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The historical rank and industry rank for Li-Cycle Holdings's Days Payable or its related term are showing as below:
LICYF's Days Payable is not ranked *
in the Waste Management industry.
Industry Median: 64.295 * Ranked among companies with meaningful Days Payable only.
Li-Cycle Holdings's Days Payable
increased
from Dec. 2023 (313.26) to Dec. 2024 (506.84).
It may suggest that Li-Cycle Holdingsdelayed paying its suppliers.
Li-Cycle Holdings Days Payable Related Terms
Li-Cycle Holdings Days Payable Historical Data
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The historical data trend for Li-Cycle Holdings'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.
LICYF vs SNRG, AQMS, SENR: Days Payable Comparison
For the Waste Management subindustry, Li-Cycle Holdings'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.
Li-Cycle Holdings Days Payable vs Waste Management Industry
For the Waste Management industry and Industrials sector, Li-Cycle Holdings's Days Payable distribution charts can be found below:
* The bar in red indicates where Li-Cycle Holdings's Days Payable falls into.
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.
Li-Cycle Holdings's Days Payable for the fiscal year that ended in Dec. 2024 is calculated as
* 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.
Li-Cycle Holdings (LICYF) has a Days Payable of 506.84 as of Dec. 2024. Days payable represents the average amount of days a company waits to pay its invoices from suppliers. View historical data on Li-Cycle Holdings and its competitors.
Is Li-Cycle Holdings' Days Payable too high?
Li-Cycle Holdings' current Days Payable is 506.84. The Waste Management industry median Days Payable is 64.30. Li-Cycle Holdings' value of 506.84 is 688.3% above this industry median. Overall, Li-Cycle Holdings has a GF Score™ of 16/100, reflecting its overall financial health beyond just this single metric.
How does Li-Cycle Holdings' Days Payable compare to SNRG and AQMS?
Li-Cycle Holdings' Days Payable of 506.84 can be compared against companies in the Waste Management industry. The industry median Days Payable is 64.30. Li-Cycle Holdings' value of 506.84 is 688.3% above this benchmark. See the competitive comparison table and distribution chart on this page for a detailed peer-by-peer breakdown.
What is a good Days Payable for a Waste Management company?
The median Days Payable among Waste Management companies is 64.30, based on 230 companies in the industry. Companies in the top quartile (top 25%) have a Days Payable significantly above this median, while those in the bottom quartile fall well below. However, Days Payable should not be evaluated in isolation — investors should consider it alongside profitability, growth, and financial strength metrics. Li-Cycle Holdings's current Days Payable of 506.84 is 688.3% above the industry median. Use the industry distribution chart on this page to see where any company falls relative to its peers.
What does a high Days Payable mean?
A high Days Payable can signal that a stock is expensive relative to its fundamentals. Days payable represents the average amount of days a company waits to pay its invoices from suppliers. View historical data on Li-Cycle Holdings and its competitors. For the Waste Management industry, the median Days Payable is 64.30 — values significantly above this may indicate overvaluation, while values below may suggest a bargain or underlying issues. Li-Cycle Holdings's current Days Payable is 506.84. However, context matters — high-growth companies often justify higher valuations. Always evaluate alongside other metrics like GF Score™ and GF Value™.
Is Li-Cycle Holdings stock overvalued right now?
Li-Cycle Holdings (LICYF) has a current Days Payable of 506.84. The current Days Payable is 506.84 and 688.3% above the Waste Management industry median of 64.30. Li-Cycle Holdings' overall GF Score™ is 16/100. Investors should evaluate multiple metrics — including profitability, growth, and financial strength — before making a decision.
How is Days Payable calculated?
Days Payable is calculated from a company's financial statements. For Li-Cycle Holdings (LICYF), the current Days Payable is 506.84 as of Dec. 2024. GuruFocus calculates this using data sourced from SEC filings and annual reports. See the calculation section and 30-year financial data on this page for the full breakdown.
Li-Cycle Holdings Corp is a lithium-ion battery resource recovery and lithium-ion battery recycler. The company's proprietary process Spoke and Hub recycling process is designed at its Spokes, to process battery manufacturing scrap and end-of-life batteries to produce black mass and other intermediate products, and at its Hubs, to process black mass to recover raw materials, including but not limited to lithium carbonate, cobalt sulphate, and nickel sulphate.
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