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Dollar General Days Payable

: 61.10 (As of Oct. 2020)
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Dollar General's Accounts Payable for the three months ended in Oct. 2020 was $3,771 Mil. Dollar General's Cost of Goods Sold for the three months ended in Oct. 2020 was $5,631 Mil. Hence, Dollar General's Days Payable for the three months ended in Oct. 2020 was 61.10.

NYSE:DG' s Days Payable Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 37.39   Med: 39.1   Max: 54.2
Current: 61.9
37.39
54.2

During the past 13 years, Dollar General's highest Days Payable was 54.20. The lowest was 37.39. And the median was 39.10.

NYSE:DG's Days Payable is ranked higher than
69% of the 280 Companies
in the Retail - Defensive industry.

( Industry Median: 44.07 vs. NYSE:DG: 61.90 )

Dollar General's Days Payable increased from Oct. 2019 (52.68) to Oct. 2020 (61.10). It may suggest that Dollar General delayed paying its suppliers.

Dollar General Days Payable 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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Dollar General Annual Data
Jan11 Jan12 Jan13 Jan14 Jan15 Jan16 Jan17 Jan18 Jan19 Jan20
Days Payable Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 38.78 37.39 45.14 48.86 54.20

Dollar General Quarterly Data
Jan16 Apr16 Jul16 Oct16 Jan17 Apr17 Jul17 Oct17 Jan18 Apr18 Jul18 Oct18 Jan19 Apr19 Jul19 Oct19 Jan20 Apr20 Jul20 Oct20
Days Payable 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 52.68 53.44 46.06 52.90 61.10
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.

Dollar General Days Payable Distribution

* The bar in red indicates where Dollar General's Days Payable falls into.


Dollar General Days Payable Calculation

Days Payable indicates the number of days that the account payable relative to cost of goods sold the company has. An increase of Days Payable may suggest that the company delays paying its suppliers.

Dollar General's Days Payable for the fiscal year that ended in Jan. 2020 is calculated as

Days Payable=Accounts Payable/Cost of Goods Sold*Days in Period
=2860.682/19264.912*365
=54.20

Dollar General's Days Payable for the quarter that ended in Oct. 2020 is calculated as:

Days Payable=Accounts Payable/Cost of Goods Sold*Days in Period
=3770.528/5631.385*365 / 4
=61.10

* 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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