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LBLCF (Loblaw) Days Payable : 43.26 (As of Sep. 2024)


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What is Loblaw Days Payable?

Loblaw's average Accounts Payable for the three months ended in Sep. 2024 was $4,433 Mil. Loblaw's Cost of Goods Sold for the three months ended in Sep. 2024 was $9,350 Mil. Hence, Loblaw's Days Payable for the three months ended in Sep. 2024 was 43.26.

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

LBLCF' s Days Payable Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 48.79   Med: 55.61   Max: 59.16
Current: 54.6

During the past 13 years, Loblaw's highest Days Payable was 59.16. The lowest was 48.79. And the median was 55.61.

LBLCF's Days Payable is ranked better than
63.55% of 310 companies
in the Retail - Defensive industry
Industry Median: 44.495 vs LBLCF: 54.60

Loblaw's Days Payable declined from Sep. 2023 (43.82) to Sep. 2024 (43.26). It may suggest that Loblaw accelerated paying its suppliers.


Loblaw Days Payable Historical Data

The historical data trend for Loblaw's Days Payable 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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Loblaw Days Payable Chart

Loblaw Annual Data
Trend Dec14 Dec15 Dec16 Dec17 Dec18 Dec19 Dec20 Dec21 Dec22 Dec23
Days Payable
Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 57.67 52.53 54.22 56.77 56.18

Loblaw Quarterly Data
Sep19 Dec19 Mar20 Sep20 Dec20 Mar21 Jun21 Sep21 Dec21 Mar22 Jun22 Sep22 Dec22 Mar23 Jun23 Sep23 Dec23 Mar24 Jun24 Sep24
Days Payable 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 43.82 57.66 62.18 58.35 43.26

Competitive Comparison of Loblaw's Days Payable

For the Grocery Stores subindustry, Loblaw'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.


Loblaw's Days Payable Distribution in the Retail - Defensive Industry

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

* The bar in red indicates where Loblaw's Days Payable falls into.



Loblaw 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.

Loblaw's Days Payable for the fiscal year that ended in Dec. 2023 is calculated as

Days Payable (A: Dec. 2023 )
=Average Accounts Payable /Cost of Goods Sold*Days in Period
=( (Accounts Payable (A: Dec. 2022 ) + Accounts Payable (A: Dec. 2023 )) / count ) / Cost of Goods Sold (A: Dec. 2023 )*Days in Period
=( (4577.107 + 4713.775) / 2 ) / 30181.873*365
=4645.441 / 30181.873*365
=56.18

Loblaw's Days Payable for the quarter that ended in Sep. 2024 is calculated as:

Days Payable (Q: Sep. 2024 )
=Average Accounts Payable / Cost of Goods Sold*Days in Period
=( (Accounts Payable (Q: Jun. 2024 ) + Accounts Payable (Q: Sep. 2024 )) / count ) / Cost of Goods Sold (Q: Sep. 2024 )*Days in Period
=( (4227.654 + 4638.27) / 2 ) / 9349.624*365 / 4
=4432.962 / 9349.624*365 / 4
=43.26

* 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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Loblaw Business Description

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1 President’s Choice Circle, Brampton, ON, CAN, L6Y 5S5
Loblaw is Canada's largest retailer, operating 2,460 food retail and pharmacy stores across the country. Its main grocery banners include Loblaw, No Frills, and Maxi, and its pharmacy stores are mostly under the Shoppers Drug Mart banner, which it acquired in 2014. In addition to brand-name offerings, Loblaw offers private-label products under the President's Choice and No Name brands. Beyond retail, Loblaw runs the PC Optimum loyalty program and also offers credit cards and insurance brokerage, which are collectively referred to as financial services. George Weston is Loblaw's controlling shareholder with a 53% stake.

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