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Lonrho (LSE:LONR) Days Payable : 87.14 (As of Dec. 2012)


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What is Lonrho Days Payable?

Lonrho's average Accounts Payable for the six months ended in Dec. 2012 was £26.5 Mil. Lonrho's Cost of Goods Sold for the six months ended in Dec. 2012 was £55.5 Mil. Hence, Lonrho's Days Payable for the six months ended in Dec. 2012 was 87.14.

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

LSE:LONR' s Days Payable Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 45.47   Med: 45.47   Max: 120.35
Current: 120.35

During the past 13 years, Lonrho's highest Days Payable was 120.35. The lowest was 45.47. And the median was 45.47.

LSE:LONR's Days Payable is not ranked
in the Conglomerates industry.
Industry Median: 58.29 vs LSE:LONR: 120.35

Lonrho's Days Payable declined from Sep. 2011 (117.32) to Dec. 2012 (87.14). It may suggest that Lonrho accelerated paying its suppliers.


Lonrho Days Payable Historical Data

The historical data trend for Lonrho'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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Lonrho Days Payable Chart

Lonrho Annual Data
Trend Sep03 Sep04 Sep05 Sep06 Sep07 Sep08 Sep09 Sep10 Sep11 Dec12
Days Payable
Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 168.46 66.93 - 62.52 45.47

Lonrho Semi-Annual Data
Mar02 Sep02 Mar03 Sep03 Mar05 Sep05 Mar06 Sep06 Mar07 Sep07 Mar08 Sep08 Mar09 Sep09 Mar10 Sep10 Mar11 Sep11 Jun12 Dec12
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 - 102.66 117.32 74.98 87.14

Competitive Comparison of Lonrho's Days Payable

For the Conglomerates subindustry, Lonrho'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.


Lonrho's Days Payable Distribution in the Conglomerates Industry

For the Conglomerates industry and Industrials sector, Lonrho's Days Payable distribution charts can be found below:

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



Lonrho 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.

Lonrho's Days Payable for the fiscal year that ended in Dec. 2012 is calculated as

Days Payable (A: Dec. 2012 )
=Average Accounts Payable /Cost of Goods Sold*Days in Period
=( (Accounts Payable (A: Sep. 2011 ) + Accounts Payable (A: Dec. 2012 )) / count ) / Cost of Goods Sold (A: Dec. 2012 )*Days in Period
=( (0 + 18.3) / 1 ) / 146.9*365
=18.3 / 146.9*365
=45.47

Lonrho's Days Payable for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2012 is calculated as:

Days Payable (Q: Dec. 2012 )
=Average Accounts Payable / Cost of Goods Sold*Days in Period
=( (Accounts Payable (Q: Jun. 2012 ) + Accounts Payable (Q: Dec. 2012 )) / count ) / Cost of Goods Sold (Q: Dec. 2012 )*Days in Period
=( (34.7 + 18.3) / 2 ) / 55.5*365 / 2
=26.5 / 55.5*365 / 2
=87.14

* 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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Lonrho (LSE:LONR) Business Description

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Address
Level 2, 25 Berkeley Square, London, GBR, W1J 6HB
Lonrho PLC is engaged in providing the infrastructure and services required for the growing oil, mineral and agricultural sectors in Africa. The Company has a diverse portfolio of investments across Sub-Saharan Africa in four core operating sectors: Agribusiness, Infrastructure, Hotels and Support Services. Agribusiness vertically integrates the production, sourcing, logistics, processing and distribution of agricultural products from Sub-Saharan Africa to the consumer. The division supplies to its retailers in Sub-Saharan Africa, Europe, the USA, Middle East, Scandinavia and the Far East. The division also distributes agricultural and heavy machinery. Infrastructure division develops and manages oil logistics terminals. Luba Freeport, the oil service terminal in the Gulf of Guinea, has attracted oil service companies to be long term tenants at the port to service offshore exploration and production rigs. The Company's Hotel division includes hotels centred on the commercial, conference and business related markets across the Continent. It owns or manages hotels in Lubumbashi and Kinshasa in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Maputo in Mozambique, Gaborone in Botswana and Mutare in Zimbabwe. IT business is a full systems integrator and manager that designs, builds, develops and integrates IT solutions for large corporate clients, banks and governments and then undertakes management contracts to run and manage installations. The IT division is a distributor for Cisco, Microsoft, Dell and Hewlett Packard systems and equipment.

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