Family Dollar Stores (FRA:FAY) Days Payable : 35.36 (As of May. 2015)

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What is Family Dollar Stores Days Payable?

Family Dollar Stores's average Accounts Payable for the three months ended in May. 2015 was €619 Mil. Family Dollar Stores's Cost of Goods Sold for the three months ended in May. 2015 was €1,598 Mil. Hence, Family Dollar Stores's Days Payable for the three months ended in May. 2015 was 35.36.

The historical rank and industry rank for Family Dollar Stores's Days Payable or its related term are showing as below:

FRA:FAY' s Days Payable Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 0 Med: 0 Max: 33.02
Current: 33.02

During the past 13 years, Family Dollar Stores's highest Days Payable was 33.02. The lowest was 0.00. And the median was 0.00.

FRA:FAY's Days Payable is not ranked
in the Retail - Defensive industry.
Industry Median: 43.45 vs FRA:FAY: 33.02

Family Dollar Stores's Days Payable declined from May. 2014 (37.22) to May. 2015 (35.36). It may suggest that Family Dollar Stores accelerated paying its suppliers.

Family Dollar Stores Days Payable Historical Data

The historical data trend for Family Dollar Stores's Days Payable can be seen below:

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Family Dollar Stores Days Payable Chart

Family Dollar Stores Annual Data

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Aug14

Days Payable

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41.65

47.54

38.10

38.62

39.24

Family Dollar Stores Quarterly Data
	Aug10	Nov10	Feb11	May11	Aug11	Nov11	Feb12	May12	Aug12	Nov12	Feb13	May13	Aug13	Nov13	Feb14	May14	Aug14	Nov14	Feb15	May15
Days Payable	Get a 7-Day Free Trial															37.22	37.18	38.01	33.85	35.36

Competitive Comparison of Family Dollar Stores's Days Payable

For the Discount Stores subindustry, Family Dollar Stores's Days Payable, along with its competitors' market caps and Days Payable 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.

Family Dollar Stores's Days Payable Distribution in the Retail - Defensive Industry

For the Retail - Defensive industry and Consumer Defensive sector, Family Dollar Stores's Days Payable distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Family Dollar Stores's Days Payable falls into.

Family Dollar Stores Days Payable Calculation

Days Payable indicates the number of days that the account payable relative to cost of goods sold the company has. An increase of Days Payable may suggest that the company delays paying its suppliers.

Family Dollar Stores's Days Payable for the fiscal year that ended in Aug. 2014 is calculated as

	Days Payable (A: Aug. 2014 )
=	Average Accounts Payable					/	Cost of Goods Sold	*	Days in Period
=	( (Accounts Payable (A: Aug. 2013 )	+	Accounts Payable (A: Aug. 2014 ))	/	count )	/	Cost of Goods Sold (A: Aug. 2014 )	*	Days in Period
=	( (543.123	+	580.539)	/	2 )	/	5225.492	*	365
=	561.831					/	5225.492	*	365
=	39.24

Family Dollar Stores's Days Payable for the quarter that ended in May. 2015 is calculated as:

	Days Payable (Q: May. 2015 )
=	Average Accounts Payable					/	Cost of Goods Sold	*	Days in Period
=	( (Accounts Payable (Q: Feb. 2015 )	+	Accounts Payable (Q: May. 2015 ))	/	count )	/	Cost of Goods Sold (Q: May. 2015 )	*	Days in Period
=	( (662.619	+	575.575)	/	2 )	/	1597.585	*	365 / 4
=	619.097					/	1597.585	*	365 / 4
=	35.36

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Family Dollar Stores (FRA:FAY) Business Description

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http://www.familydollar.com

Family Dollar Stores Inc was incorporated in November 1959. The Company provides consumers with a selection of competitively priced merchandise in convenient neighbourhood stores. Its merchandise assortment includes Consumables, Home Products, Apparel and Accessories, and Seasonal and Electronics. It classifies the combination of Home Products, Apparel and Accessories, and Seasonal and Electronics as Discretionary. It operates general merchandise retail discount stores in 46 states, serving the basic needs of customers primarily in the low- and middle-income brackets. The stores are supported by 11 distribution centers and one Store Support Center. It competes for sales and store locations in varying degrees with international, national, regional and local retailing establishments, other discount stores, department stores, variety stores, dollar stores, discount clothing stores, drug stores, grocery stores, convenience stores, outlet stores, warehouse stores and other stores. The Company's trademark includes Family Dollar and Family Dollar Stores. Its business is subject to federal, state, local, and international laws, rules, and regulations, such as state and local wage and hour laws, anti-corruption laws, import and export laws, unclaimed property laws, and many others.

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