Tesla (LIM:TSLA) Days Sales Outstanding

: 9.65 (As of Dec. 2022)

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Tesla's average Accounts Receivable for the three months ended in Dec. 2022 was $2,572 Mil. Tesla's Revenue for the three months ended in Dec. 2022 was $24,318 Mil. Hence, Tesla's Days Sales Outstanding for the three months ended in Dec. 2022 was 9.65.

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

LIM:TSLA' s Days Sales Outstanding Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 6.88 Med: 15.74 Max: 18.58
Current: 10.26

During the past 13 years, Tesla's highest Days Sales Outstanding was 18.58. The lowest was 6.88. And the median was 15.74.

LIM:TSLA's Days Sales Outstanding is ranked better than
92.69% of 1217 companies
in the Vehicles & Parts industry
Industry Median: 59.18 vs LIM:TSLA: 10.26

Tesla's Days Sales Outstanding declined from Dec. 2021 (9.98) to Dec. 2022 (9.65).

Tesla Days Sales Outstanding Historical Data

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

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Tesla Annual Data

Trend

Dec13

Dec14

Dec15

Dec16

Dec17

Dec18

Dec19

Dec20

Dec21

Dec22

Days Sales Outstanding

12.45

16.88

18.58

12.88

10.90

Tesla Quarterly Data
	Mar18	Jun18	Sep18	Dec18	Mar19	Jun19	Sep19	Dec19	Mar20	Jun20	Sep20	Dec20	Mar21	Jun21	Sep21	Dec21	Mar22	Jun22	Sep22	Dec22
Days Sales Outstanding																9.98	10.28	11.83	9.09	9.65

Competitive Comparison

For the Auto Manufacturers subindustry, Tesla'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.

Annual Data Quarterly Data

Tesla Days Sales Outstanding Distribution

For the Vehicles & Parts industry and Consumer Cyclical sector, Tesla's Days Sales Outstanding distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Tesla's Days Sales Outstanding falls in comparison to its industry or sector. The grey bar indicates the Days Sales Outstanding's extreme value range as defined by GuruFocus.

Tesla 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.

Tesla's Days Sales Outstanding for the fiscal year that ended in Dec. 2022 is calculated as

	Days Sales Outstanding (A: Dec. 2022 )
=	Average Accounts Receivable					/	Revenue	*	Days in Period
=	( (Accounts Receivable (A: Dec. 2021 )	+	Accounts Receivable (A: Dec. 2022 ))	/	count )	/	Revenue (A: Dec. 2022 )	*	Days in Period
=	( (1913	+	2952)	/	2 )	/	81462	*	365
=	2432.5					/	81462	*	365
=	10.90

Tesla's Days Sales Outstanding for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2022 is calculated as:

	Days Sales Outstanding (Q: Dec. 2022 )
=	Average Accounts Receivable					/	Revenue	*	Days in Period
=	( (Accounts Receivable (A: Sep. 2022 )	+	Accounts Receivable (A: Dec. 2022 ))	/	count )	/	Revenue (A: Dec. 2022 )	*	Days in Period
=	( (2192	+	2952)	/	2 )	/	24318	*	365 / 4
=	2572					/	24318	*	365 / 4
=	9.65

Tesla (LIM:TSLA) Days Sales Outstanding Explanation

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Website

https://www.tesla.com

Founded in 2003 and based in Palo Alto, California, Tesla is a vertically integrated sustainable energy company that also aims to transition the world to electric mobility by making electric vehicles. The company sells solar panels and solar roofs for energy generation plus batteries for stationary storage for residential and commercial properties including utilities. Tesla has multiple vehicles in its fleet, which include luxury and midsize sedans and crossover SUVs. The company also plans to begin selling more affordable sedans and small SUVs, a light truck, a semi truck, and a sports car. Global deliveries in 2022 were a little over 1.3 million vehicles.