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Lonrho (FRA:LOY) Days Sales Outstanding : 81.12 (As of Dec. 2012)


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What is Lonrho Days Sales Outstanding?

Lonrho's average Accounts Receivable for the six months ended in Dec. 2012 was €45.7 Mil. Lonrho's Revenue for the six months ended in Dec. 2012 was €102.9 Mil. Hence, Lonrho's Days Sales Outstanding for the six months ended in Dec. 2012 was 81.12.

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

FRA:LOY' s Days Sales Outstanding Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 48.25   Med: 48.25   Max: 119.19
Current: 119.19

During the past 13 years, Lonrho's highest Days Sales Outstanding was 119.19. The lowest was 48.25. And the median was 48.25.

FRA:LOY's Days Sales Outstanding is not ranked
in the Conglomerates industry.
Industry Median: 61.05 vs FRA:LOY: 119.19

Lonrho's Days Sales Outstanding declined from Sep. 2011 (119.84) to Dec. 2012 (81.12).

Warning Sign:

If a company sales outstanding increases, it means it has difficulty collecting payment from its customers.


Lonrho Days Sales Outstanding Historical Data

The historical data trend for Lonrho'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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Lonrho Days Sales Outstanding Chart

Lonrho Annual Data
Trend Sep03 Sep04 Sep05 Sep06 Sep07 Sep08 Sep09 Sep10 Sep11 Dec12
Days Sales Outstanding
Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 36.27 44.45 58.26 44.67 48.25

Lonrho Semi-Annual Data
Mar02 Sep02 Mar03 Sep03 Mar05 Sep05 Mar06 Sep06 Mar07 Sep07 Mar08 Sep08 Mar09 Sep09 Mar10 Sep10 Mar11 Sep11 Jun12 Dec12
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 87.52 94.33 119.84 76.50 81.12

Competitive Comparison of Lonrho's Days Sales Outstanding

For the Conglomerates subindustry, Lonrho'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.


Lonrho's Days Sales Outstanding Distribution in the Conglomerates Industry

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

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



Lonrho 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.

Lonrho's Days Sales Outstanding for the fiscal year that ended in Dec. 2012 is calculated as

Days Sales Outstanding (A: Dec. 2012 )
=Average Accounts Receivable /Revenue*Days in Period
=( (Accounts Receivable (A: Sep. 2011 ) + Accounts Receivable (A: Dec. 2012 )) / count ) / Revenue (A: Dec. 2012 )*Days in Period
=( (0 + 33.607) / 1 ) / 254.205*365
=33.607 / 254.205*365
=48.25

Lonrho's Days Sales Outstanding for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2012 is calculated as:

Days Sales Outstanding (Q: Dec. 2012 )
=Average Accounts Receivable /Revenue*Days in Period
=( (Accounts Receivable (A: Jun. 2012 ) + Accounts Receivable (A: Dec. 2012 )) / count ) / Revenue (A: Dec. 2012 )*Days in Period
=( (57.885 + 33.607) / 2 ) / 102.913*365 / 2
=45.746 / 102.913*365 / 2
=81.12

* 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.


Lonrho  (FRA:LOY) 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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Lonrho (FRA:LOY) Business Description

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Address
Level 2, 25 Berkeley Square, London, GBR, W1J 6HB
Lonrho PLC is engaged in providing the infrastructure and services required for the growing oil, mineral and agricultural sectors in Africa. The Company has a diverse portfolio of investments across Sub-Saharan Africa in four core operating sectors: Agribusiness, Infrastructure, Hotels and Support Services. Agribusiness vertically integrates the production, sourcing, logistics, processing and distribution of agricultural products from Sub-Saharan Africa to the consumer. The division supplies to its retailers in Sub-Saharan Africa, Europe, the USA, Middle East, Scandinavia and the Far East. The division also distributes agricultural and heavy machinery. Infrastructure division develops and manages oil logistics terminals. Luba Freeport, the oil service terminal in the Gulf of Guinea, has attracted oil service companies to be long term tenants at the port to service offshore exploration and production rigs. The Company's Hotel division includes hotels centred on the commercial, conference and business related markets across the Continent. It owns or manages hotels in Lubumbashi and Kinshasa in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Maputo in Mozambique, Gaborone in Botswana and Mutare in Zimbabwe. IT business is a full systems integrator and manager that designs, builds, develops and integrates IT solutions for large corporate clients, banks and governments and then undertakes management contracts to run and manage installations. The IT division is a distributor for Cisco, Microsoft, Dell and Hewlett Packard systems and equipment.

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