China Telecom (China Telecom) Days Sales Outstanding : 28.62 (As of Dec. 2023)

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What is China Telecom Days Sales Outstanding?

China Telecom's average Accounts Receivable for the three months ended in Dec. 2023 was $5,819 Mil. China Telecom's Revenue for the three months ended in Dec. 2023 was $18,550 Mil. Hence, China Telecom's Days Sales Outstanding for the three months ended in Dec. 2023 was 28.62.

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

CHA' s Days Sales Outstanding Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 17.94 Med: 20.83 Max: 36.67
Current: 36.67

During the past 13 years, China Telecom's highest Days Sales Outstanding was 36.67. The lowest was 17.94. And the median was 20.83.

CHA's Days Sales Outstanding is ranked better than
72.44% of 381 companies
in the Telecommunication Services industry
Industry Median: 56.4 vs CHA: 36.67

China Telecom's Days Sales Outstanding declined from Sep. 2022 (30.35) to Dec. 2023 (28.62).

China Telecom Days Sales Outstanding Historical Data

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

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China Telecom Days Sales Outstanding Chart

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20.57

19.26

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18.51

20.29

China Telecom Quarterly Data
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Days Sales Outstanding	Get a 7-Day Free Trial															17.95	-	37.74	28.62	21.88

Competitive Comparison of China Telecom's Days Sales Outstanding

For the Telecom Services subindustry, China Telecom'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.

China Telecom's Days Sales Outstanding Distribution in the Telecommunication Services Industry

For the Telecommunication Services industry and Communication Services sector, China Telecom's Days Sales Outstanding distribution charts can be found below:

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

China Telecom 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.

China Telecom'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
=	( (3487.241	+	4511.078)	/	2 )	/	71923.896	*	365
=	3999.1595					/	71923.896	*	365
=	20.29

China Telecom'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
=	( (7126.635	+	4511.078)	/	2 )	/	18549.682	*	365 / 4
=	5818.8565					/	18549.682	*	365 / 4
=	28.62

China Telecom (NYSE:CHA) Days Sales Outstanding Explanation

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China Telecom is the largest fixed-line operator in China, originally covering 21 southern provinces. It has 102 million fixed-line subscribers, 189 million broadband customers, and 406 million wireless subscribers, having overtaken China Unicom to become the second-largest wireless operator in China behind China Mobile. The firm is increasing its cross-selling of products and seeing strong growth from industrial digitization services, such as internet data centers and cloud computing. Its internet data center business is already the largest in China, with a plan to have 560,000 cabinets by end 2023.