Smiths News (Smiths News) Days Sales Outstanding : 28.37 (As of Aug. 2023)

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What is Smiths News Days Sales Outstanding?

Smiths News's average Accounts Receivable for the six months ended in Aug. 2023 was $107 Mil. Smiths News's Revenue for the six months ended in Aug. 2023 was $688 Mil. Hence, Smiths News's Days Sales Outstanding for the six months ended in Aug. 2023 was 28.37.

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

SMWPY' s Days Sales Outstanding Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 19.35 Med: 22.06 Max: 26.53
Current: 26.53

During the past 13 years, Smiths News's highest Days Sales Outstanding was 26.53. The lowest was 19.35. And the median was 22.06.

SMWPY's Days Sales Outstanding is ranked better than
88.07% of 1023 companies
in the Media - Diversified industry
Industry Median: 69.42 vs SMWPY: 26.53

Smiths News's Days Sales Outstanding declined from Aug. 2022 (30.88) to Aug. 2023 (28.37).

Smiths News Days Sales Outstanding Historical Data

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

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Smiths News Days Sales Outstanding Chart

Smiths News Annual Data

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Days Sales Outstanding

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24.96

22.75

20.94

23.48

21.69

Smiths News Semi-Annual Data
	Feb14	Aug14	Feb15	Aug15	Feb16	Aug16	Feb17	Aug17	Feb18	Aug18	Feb19	Aug19	Feb20	Aug20	Feb21	Aug21	Feb22	Aug22	Feb23	Aug23
Days Sales Outstanding	Get a 7-Day Free Trial															26.92	28.97	30.88	27.96	28.37

Competitive Comparison of Smiths News's Days Sales Outstanding

For the Publishing subindustry, Smiths News'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.

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

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

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Smiths News 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.

Smiths News's Days Sales Outstanding for the fiscal year that ended in Aug. 2023 is calculated as

	Days Sales Outstanding (A: Aug. 2023 )
=	Average Accounts Receivable					/	Revenue	*	Days in Period
=	( (Accounts Receivable (A: Aug. 2022 )	+	Accounts Receivable (A: Aug. 2023 ))	/	count )	/	Revenue (A: Aug. 2023 )	*	Days in Period
=	( (77.246	+	87.675)	/	2 )	/	1387.421	*	365
=	82.4605					/	1387.421	*	365
=	21.69

Smiths News's Days Sales Outstanding for the quarter that ended in Aug. 2023 is calculated as:

	Days Sales Outstanding (Q: Aug. 2023 )
=	Average Accounts Receivable					/	Revenue	*	Days in Period
=	( (Accounts Receivable (A: Feb. 2023 )	+	Accounts Receivable (A: Aug. 2023 ))	/	count )	/	Revenue (A: Aug. 2023 )	*	Days in Period
=	( (126.329	+	87.675)	/	2 )	/	688.437	*	365 / 2
=	107.002					/	688.437	*	365 / 2
=	28.37

Smiths News (OTCPK:SMWPY) Days Sales Outstanding Explanation

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Website

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Smiths News PLC is a UK-based wholesale distributor of published content. The group is one of the UK's foremost publishers of newspapers and magazines, and it also operates as a book distributor through bookstores and an online platform serving the needs of academics and public libraries. Geographically, it derives a majority of revenue from the United Kingdom. Its segments include Smiths News Core; Dawson Media Direct (DMD); Instore and others.