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Empire Co (Empire Co) Days Sales Outstanding : 8.10 (As of Jan. 2024)


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What is Empire Co Days Sales Outstanding?

Empire Co's average Accounts Receivable for the three months ended in Jan. 2024 was $496 Mil. Empire Co's Revenue for the three months ended in Jan. 2024 was $5,583 Mil. Hence, Empire Co's Days Sales Outstanding for the three months ended in Jan. 2024 was 8.10.

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

EMLAF' s Days Sales Outstanding Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 6.37   Med: 6.96   Max: 8.08
Current: 8.08

During the past 13 years, Empire Co's highest Days Sales Outstanding was 8.08. The lowest was 6.37. And the median was 6.96.

EMLAF's Days Sales Outstanding is ranked better than
71.99% of 307 companies
in the Retail - Defensive industry
Industry Median: 23.76 vs EMLAF: 8.08

Empire Co's Days Sales Outstanding declined from Jan. 2023 (9.20) to Jan. 2024 (8.10).


Empire Co Days Sales Outstanding Historical Data

The historical data trend for Empire Co'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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Empire Co Days Sales Outstanding Chart

Empire Co Annual Data
Trend Apr14 Apr15 Apr16 Apr17 Apr18 Apr19 Apr20 Apr21 Apr22 Apr23
Days Sales Outstanding
Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 6.53 6.88 6.61 6.73 7.66

Empire Co Quarterly Data
Apr19 Jul19 Oct19 Jan20 Apr20 Jul20 Oct20 Jan21 Apr21 Jul21 Oct21 Jan22 Apr22 Jul22 Oct22 Jan23 Apr23 Jul23 Oct23 Jan24
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 9.20 8.50 7.61 8.32 8.10

Competitive Comparison of Empire Co's Days Sales Outstanding

For the Grocery Stores subindustry, Empire Co'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.


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

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

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



Empire Co 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.

Empire Co'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
=( (442.509 + 506.823) / 2 ) / 22603.159*365
=474.666 / 22603.159*365
=7.66

Empire Co's Days Sales Outstanding for the quarter that ended in Jan. 2024 is calculated as:

Days Sales Outstanding (Q: Jan. 2024 )
=Average Accounts Receivable /Revenue*Days in Period
=( (Accounts Receivable (A: Oct. 2023 ) + Accounts Receivable (A: Jan. 2024 )) / count ) / Revenue (A: Jan. 2024 )*Days in Period
=( (517.94 + 473.888) / 2 ) / 5583.253*365 / 4
=495.914 / 5583.253*365 / 4
=8.10

* 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.


Empire Co  (OTCPK:EMLAF) 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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Empire Co (Empire Co) Business Description

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Address
115 King Street, Stellarton, NS, CAN, B0K 1S0
Empire Co Ltd key businesses are food retailing, investments, and other operations. The food retailing division operates through Empire's subsidiary Sobeys and represents nearly all of the company's income. This segment owns, affiliates, or franchises more than 1,500 stores in 10 provinces, under retail banners including Sobeys, Safeway, IGA, Foodland, FreshCo, Thrifty Foods, Lawton's Drug Stores, and multiple retail fuel locations. The company's investment and other operations segment include the investment in Crombie REIT, which is an open-ended Canadian real estate investment trust, as well as the Genstar Development Partnership.

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