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What is Plains All American Pipeline LP Days Payable?
Plains All American Pipeline LPPAA -1.01%73 Days Payable is 31.79 as of Mar. 2026, which is 6% below its 10-year median of 33.81. GuruFocus rates PAA with a GF Score™ of 73/100 and a GF Value™ of $17.29 (Significantly Overvalued). The stock has 14 warning signs investors should review. Among 850 Oil & Gas companies, Plains All American Pipeline LP ranks worse than 75.06% on this metric.
* 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.
Plains All American Pipeline LP Days Payable Chart
For the Oil & Gas Midstream subindustry, Plains All American Pipeline LP'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.
Plains All American Pipeline LP Days Payable vs Oil & Gas Industry
For the Oil & Gas industry and Energy sector, Plains All American Pipeline LP's Days Payable distribution charts can be found below:
* The bar in red indicates where Plains All American Pipeline LP's Days Payable falls into.
Plains All American Pipeline LP 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.
* 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.
Plains All American Pipeline LP (PAA) has a Days Payable of 31.79 as of Mar. 2026. Days payable represents the average amount of days a company waits to pay its invoices from suppliers. View historical data on Plains All American Pipeline LP and its competitors. This is near median its historical median of 33.81. Over the past decade, Plains All American Pipeline LP's Days Payable has ranged from 28.76 to 50.43. According to the industry distribution chart, Plains All American Pipeline LP ranks #638 out of 850 companies in the Oil & Gas industry, placing it in the top 75.1%.
Is Plains All American Pipeline LP's Days Payable too high?
Plains All American Pipeline LP's current Days Payable of 31.79 is near median its 10-year median of 33.81. Over the past 10 years, this metric has ranged from a low of 28.76 to a high of 50.43. The Oil & Gas industry median Days Payable is 58.46. Plains All American Pipeline LP's value of 31.79 is 45.6% below this industry median. Based on the distribution chart, Plains All American Pipeline LP ranks #638 out of 850 companies in the Oil & Gas industry, which is in the bottom quartile relative to peers. Overall, Plains All American Pipeline LP has a GF Score™ of 73/100 and is considered Significantly Overvalued, reflecting its overall financial health beyond just this single metric.
How does Plains All American Pipeline LP's Days Payable compare to WES and DTM?
According to the Oil & Gas industry distribution chart, Plains All American Pipeline LP ranks #638 out of 850 companies for Days Payable. This places Plains All American Pipeline LP in the lower half of its industry. The industry median Days Payable is 58.46. Plains All American Pipeline LP's value of 31.79 is 45.6% below this benchmark. Historically, Plains All American Pipeline LP's own Days Payable has ranged from 28.76 to 50.43 over the past decade. While the company's 10-year median is 33.81 vs. the industry median of 58.46, Plains All American Pipeline LP has consistently been below the industry average. 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 an Oil & Gas company?
The median Days Payable among Oil & Gas companies is 58.46, based on 850 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. Plains All American Pipeline LP's current Days Payable of 31.79 is 45.6% below 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 Plains All American Pipeline LP and its competitors. For the Oil & Gas industry, the median Days Payable is 58.46 — values significantly above this may indicate overvaluation, while values below may suggest a bargain or underlying issues. Plains All American Pipeline LP's current Days Payable is 31.79, which is near median its own 10-year median of 33.81. However, context matters — high-growth companies often justify higher valuations. Always evaluate alongside other metrics like GF Score™ and GF Value™.
Is Plains All American Pipeline LP stock overvalued right now?
Based on GuruFocus' analysis, Plains All American Pipeline LP (PAA) is currently considered Significantly Overvalued. The stock's GF Value™ is $17.29, compared to a current price of $24.58 — trading 42.2% above its estimated fair value. The current Days Payable is 31.79, which is near median its 10-year median of 33.81 and 45.6% below the Oil & Gas industry median of 58.46. Plains All American Pipeline LP's overall GF Score™ is 73/100 with 14 warning signs to review. 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 Plains All American Pipeline LP (PAA), the current Days Payable is 31.79 as of Mar. 2026. 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.
Is Plains All American Pipeline LP (PAA) Overvalued in 2026?
Based on GuruFocus' analysis, Plains All American Pipeline LP stock appears to be overvalued.
The current stock price of $24.58 is trading 42.2% above its estimated GF Value™ of $17.29.
GuruFocus considers Plains All American Pipeline LP to be Significantly Overvalued.
Key valuation signals for PAA:
Days Payable: 31.79 (near median its 10-year median of 33.81)
GF Value™: $17.29 vs. price of $24.58 (42.2% above fair value)
Industry Position: 45.6% below the Oil & Gas median (#638 of 850)
No single metric tells the full story. See the PAA stock analysis page for a complete view including 30-year financials, guru trades, and insider activity.
Plains All American Pipeline LP, through its subsidiaries, engages in the pipeline transportation, terminaling, storage, and gathering of crude oil and natural gas liquids (NGL) in the United States and Canada. The company operates through two segments, Crude Oil and NGL. The Crude Oil segment offers gathering and transporting crude oil through pipelines, gathering systems, trucks, barges, or railcars. The NGL segment is involved in natural gas processing and NGL fractionation, storage, transportation, and terminalling. It generates the majority of its revenue from the Crude Oil segment.
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