Unilever (Unilever) Days Sales Outstanding

: 37.58 (As of Dec. 2023)

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Unilever's average Accounts Receivable for the six months ended in Dec. 2023 was $6,552 Mil. Unilever's Revenue for the six months ended in Dec. 2023 was $31,817 Mil. Hence, Unilever's Days Sales Outstanding for the six months ended in Dec. 2023 was 37.58.

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

UL' s Days Sales Outstanding Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 20.22 Med: 24.82 Max: 34
Current: 34

During the past 13 years, Unilever's highest Days Sales Outstanding was 34.00. The lowest was 20.22. And the median was 24.82.

UL's Days Sales Outstanding is ranked better than
57.63% of 1834 companies
in the Consumer Packaged Goods industry
Industry Median: 38.99 vs UL: 34.00

Unilever's Days Sales Outstanding increased from Dec. 2022 (35.47) to Dec. 2023 (37.58).

Unilever Days Sales Outstanding Historical Data

The historical data trend for Unilever's Days Sales Outstanding can be seen below:

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Unilever Annual Data

Trend

Dec14

Dec15

Dec16

Dec17

Dec18

Dec19

Dec20

Dec21

Dec22

Dec23

Days Sales Outstanding

32.90

28.51

25.33

25.41

25.83

Unilever 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																35.91	34.31	35.47	37.45	37.58

Competitive Comparison

For the Household & Personal Products subindustry, Unilever'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.

Unilever Days Sales Outstanding Distribution

For the Consumer Packaged Goods industry and Consumer Defensive sector, Unilever's Days Sales Outstanding distribution charts can be found below:

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

Unilever 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.

Unilever'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
=	( (4813.559	+	4387.132)	/	2 )	/	64998.909	*	365
=	4600.3455					/	64998.909	*	365
=	25.83

Unilever'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
=	( (8717.226	+	4387.132)	/	2 )	/	31816.794	*	365 / 2
=	6552.179					/	31816.794	*	365 / 2
=	37.58

Unilever (NYSE:UL) Days Sales Outstanding Explanation

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Unilever (Unilever) Business Description

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Website

https://www.unilever.com

Unilever is a diversified personal-care (52% of 2022 sales by value), homecare (14%), and packaged food (34%) company. Its brands include Knorr soups and sauces, Hellmann's mayonnaise, Axe and Dove skin products, and the TRESemme haircare brand. The firm has been acquisitive in recent years; notable purchases include Paula's Choice, Liquid I.V., Horlicks, Garancia, and The Vegetarian Butcher.