Metcash (ASX:MTS) Days Sales Outstanding : 39.60 (As of Oct. 2023)

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What is Metcash Days Sales Outstanding?

Metcash's average Accounts Receivable for the six months ended in Oct. 2023 was A$1,701 Mil. Metcash's Revenue for the six months ended in Oct. 2023 was A$7,838 Mil. Hence, Metcash's Days Sales Outstanding for the six months ended in Oct. 2023 was 39.60.

The historical rank and industry rank for Metcash's Days Sales Outstanding or its related term are showing as below:

ASX:MTS' s Days Sales Outstanding Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 25.12 Med: 30.1 Max: 40.87
Current: 40.87

During the past 13 years, Metcash's highest Days Sales Outstanding was 40.87. The lowest was 25.12. And the median was 30.10.

ASX:MTS's Days Sales Outstanding is ranked worse than
69.28% of 306 companies
in the Retail - Defensive industry
Industry Median: 24.63 vs ASX:MTS: 40.87

Metcash's Days Sales Outstanding increased from Oct. 2022 (39.59) to Oct. 2023 (39.60).

Metcash Days Sales Outstanding Historical Data

The historical data trend for Metcash's Days Sales Outstanding can be seen below:

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Metcash Days Sales Outstanding Chart

Metcash Annual Data

Trend

Apr14

Apr15

Apr16

Apr17

Apr18

Apr19

Apr20

Apr21

Apr22

Apr23

Days Sales Outstanding

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33.05

33.80

32.35

32.62

32.43

Metcash Semi-Annual Data
	Apr14	Oct14	Apr15	Oct15	Apr16	Oct16	Apr17	Oct17	Apr18	Oct18	Apr19	Oct19	Apr20	Oct20	Apr21	Oct21	Apr22	Oct22	Apr23	Oct23
Days Sales Outstanding	Get a 7-Day Free Trial															40.04	37.10	39.59	37.72	39.60

Competitive Comparison of Metcash's Days Sales Outstanding

For the Food Distribution subindustry, Metcash's Days Sales Outstanding, along with its competitors' market caps and Days Sales Outstanding 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.

Metcash's Days Sales Outstanding Distribution in the Retail - Defensive Industry

For the Retail - Defensive industry and Consumer Defensive sector, Metcash's Days Sales Outstanding distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Metcash's Days Sales Outstanding falls into.

Metcash Days Sales Outstanding Calculation

Days Sales Outstanding measures the average number of days that a company takes to collect revenue after a sale has been made. It is a financial ratio that illustrates how well a company's Accounts Receivable are being managed.

Accounts Receivable can be measured by Days Sales Outstanding.

Metcash's Days Sales Outstanding for the fiscal year that ended in Apr. 2023 is calculated as

	Days Sales Outstanding (A: Apr. 2023 )
=	Average Accounts Receivable					/	Revenue	*	Days in Period
=	( (Accounts Receivable (A: Apr. 2022 )	+	Accounts Receivable (A: Apr. 2023 ))	/	count )	/	Revenue (A: Apr. 2023 )	*	Days in Period
=	( (1415.7	+	1392.6)	/	2 )	/	15803.4	*	365
=	1404.15					/	15803.4	*	365
=	32.43

Metcash's Days Sales Outstanding for the quarter that ended in Oct. 2023 is calculated as:

	Days Sales Outstanding (Q: Oct. 2023 )
=	Average Accounts Receivable					/	Revenue	*	Days in Period
=	( (Accounts Receivable (A: Apr. 2023 )	+	Accounts Receivable (A: Oct. 2023 ))	/	count )	/	Revenue (A: Oct. 2023 )	*	Days in Period
=	( (1392.6	+	2008.6)	/	2 )	/	7837.7	*	365 / 2
=	1700.6					/	7837.7	*	365 / 2
=	39.60

Metcash (ASX:MTS) Days Sales Outstanding Explanation

For retailers, when we compare Days Sales Outstanding, it is important to compare the same period in the previous years.

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Metcash (ASX:MTS) Business Description

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Address

1 Thomas Holt Drive, Macquarie Park, Sydney, NSW, AUS, 2113

Website

https://www.metcash.com

Metcash is a wholesale distribution and marketing company specialising in food, liquor, and hardware. Centralised wholesale distribution enables retailers to gain access to the combined scale of many retailers to negotiate material volume discounts.The food segment distributes of a range of products and services to independent supermarket and convenience stores. The hardware segment distributes hardware products to independent retail outlets and operates company-owned stores. The liquor segment distributes liquor products to independent retailers and pubs.

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