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Student Transportation (Student Transportation) Days Sales Outstanding : 42.51 (As of Dec. 2017)


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What is Student Transportation Days Sales Outstanding?

Student Transportation's average Accounts Receivable for the three months ended in Dec. 2017 was $90.3 Mil. Student Transportation's Revenue for the three months ended in Dec. 2017 was $193.9 Mil. Hence, Student Transportation's Days Sales Outstanding for the three months ended in Dec. 2017 was 42.51.

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

STB's Days Sales Outstanding is not ranked *
in the Transportation industry.
Industry Median: 45.73
* Ranked among companies with meaningful Days Sales Outstanding only.

Student Transportation's Days Sales Outstanding declined from Dec. 2016 (48.15) to Dec. 2017 (42.51).


Student Transportation Days Sales Outstanding Historical Data

The historical data trend for Student Transportation'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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Student Transportation Days Sales Outstanding Chart

Student Transportation Annual Data
Trend Jun08 Jun09 Jun10 Jun11 Jun12 Jun13 Jun14 Jun15 Jun16 Jun17
Days Sales Outstanding
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Student Transportation Quarterly Data
Mar13 Jun13 Sep13 Dec13 Mar14 Jun14 Sep14 Dec14 Mar15 Jun15 Sep15 Dec15 Mar16 Jun16 Sep16 Dec16 Mar17 Jun17 Sep17 Dec17
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Competitive Comparison of Student Transportation's Days Sales Outstanding

For the Railroads subindustry, Student Transportation'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.


Student Transportation's Days Sales Outstanding Distribution in the Transportation Industry

For the Transportation industry and Industrials sector, Student Transportation's Days Sales Outstanding distribution charts can be found below:

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



Student Transportation 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.

Student Transportation's Days Sales Outstanding for the fiscal year that ended in Jun. 2017 is calculated as

Days Sales Outstanding (A: Jun. 2017 )
=Average Accounts Receivable /Revenue*Days in Period
=( (Accounts Receivable (A: Jun. 2016 ) + Accounts Receivable (A: Jun. 2017 )) / count ) / Revenue (A: Jun. 2017 )*Days in Period
=( (63.018 + 68.747) / 2 ) / 637.317*365
=65.8825 / 637.317*365
=37.73

Student Transportation's Days Sales Outstanding for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2017 is calculated as:

Days Sales Outstanding (Q: Dec. 2017 )
=Average Accounts Receivable /Revenue*Days in Period
=( (Accounts Receivable (A: Sep. 2017 ) + Accounts Receivable (A: Dec. 2017 )) / count ) / Revenue (A: Dec. 2017 )*Days in Period
=( (87.522 + 93.095) / 2 ) / 193.856*365 / 4
=90.3085 / 193.856*365 / 4
=42.51

* 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.


Student Transportation  (NAS:STB) Days Sales Outstanding Explanation

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Student Transportation (Student Transportation) Business Description

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Student Transportation Inc is a Canadian company which provides school transportation and management services to public and private schools in both the United States and Canada. Services provided by the company are managed transportation which covers driver recruiting and training, safety, vehicle maintenance, insurance and routing/scheduling, special needs transportation with specially equipped buses and bus routes to specialized schools, charter services for special events and extracurricular activities, Direct-To-Parent school bus service. The company operates its business in two segments namely transportation segment and an oil and gas segment in US and Canada. The majority of the company's revenue comes from transportation business in the US.

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