where EMC's Cash Conversion Cycle falls into.



EMC Cash Conversion Cycle Calculation

Cash Conversion Cycle (CCC) measures how fast a company can convert cash on hand into even more cash on hand. This metric looks at the amount of time needed to sell inventory, the amount of time needed to collect receivables and the length of time the company is afforded to pay its bills without incurring penalties.

Cash Conversion Cycle is one of several measures of management effectiveness.

EMC's Cash Conversion Cycle for the fiscal year that ended in Dec. 2015 is calculated as

Cash Conversion Cycle=Days Sales Outstanding +Days Inventory-Days Payable
=61.98+47.37-62.76
=46.59

EMC's Cash Conversion Cycle for the quarter that ended in Jun. 2016 is calculated as:

Cash Conversion Cycle=Days Sales Outstanding+Days Inventory-Days Payable
=44.26+49.53-43.92
=49.87

* For Operating Data section: All numbers are indicated by the unit behind each term and all currency related amount are in USD.
* For other sections: All numbers are in millions except for per share data, ratio, and percentage. All currency related amount are indicated in the company's associated stock exchange currency.


EMC  (NYSE:EMC) Cash Conversion Cycle Explanation

Generally, the lower this number is, the better for the company. Although it should be combined with other metrics (such as ROE % and ROA %), it can be especially useful for comparing close competitors, because the company with the lowest CCC is often the one with better management.


Be Aware

CCC is most effective with retail-type companies, which have inventories that are sold to customers. Consulting businesses, software companies and insurance companies are all examples of companies for whom this metric is meaningless.

The CCC is one of several tools that can help you evaluate management, especially if it is calculated for several consecutive time periods and for several competitors. Decreasing or steady CCCs are good, while rising ones should motivate you to dig a bit deeper.


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EMC (EMC) Business Description

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EMC Corp is a Massachusetts corporation, incorporated in 1979. The Company together with its subsidiaries supports the businesses and service providers to transform information technology (IT) operations to an as a service model (ITaaS). The Company operates in three segments: EMC Information Infrastructure, Pivotal and VMware Virtual Infrastructure. The Company's information infrastructure provides a foundation for organizations to store, manage, protect, analyze and secure ever-increasing quantities of information, while at the same time improving business agility, lowering cost and increasing competitive advantage. VMware Virtual Infrastructure provides virtualization infrastructure solutions. Pivotal provides application and data infrastructure software, agile development services and data science consulting. The Company offers a comprehensive portfolio of enterprise storage systems and software - including high-end EMC VMAX and mid-tier EMC VNX unified storage and a portfolio of backup products that support enterprise application workloads. The Company's two additional storage families, EMC Isilon and EMC Atmos, are specifically designed to handle vast quantities of unstructured data. EMC supports a broad range of customers, including service providers, around the world - in every industry, in both public and private sectors, and of sizes ranging from the Fortune 500 to small business and individual consumers. The Company markets its products through direct sales and through multiple distribution channels. It has a direct sales presence throughout North America, Latin America, Europe, the Middle East, South Africa and the Asia Pacific region. The Company also has agreements in place with many partners, including value-added resellers and distributors, cloud service providers, systems integrators, outsourcers, Independent Software Vendors ("ISVs"), and Original Equipment Manufacturers ("OEMs"). The Company competes with many companies in the markets it serve, including companies that offer IT products and services and others that offer specific information storage, protection, security, management and intelligence, data analytics or virtualization products or services.
Executives
Laura Sen director ONE MERCER ROAD, P.O. BOX 9601, NATICK MA 01760-9601
John R Egan director 176 SOUTH ST., HOPKINTON MA 01748
Donald J Carty director C/O DELL INC., ONE DELL WAY, ROUND ROCK TX 78682-2244
Judith A Miscik director 300 RENAISSANCE CENTER, M/C: 482-C24-A68, DETROIT MI 48265
William D Green director C/O ACCENTURE, 161 N CLARK STREET, CHICAGO IL 60601
William F Scannell officer: President,Global Sales/Cust Op EMC CORPORATION, 176 SOUTH STREET, HOPKINTON MA 01748
Randolph L Cowen director 176 SOUTH STREET HOPKINTON MA 01748
Howard D Elias officer: President & COO, Glob Ent Srvs C/O EMC CORPORATION, 176 SOUTH STREET, HOPKINTON MA 01748
Paul T Dacier officer: EVP & General Counsel EMC CORPORATION, 176 SOUTH STREET, HOPKINTON MA 01748
Erin Mcsweeney officer: EVP, Human Resources EMC CORPORATION, 176 SOUTH STREET, HOPKINTON MA 01748
Teuber William J Jr officer: Vice Chairman EMC CORPORATION, 176 SOUTH STREET, HOPKINTON MA 01748
James S Distasio director C/O EVERSOURCE ENERGY, 300 CADWELL DRIVE, BOSTON MA 01104
Paul Sagan director AKAMAI TECHNOLOGIES INC, 8 CAMBRIDGE CENTER, CAMBRIDGE MA 02142
Jeremy Burton officer: President, Prod & Marketing C/O SNOWFLAKE INC., 106 EAST BABCOCK STREET SUITE 3A, BOZEMAN MT 59715
David I Goulden officer: CEO, EMCII 176 SOUTH STREET, HOPKINTON MA 01748

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