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AstraZeneca (AstraZeneca) Days Sales Outstanding

: 74.78 (As of Dec. 2023)
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AstraZeneca's average Accounts Receivable for the three months ended in Dec. 2023 was $9,854 Mil. AstraZeneca's Revenue for the three months ended in Dec. 2023 was $12,024 Mil. Hence, AstraZeneca's Days Sales Outstanding for the three months ended in Dec. 2023 was 74.78.

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

AZN' s Days Sales Outstanding Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 45.29   Med: 51.23   Max: 77.3
Current: 77.3

During the past 13 years, AstraZeneca's highest Days Sales Outstanding was 77.30. The lowest was 45.29. And the median was 51.23.

AZN's Days Sales Outstanding is ranked worse than
55.74% of 1001 companies
in the Drug Manufacturers industry
Industry Median: 72.07 vs AZN: 77.30

AstraZeneca's Days Sales Outstanding increased from Dec. 2022 (67.37) to Dec. 2023 (74.78).


AstraZeneca Days Sales Outstanding Historical Data

The historical data trend for AstraZeneca'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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AstraZeneca Annual Data
Trend Dec14 Dec15 Dec16 Dec17 Dec18 Dec19 Dec20 Dec21 Dec22 Dec23
Days Sales Outstanding
Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 49.25 50.68 47.98 54.49 62.22

AstraZeneca Quarterly Data
Mar19 Jun19 Sep19 Dec19 Mar20 Jun20 Sep20 Dec20 Mar21 Jun21 Sep21 Dec21 Mar22 Jun22 Sep22 Dec22 Mar23 Jun23 Sep23 Dec23
Days Sales Outstanding 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 Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 67.37 73.40 85.45 88.90 74.78

Competitive Comparison

For the Drug Manufacturers - General subindustry, AstraZeneca'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.


AstraZeneca Days Sales Outstanding Distribution

For the Drug Manufacturers industry and Healthcare sector, AstraZeneca's Days Sales Outstanding distribution charts can be found below:

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



AstraZeneca 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.

AstraZeneca'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
=( (7212 + 8407) / 2 ) / 45811*365
=7809.5 / 45811*365
=62.22

AstraZeneca'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: Sep. 2023 ) + Accounts Receivable (A: Dec. 2023 )) / count ) / Revenue (A: Dec. 2023 )*Days in Period
=( (11300 + 8407) / 2 ) / 12024*365 / 4
=9853.5 / 12024*365 / 4
=74.78

* 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.


AstraZeneca  (NAS:AZN) 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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AstraZeneca (AstraZeneca) Business Description

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1 Francis Crick Avenue, Cambridge Biomedical Campus, Cambridge, GBR, CB2 0AA
A merger between Astra of Sweden and Zeneca Group of the United Kingdom formed AstraZeneca in 1999. The firm sells branded drugs across several major therapeutic classes, including gastrointestinal, diabetes, cardiovascular, respiratory, cancer, immunology and rare diseases. The majority of sales come from international markets with the United States representing close to one third of its revenue.

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