Alcon (ALC) Days Sales Outstanding : 73.17 (As of Dec. 2023)

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What is Alcon Days Sales Outstanding?

Alcon's average Accounts Receivable for the three months ended in Dec. 2023 was $1,886 Mil. Alcon's Revenue for the three months ended in Dec. 2023 was $2,352 Mil. Hence, Alcon's Days Sales Outstanding for the three months ended in Dec. 2023 was 73.17.

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

ALC' s Days Sales Outstanding Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 66.23 Med: 73.31 Max: 83.87
Current: 70.63

During the past 8 years, Alcon's highest Days Sales Outstanding was 83.87. The lowest was 66.23. And the median was 73.31.

ALC's Days Sales Outstanding is ranked worse than
57.99% of 807 companies
in the Medical Devices & Instruments industry
Industry Median: 63.94 vs ALC: 70.63

Alcon's Days Sales Outstanding increased from Dec. 2022 (70.09) to Dec. 2023 (73.17).

Alcon Days Sales Outstanding Historical Data

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

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Alcon Days Sales Outstanding Chart

Alcon Annual Data

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Dec23

Days Sales Outstanding

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70.44

79.59

67.38

70.51

70.66

Alcon 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	Get a 7-Day Free Trial															70.09	68.86	-	-	73.17

Competitive Comparison of Alcon's Days Sales Outstanding

For the Medical Instruments & Supplies subindustry, Alcon's Days Sales Outstanding, along with its competitors' market caps and Days Sales Outstanding data, can be viewed below:

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Alcon's Days Sales Outstanding Distribution in the Medical Devices & Instruments Industry

For the Medical Devices & Instruments industry and Healthcare sector, Alcon's Days Sales Outstanding distribution charts can be found below:

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Alcon 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.

Alcon'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
=	( (1775	+	1886)	/	2 )	/	9455	*	365
=	1830.5					/	9455	*	365
=	70.66

Alcon'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
=	( (0	+	1886)	/	1 )	/	2352	*	365 / 4
=	1886					/	2352	*	365 / 4
=	73.17

Alcon (NYSE:ALC) Days Sales Outstanding Explanation

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Alcon is one of the leading visioncare companies in the world. Following nine years as a Novartis subsidiary, it was spun off as a public company in April 2019. Alcon operates in two segments: visioncare and surgical. Visioncare comprises contact lenses, lenscare solutions, and a suite of ocular health products. With brands like Dailies, Total1, and Air Optix, Alcon controls one fourth of the U.S. contact lens market. Surgical comprises intraocular lenses, ophthalmic surgical equipment, and consumables used during surgeries. Its main products include Centurion, a phacoemulsification device used during cataract surgeries, and a portfolio of IOLs including PanOptix and Vivity. Alcon has one of the largest installed bases of eye surgical equipment in the world.