Polycom (Polycom) Days Sales Outstanding : 50.27 (As of Jun. 2016)

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What is Polycom Days Sales Outstanding?

Polycom's average Accounts Receivable for the three months ended in Jun. 2016 was $159 Mil. Polycom's Revenue for the three months ended in Jun. 2016 was $288 Mil. Hence, Polycom's Days Sales Outstanding for the three months ended in Jun. 2016 was 50.27.

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

PLCM's Days Sales Outstanding is not ranked ^*
in the Hardware industry.
Industry Median: 74.97
* Ranked among companies with meaningful Days Sales Outstanding only.

Polycom's Days Sales Outstanding increased from Jun. 2015 (47.60) to Jun. 2016 (50.27).

Polycom Days Sales Outstanding Historical Data

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

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Polycom Days Sales Outstanding Chart

Polycom Annual Data

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47.55

53.13

50.42

47.86

51.45

Polycom Quarterly Data
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Days Sales Outstanding	Get a 7-Day Free Trial															47.60	47.75	49.53	55.17	50.27

Competitive Comparison of Polycom's Days Sales Outstanding

For the Communication Equipment subindustry, Polycom's Days Sales Outstanding, along with its competitors' market caps and Days Sales Outstanding data, can be viewed below:

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Polycom's Days Sales Outstanding Distribution in the Hardware Industry

For the Hardware industry and Technology sector, Polycom's Days Sales Outstanding distribution charts can be found below:

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Polycom 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.

Polycom's Days Sales Outstanding for the fiscal year that ended in Dec. 2015 is calculated as

	Days Sales Outstanding (A: Dec. 2015 )
=	Average Accounts Receivable					/	Revenue	*	Days in Period
=	( (Accounts Receivable (A: Dec. 2014 )	+	Accounts Receivable (A: Dec. 2015 ))	/	count )	/	Revenue (A: Dec. 2015 )	*	Days in Period
=	( (169.4	+	187.888)	/	2 )	/	1267.225	*	365
=	178.644					/	1267.225	*	365
=	51.45

Polycom's Days Sales Outstanding for the quarter that ended in Jun. 2016 is calculated as:

	Days Sales Outstanding (Q: Jun. 2016 )
=	Average Accounts Receivable					/	Revenue	*	Days in Period
=	( (Accounts Receivable (A: Mar. 2016 )	+	Accounts Receivable (A: Jun. 2016 ))	/	count )	/	Revenue (A: Jun. 2016 )	*	Days in Period
=	( (162.896	+	154.212)	/	2 )	/	287.779	*	365 / 4
=	158.554					/	287.779	*	365 / 4
=	50.27

Polycom (NAS:PLCM) Days Sales Outstanding Explanation

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Polycom (Polycom) Business Description

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http://www.polycom.com

Polycom Inc was incorporated in December 1990 in Delaware. The Company provides an open, standards-based unified communications and collaboration (UC&C) solutions for voice, video and content collaboration solutions. Its solutions are powered by the Polycom RealPresence Platform, comprehensive software infrastructure and rich application programming interfaces (APIs) that interoperate with a set of communication, business, mobile, and cloud applications and devices to deliver secure face-to-face video collaboration across different environments. The Company is engaged in helping organizations achieve new levels of teamwork, efficiency and productivity by unleashing the power of human collaboration. The Company sells its solutions through a high-touch sales model that leverages its network of channel partners, including distributors, value-added resellers, system integrators; communications services providers, and retailers. The Company serves in three geographical segments; Americas, EMEA and APAC. Its products and solutions are; UC Group Systems, which includes immersive telepresence, group video and group voice systems. UC Platform, which includes collaboration servers, virtualization management "distributed media optimization", resource management, recording and streaming, open API's and remote access technologies that constitute the RealPresence Platform, and UC Personal Devices, which includes desktop video devices and desktop voice products. It competes in the UC&C market with products and solutions that enable voice, video and content collaboration on-premises, across intranets, extranets, mobile devices, and the Internet via its customer premises-based RealPresence Platform, web-based social-collaboration business platforms, and video collaboration-as-a-service offerings delivered from the cloud. These competitors include but are not limited to Cisco Systems, Inc., Acano, Avaya Inc., Blue Jeans Networks, Inc., ClearOne Communications, Inc., Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd., Logitech International S.A./LifeSize, PexIP, Snom Technology Ag, Vidyo, Inc., Yamaha Corporation/Revolabs, Inc., Yealink, ZTE Corporation and others. Its products and services are subject to various federal, state, local, and foreign laws and regulations.

Executives

Laura Durr	officer: CFO	C/O XPERI HOLDING CORPORATION, 3025 ORCHARD PARKWAY, SAN JOSE CA 95134
Peter Leav	director, officer: President & CEO	7 WORLD TRADE CENTER, 250 GREENWICH STREET, NEW YORK NY 10007
Martha Helena Bejar	director	C/O POLYCOM, INC., 6001 AMERICA CENTER DRIVE, SAN JOSE CA 95002
Gary James Daichendt	director	2633 RIVIERA DRIVE, LAGUNA BEACH CA 92651
Robert J Frankenberg	director	701 E. SUNBURST LN, ALPINE UT 84004
Betsy S Atkins	director, other: Former Director
William Arthur Owens	director	C/O CENTURYLINK, INC., 100 CENTURYLINK DRIVE, MONROE LA 71203
Eric F Brown	officer: CFO, COO & EVP	C/O POLYCOM, INC., 4750 WILLOW ROAD, PLEASANTON CA 94588
Tracey Newell	officer: EVP Global Sales	4750 WILLOW ROAD, PLEASANTON CA 94588
Andrew M. Miller	director, officer: President and CEO	6001 AMERICA CENTER DR., SAN JOSE CA 95164
David G Dewalt	director
Sudhakar Ramakrishna	officer: Pres. of Products & Services	4750 WILLOW RD., PLEASANTON CA 94588
Michael R Kourey	officer: Former EVP, Fin & Admin. & CFO
Robert C Hagerty	director, officer: President/CEO
Kevin Kennedy	other: Former Director