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General Mills Cash Conversion Cycle

: -7.17 (As of May. 2019)
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Cash Conversion Cycle is one of several measures of management effectiveness. It equals Days Sales Outstanding + Days Inventory - Days Payable.

General Mills's Days Sales Outstanding for the three months ended in May. 2019 was 36.83.
General Mills's Days Inventory for the three months ended in May. 2019 was 52.44.
General Mills's Days Payable for the three months ended in May. 2019 was 96.44.
Therefore, General Mills's Cash Conversion Cycle (CCC) for the three months ended in May. 2019 was -7.17.

General Mills Cash Conversion Cycle Historical Data

* All numbers are in millions except for per share data and ratio. All numbers are in their local exchange's currency.

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General Mills Annual Data
May10 May11 May12 May13 May14 May15 May16 May17 May18 May19
Cash Conversion Cycle Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 24.53 10.64 9.05 -2.86 -4.83

General Mills Quarterly Data
Aug14 Nov14 Feb15 May15 Aug15 Nov15 Feb16 May16 Aug16 Nov16 Feb17 May17 Aug17 Nov17 Feb18 May18 Aug18 Nov18 Feb19 May19
Cash Conversion Cycle 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 -4.77 2.94 -1.02 -1.33 -7.17
Competitive Comparison
* 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.

General Mills Cash Conversion Cycle Distribution

* The bar in red indicates where General Mills's Cash Conversion Cycle falls into.


General Mills Cash Conversion Cycle Calculation

Cash Conversion Cycle (CCC) measures how fast a company can convert cash on hand into even more cash on hand. This metric looks at the amount of time needed to sell inventory, the amount of time needed to collect receivables and the length of time the company is afforded to pay its bills without incurring penalties.

Cash Conversion Cycle is one of several measures of management effectiveness.

General Mills's Cash Conversion Cycle for the fiscal year that ended in May. 2019 is calculated as

Cash Conversion Cycle=Days Sales Outstanding +Days Inventory-Days Payable
=36.35+52.6-93.78
=-4.83

General Mills's Cash Conversion Cycle for the quarter that ended in May. 2019 is calculated as:

Cash Conversion Cycle=Days Sales Outstanding+Days Inventory-Days Payable
=36.83+52.44-96.44
=-7.17

* All numbers are in millions except for per share data and ratio. All numbers are in their local exchange's currency.

General Mills  (NYSE:GIS) Cash Conversion Cycle Explanation

Generally, the lower this number is, the better for the company. Although it should be combined with other metrics (such as ROE % and ROA %), it can be especially useful for comparing close competitors, because the company with the lowest CCC is often the one with better management.

Be Aware

CCC is most effective with retail-type companies, which have inventories that are sold to customers. Consulting businesses, software companies and insurance companies are all examples of companies for whom this metric is meaningless.

The CCC is one of several tools that can help you evaluate management, especially if it is calculated for several consecutive time periods and for several competitors. Decreasing or steady CCCs are good, while rising ones should motivate you to dig a bit deeper.

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