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Stericycle (Stericycle) Days Sales Outstanding

: 71.34 (As of Dec. 2023)
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Stericycle's average Accounts Receivable for the three months ended in Dec. 2023 was $510 Mil. Stericycle's Revenue for the three months ended in Dec. 2023 was $652 Mil. Hence, Stericycle's Days Sales Outstanding for the three months ended in Dec. 2023 was 71.34.

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

SRCL' s Days Sales Outstanding Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 55.23   Med: 63.56   Max: 66.46
Current: 62.14

During the past 13 years, Stericycle's highest Days Sales Outstanding was 66.46. The lowest was 55.23. And the median was 63.56.

SRCL's Days Sales Outstanding is ranked better than
56.96% of 230 companies
in the Waste Management industry
Industry Median: 72.87 vs SRCL: 62.14

Stericycle's Days Sales Outstanding increased from Dec. 2022 (59.76) to Dec. 2023 (71.34).


Stericycle Days Sales Outstanding Historical Data

The historical data trend for Stericycle'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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Stericycle 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 63.09 63.10 55.23 56.33 66.46

Stericycle 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 59.76 55.61 56.55 61.15 71.34

Competitive Comparison

For the Waste Management subindustry, Stericycle'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.


Stericycle Days Sales Outstanding Distribution

For the Waste Management industry and Industrials sector, Stericycle's Days Sales Outstanding distribution charts can be found below:

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



Stericycle 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.

Stericycle'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
=( (414.5 + 553.9) / 2 ) / 2659.3*365
=484.2 / 2659.3*365
=66.46

Stericycle'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
=( (465.6 + 553.9) / 2 ) / 652*365 / 4
=509.75 / 652*365 / 4
=71.34

* 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.


Stericycle  (NAS:SRCL) Days Sales Outstanding Explanation

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Stericycle (Stericycle) Business Description

Traded in Other Exchanges
Address
2355 Waukegan Road, Bannockburn, IL, USA, 60015
Stericycle is the largest provider of medical waste disposal and data destruction (primarily paper shredding) services in the United States. Its next closest national competitor in the medical waste disposal space is Sharps Compliance, which generated $76 million of sales in fiscal 2021 before its 2022 acquisition (about 4% of Stericycle's global regulated waste and compliance revenue). Stericycle's data destruction business (Shred-It) is about twice the size of its closest competitor (Iron Mountain's information destruction segment). Stericycle has a global presence, with about 20% of its revenue earned outside North America.
Executives
Joseph Anthony Reuter officer: EVP & Chief People Officer 2355 WAUKEGAN ROAD, BANNOCKBURN IL 60015
Victoria L Dolan director C/O COLGATE-PALMOLIVE COMPANY, 300 PARK AVENUE, NEW YORK NY 10022
Naren K Gursahaney director 1501 YAMATO ROAD, BOCA RATON FL 33431
White Stephen Cory officer: EVP C&RS 2355 WAUKEGAN ROAD, BANNOCKBURN IL 60015
Daniel Ginnetti officer: Chief Financial Officer 2355 WAUKEGAN ROAD, BANNOCKBURN IL 60015
David W. Stahl officer: EVP and CIO 2355 WAUKEGAN ROAD, BANNOCKBURN IL 60015
James L Welch director 5550 SW MACADAM AVENUE, SUITE 200, PORTLAND OR 97239
James J Martell director 314 RINGLING POINT DRIVE, SARASOTA FL 34234
Janet Zelenka officer: EVP, Chief Financial Officer 2355 WAUKEGAN ROAD, BANNOCKBURN IL 60015
Dominic Culotta officer: EVP Engineering 2355 WAUKEGAN ROAD, BANNOCKBURN IL 60015
Mark C Miller officer: CEO C/O STERICYCLE INC., 28161 N KEITH DRIVE, LAKE FOREST IL 60045
Stephen C Hooley director 2355 WAUKEGAN ROAD, BANNOCKBURN IL 60015
Hackney Jesse Joel Jr director 2355 WAUKEGAN ROAD, BANNOCKBURN IL 60015
William J. Seward officer: EVP, Chief Commercial Officer 28161 N. KEITH DRIVE, LAKE FOREST IL 60045
Richard Michael Moore officer: EVP North America Operations 2355 WAUKEGAN ROAD, BANNOCKBURN IL 60015