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Capita (Capita) Days Sales Outstanding : 42.09 (As of Dec. 2023)


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What is Capita Days Sales Outstanding?

Capita's average Accounts Receivable for the six months ended in Dec. 2023 was $390 Mil. Capita's Revenue for the six months ended in Dec. 2023 was $1,693 Mil. Hence, Capita's Days Sales Outstanding for the six months ended in Dec. 2023 was 42.09.

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

CTAGY' s Days Sales Outstanding Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 17.94   Med: 36.73   Max: 50.77
Current: 33.2

During the past 13 years, Capita's highest Days Sales Outstanding was 50.77. The lowest was 17.94. And the median was 36.73.

CTAGY's Days Sales Outstanding is ranked better than
82.4% of 1040 companies
in the Business Services industry
Industry Median: 58.575 vs CTAGY: 33.20

Capita's Days Sales Outstanding declined from Dec. 2022 (42.51) to Dec. 2023 (42.09).


Capita Days Sales Outstanding Historical Data

The historical data trend for Capita's Days Sales Outstanding 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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Capita Days Sales Outstanding Chart

Capita Annual Data
Trend Dec14 Dec15 Dec16 Dec17 Dec18 Dec19 Dec20 Dec21 Dec22 Dec23
Days Sales Outstanding
Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 40.36 34.77 27.82 24.41 17.57

Capita Semi-Annual Data
Jun14 Dec14 Jun15 Dec15 Jun16 Dec16 Jun17 Dec17 Jun18 Dec18 Jun19 Dec19 Jun20 Dec20 Jun21 Dec21 Jun22 Dec22 Jun23 Dec23
Days Sales Outstanding 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 55.69 47.64 42.51 39.29 42.09

Competitive Comparison of Capita's Days Sales Outstanding

For the Specialty Business Services subindustry, Capita'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.


Capita's Days Sales Outstanding Distribution in the Business Services Industry

For the Business Services industry and Industrials sector, Capita's Days Sales Outstanding distribution charts can be found below:

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



Capita 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.

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

Days Sales Outstanding (A: Dec. 2023 )
=Average Accounts Receivable /Revenue*Days in Period
=( (Accounts Receivable (A: Dec. 2022 ) + Accounts Receivable (A: Dec. 2023 )) / count ) / Revenue (A: Dec. 2023 )*Days in Period
=( (182.582 + 160.506) / 2 ) / 3562.785*365
=171.544 / 3562.785*365
=17.57

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

Days Sales Outstanding (Q: Dec. 2023 )
=Average Accounts Receivable /Revenue*Days in Period
=( (Accounts Receivable (A: Jun. 2023 ) + Accounts Receivable (A: Dec. 2023 )) / count ) / Revenue (A: Dec. 2023 )*Days in Period
=( (620.455 + 160.506) / 2 ) / 1693.165*365 / 2
=390.4805 / 1693.165*365 / 2
=42.09

* 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.


Capita  (OTCPK:CTAGY) Days Sales Outstanding Explanation

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Capita (Capita) Business Description

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65 Gresham Street, London, GBR, EC2V 7NQ
Capita PLC is a provider of business process services, driven by data, technology, and people focused on creating useful outcomes and value by working collaboratively with its clients as partners. The company provides consulting, transformation, and professional delivery services, drawing on its practical experience, and provides digitally enabled services and solutions, often under multi-year contracts. It operates across three divisions Capita Public Service, Capita Experience, and Capita Portfolio. The company derives a majority of its revenue from the United Kingdom.

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