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Future (LSE:FUTR) Days Sales Outstanding : 30.12 (As of Mar. 2025)


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What is Future Days Sales Outstanding?

Future's average Accounts Receivable for the six months ended in Mar. 2025 was £62.5 Mil. Future's Revenue for the six months ended in Mar. 2025 was £378.4 Mil. Hence, Future's Days Sales Outstanding for the six months ended in Mar. 2025 was 30.12.

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

LSE:FUTR' s Days Sales Outstanding Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 32.74   Med: 43.51   Max: 59.7
Current: 37.55

During the past 13 years, Future's highest Days Sales Outstanding was 59.70. The lowest was 32.74. And the median was 43.51.

LSE:FUTR's Days Sales Outstanding is ranked better than
80.2% of 1020 companies
in the Media - Diversified industry
Industry Median: 72.68 vs LSE:FUTR: 37.55

Future's Days Sales Outstanding declined from Mar. 2024 (44.21) to Mar. 2025 (30.12).


Future Days Sales Outstanding Historical Data

The historical data trend for Future'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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Future Days Sales Outstanding Chart

Future Annual Data
Trend Sep15 Sep16 Sep17 Sep18 Sep19 Sep20 Sep21 Sep22 Sep23 Sep24
Days Sales Outstanding
Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 47.45 37.53 36.06 38.54 32.74

Future Semi-Annual Data
Sep15 Mar16 Sep16 Mar17 Sep17 Mar18 Sep18 Mar19 Sep19 Mar20 Sep20 Mar21 Sep21 Mar22 Sep22 Mar23 Sep23 Mar24 Sep24 Mar25
Days Sales Outstanding Get a 7-Day Free Trial 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 45.97 44.67 44.21 41.47 30.12

Competitive Comparison of Future's Days Sales Outstanding

For the Publishing subindustry, Future'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.


Future's Days Sales Outstanding Distribution in the Media - Diversified Industry

For the Media - Diversified industry and Communication Services sector, Future's Days Sales Outstanding distribution charts can be found below:

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Future 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.

Future's Days Sales Outstanding for the fiscal year that ended in Sep. 2024 is calculated as

Days Sales Outstanding (A: Sep. 2024 )
=Average Accounts Receivable /Revenue*Days in Period
=( (Accounts Receivable (A: Sep. 2023 ) + Accounts Receivable (A: Sep. 2024 )) / count ) / Revenue (A: Sep. 2024 )*Days in Period
=( (75.4 + 66) / 2 ) / 788.2*365
=70.7 / 788.2*365
=32.74

Future's Days Sales Outstanding for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2025 is calculated as:

Days Sales Outstanding (Q: Mar. 2025 )
=Average Accounts Receivable /Revenue*Days in Period
=( (Accounts Receivable (A: Sep. 2024 ) + Accounts Receivable (A: Mar. 2025 )) / count ) / Revenue (A: Mar. 2025 )*Days in Period
=( (66 + 58.9) / 2 ) / 378.4*365 / 2
=62.45 / 378.4*365 / 2
=30.12

* 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.


Future  (LSE:FUTR) Days Sales Outstanding Explanation

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Future Business Description

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Future PLC is a platform for specialist media underpinned by proprietary technology and enabled by data, with diversified revenue streams. It focuses on various areas which include technology, games, films, music, and photography under brands such as Louder, Tom's Guide, PC Gamer, Digital Camera World, Marie Claire, and others. The company functions through the following divisions; the Media division which generates maximum revenue includes income from digital advertising, affiliate revenue for products, rewards, price comparison and events; and the Magazine division includes revenue associated with digital or printed magazines or bookazines from advertising, to subscriptions, to newstrade. Its reportable segments include the United Kingdom which derives key revenue, and the United States.

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