Lafarge (XSWX:LG) Days Payable : 65.88 (As of Jun. 2015)

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What is Lafarge Days Payable?

Lafarge's average Accounts Payable for the three months ended in Jun. 2015 was CHF1,976 Mil. Lafarge's Cost of Goods Sold for the three months ended in Jun. 2015 was CHF2,737 Mil. Hence, Lafarge's Days Payable for the three months ended in Jun. 2015 was 65.88.

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

XSWX:LG' s Days Payable Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 47.1 Med: 61.18 Max: 70.38
Current: 62.2

During the past 13 years, Lafarge's highest Days Payable was 70.38. The lowest was 47.10. And the median was 61.18.

XSWX:LG's Days Payable is not ranked
in the Building Materials industry.
Industry Median: 66.44 vs XSWX:LG: 62.20

Lafarge's Days Payable declined from Jun. 2014 (69.53) to Jun. 2015 (65.88). It may suggest that Lafarge accelerated paying its suppliers.

Lafarge Days Payable Historical Data

The historical data trend for Lafarge's Days Payable can be seen below:

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Lafarge Days Payable Chart

Lafarge Annual Data

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Days Payable

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65.71

63.52

60.86

69.58

69.73

Lafarge Quarterly Data
	Sep10	Dec10	Mar11	Jun11	Sep11	Dec11	Mar12	Jun12	Sep12	Dec12	Mar13	Jun13	Sep13	Dec13	Mar14	Jun14	Sep14	Dec14	Mar15	Jun15
Days Payable	Get a 7-Day Free Trial															69.53	69.03	72.34	81.47	65.88

Competitive Comparison of Lafarge's Days Payable

For the Building Materials subindustry, Lafarge'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.

Lafarge's Days Payable Distribution in the Building Materials Industry

For the Building Materials industry and Basic Materials sector, Lafarge's Days Payable distribution charts can be found below:

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

Lafarge 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.

Lafarge's Days Payable for the fiscal year that ended in Dec. 2014 is calculated as

	Days Payable (A: Dec. 2014 )
=	Average Accounts Payable					/	Cost of Goods Sold	*	Days in Period
=	( (Accounts Payable (A: Dec. 2013 )	+	Accounts Payable (A: Dec. 2014 ))	/	count )	/	Cost of Goods Sold (A: Dec. 2014 )	*	Days in Period
=	( (2239.368	+	2281.312)	/	2 )	/	11831.075	*	365
=	2260.34					/	11831.075	*	365
=	69.73

Lafarge's Days Payable for the quarter that ended in Jun. 2015 is calculated as:

	Days Payable (Q: Jun. 2015 )
=	Average Accounts Payable					/	Cost of Goods Sold	*	Days in Period
=	( (Accounts Payable (Q: Mar. 2015 )	+	Accounts Payable (Q: Jun. 2015 ))	/	count )	/	Cost of Goods Sold (Q: Jun. 2015 )	*	Days in Period
=	( (2060.337	+	1891.399)	/	2 )	/	2736.671	*	365 / 4
=	1975.868					/	2736.671	*	365 / 4
=	65.88

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Lafarge (XSWX:LG) Business Description

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Lafarge SA is a French limited liability company governed by French law and was founded in France in 1833 and was incorporated in 1884 under the name "J. et A. Pavin de Lafarge". The Company provides building materials. It is engaged in producing & selling cement, aggregates and ready-mix concrete, mostly under the "Lafarge" brand name. Its building products and solutions are used to construct and renovate homes, buildings and infrastructures. At year-end 2013, Company cement production operated, in 56 countries, 113 cement plants and 42 grinding plants, with an annual production capacity of 221 million tons. It also manages cement trading activities. The Company aggregates and concrete are used as raw materials for concrete, masonry, asphalt, and other industrial processes, and as base materials for roads, landï¬lls, and building. As of December 31, 2013, Company had approximately 437 production facilities for aggregates in 23 countries. The Company's Ready-mix concrete had 1,026 concrete plants in 33 countries as of December 31, 2014. The Company also produces asphalt in North America and the United Kingdom, and sells either as a stand-alone product, or in conjunction with contracted paving. The Company operates in Western Europe, North America, Central & Eastern Europe, Middle East & Africa, and Asia.

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