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Post Holdings (FRA:2PO) Days Sales Outstanding

: 24.31 (As of Dec. 2023)
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Post Holdings's average Accounts Receivable for the three months ended in Dec. 2023 was €480 Mil. Post Holdings's Revenue for the three months ended in Dec. 2023 was €1,803 Mil. Hence, Post Holdings's Days Sales Outstanding for the three months ended in Dec. 2023 was 24.31.

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

FRA:2PO' s Days Sales Outstanding Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 24.34   Med: 27.16   Max: 31.46
Current: 26.85

During the past 13 years, Post Holdings's highest Days Sales Outstanding was 31.46. The lowest was 24.34. And the median was 27.16.

FRA:2PO's Days Sales Outstanding is ranked better than
68.99% of 1838 companies
in the Consumer Packaged Goods industry
Industry Median: 39.07 vs FRA:2PO: 26.85

Post Holdings's Days Sales Outstanding declined from Dec. 2022 (31.27) to Dec. 2023 (24.31).


Post Holdings Days Sales Outstanding Historical Data

The historical data trend for Post Holdings'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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Post Holdings Annual Data
Trend Sep14 Sep15 Sep16 Sep17 Sep18 Sep19 Sep20 Sep21 Sep22 Sep23
Days Sales Outstanding
Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 25.62 32.21 28.20 25.41 25.83

Post Holdings Quarterly Data
Mar19 Jun19 Sep19 Dec19 Mar20 Jun20 Sep20 Dec20 Mar21 Jun21 Sep21 Dec21 Mar22 Jun22 Sep22 Dec22 Mar23 Jun23 Sep23 Dec23
Days Sales Outstanding 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 31.27 31.58 28.17 23.63 24.31

Competitive Comparison

For the Packaged Foods subindustry, Post Holdings'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.


Post Holdings Days Sales Outstanding Distribution

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

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



Post Holdings 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.

Post Holdings's Days Sales Outstanding for the fiscal year that ended in Sep. 2023 is calculated as

Days Sales Outstanding (A: Sep. 2023 )
=Average Accounts Receivable /Revenue*Days in Period
=( (Accounts Receivable (A: Sep. 2022 ) + Accounts Receivable (A: Sep. 2023 )) / count ) / Revenue (A: Sep. 2023 )*Days in Period
=( (504.394 + 422.587) / 2 ) / 6550.567*365
=463.4905 / 6550.567*365
=25.83

Post Holdings'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
=( (422.587 + 538.004) / 2 ) / 1802.73*365 / 4
=480.2955 / 1802.73*365 / 4
=24.31

* 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.


Post Holdings  (FRA:2PO) Days Sales Outstanding Explanation

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Post Holdings (FRA:2PO) Business Description

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Address
2503 South Hanley Road, St. Louis, MO, USA, 63144
Post Holdings Inc is an consumer packaged goods holding company. It operates in Post Consumer Brands which Includes branded and private label ready-to-eat cereals, Weetabix it Includes the businesses of Weetabix Limited, which Post acquired in July 2017 and which produces and distributes branded and private label RTE cereal, hot cereals and other cereal-based food products, Foodservice which Includes primarily egg and potato products in the foodservice and food ingredient channels from the businesses of MFI Holding Corporation, lastly Refrigerated Retail segment Provides refrigerated retail products, inclusive of side dishes, eggs and egg products, sausage, cheese and other dairy and refrigerated products.

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