Foster Wheeler AG (FRA:FWI) Days Payable : 31.75 (As of Sep. 2014)

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What is Foster Wheeler AG Days Payable?

Foster Wheeler AG's average Accounts Payable for the three months ended in Sep. 2014 was €197 Mil. Foster Wheeler AG's Cost of Goods Sold for the three months ended in Sep. 2014 was €566 Mil. Hence, Foster Wheeler AG's Days Payable for the three months ended in Sep. 2014 was 31.75.

The historical rank and industry rank for Foster Wheeler AG's Days Payable or its related term are showing as below:

FRA:FWI' s Days Payable Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 0 Med: 0 Max: 31.95
Current: 31.95

During the past 13 years, Foster Wheeler AG's highest Days Payable was 31.95. The lowest was 0.00. And the median was 0.00.

FRA:FWI's Days Payable is not ranked
in the Construction industry.
Industry Median: 74.12 vs FRA:FWI: 31.95

Foster Wheeler AG's Days Payable declined from Sep. 2013 (42.03) to Sep. 2014 (31.75). It may suggest that Foster Wheeler AG accelerated paying its suppliers.

Foster Wheeler AG Days Payable Historical Data

The historical data trend for Foster Wheeler AG's Days Payable can be seen below:

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Foster Wheeler AG Days Payable Chart

Foster Wheeler AG Annual Data

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29.62

27.06

22.64

35.74

39.45

Foster Wheeler AG Quarterly Data
	Dec09	Mar10	Jun10	Sep10	Dec10	Mar11	Jun11	Sep11	Dec11	Mar12	Jun12	Sep12	Dec12	Mar13	Jun13	Sep13	Dec13	Mar14	Jun14	Sep14
Days Payable	Get a 7-Day Free Trial															42.03	35.99	39.38	33.24	31.75

Competitive Comparison of Foster Wheeler AG's Days Payable

For the Engineering & Construction subindustry, Foster Wheeler AG's Days Payable, along with its competitors' market caps and Days Payable data, can be viewed below:

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Foster Wheeler AG's Days Payable Distribution in the Construction Industry

For the Construction industry and Industrials sector, Foster Wheeler AG's Days Payable distribution charts can be found below:

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Foster Wheeler AG Days Payable Calculation

Days Payable indicates the number of days that the account payable relative to cost of goods sold the company has. An increase of Days Payable may suggest that the company delays paying its suppliers.

Foster Wheeler AG's Days Payable for the fiscal year that ended in Dec. 2013 is calculated as

	Days Payable (A: Dec. 2013 )
=	Average Accounts Payable					/	Cost of Goods Sold	*	Days in Period
=	( (Accounts Payable (A: Dec. 2012 )	+	Accounts Payable (A: Dec. 2013 ))	/	count )	/	Cost of Goods Sold (A: Dec. 2013 )	*	Days in Period
=	( (227.389	+	206.154)	/	2 )	/	2005.602	*	365
=	216.7715					/	2005.602	*	365
=	39.45

Foster Wheeler AG's Days Payable for the quarter that ended in Sep. 2014 is calculated as:

	Days Payable (Q: Sep. 2014 )
=	Average Accounts Payable					/	Cost of Goods Sold	*	Days in Period
=	( (Accounts Payable (Q: Jun. 2014 )	+	Accounts Payable (Q: Sep. 2014 ))	/	count )	/	Cost of Goods Sold (Q: Sep. 2014 )	*	Days in Period
=	( (204.657	+	189.025)	/	2 )	/	565.679	*	365 / 4
=	196.841					/	565.679	*	365 / 4
=	31.75

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Foster Wheeler AG (FRA:FWI) Business Description

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Foster Wheeler AG was formed in 1927. The Company, with its subsidiaries, is a provider of construction and engineering services. The Company serves the oil and gas, oil refining, chemical and petrochemical, environmental, power generation, and power plant operation and maintenance industries. The Company operates through two business groups: its Global Engineering and Construction Group (Global E&C Group) and its Global Power Group. The Global E&C Group operates and designs, engineers, and constructs onshore and offshore upstream oil and gas processing facilities, natural gas liquefaction facilities and receiving terminals, gas-to-liquids facilities, oil refining, pharmaceutical and biotechnology facilities and related infrastructure, power generation and distribution facilities, and gasification facilities. The group provides engineering, project management and construction management services, and also designs facilities in new or developing market sectors, such as carbon capture and storage, solid fuel-fired integrated gasification combined-cycle power plants, coal-to-liquids, coal-to-chemicals and biofuels. The Global E&C Group additionally performs environmental remediation services. The Global Power Group designs, manufactures and installs steam generators and auxiliary equipment for electric power generating stations, district heating and power plants and industrial facilities. It offers new and retrofit nitrogen-oxide reduction systems, and provides site services related to these products, including construction and erection, maintenance engineering, plant upgrading, and life extensions. The Global Power Group conducts research and development in the areas of combustion, solid, fluid, and gas dynamics, heat transfer, materials, and solid mechanics. Further, this group owns and operates independent power production and waste-to-energy facilities, as well as power generation facilities for the process and petrochemical industries. Companies that compete with Global E&C Group include but are not limited to the following: Bechtel Corporation; Chicago Bridge & Iron Company N.V.; Chiyoda Corporation; Fluor Corporation; Jacobs Engineering Group Inc.; JGC Corporation; KBR, Inc.; Saipem S.p.A.; Technip; TÃ©cnicas Reunidas, SA; and WorleyParsons Ltd. Companies that compete with Global Power Group include but are not limited to the following: Alstom Power S.A.; Andritz Group AG; The Babcock & Wilcox Company; Babcock Power Inc.; Dongfang Boiler Works (a subsidiary of Dong Fang Electric Corporation); Doosan-Babcock; Harbin Boiler Co., Ltd.; Hitachi, Ltd.; Metso Corporation; Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Ltd.; and Shanghai Boiler Works Ltd. The operations are subject to certain federal, state and local environmental, occupational health and product safety laws.

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