Zep (FRA:14Z) Days Sales Outstanding : 53.88 (As of Feb. 2015)

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What is Zep Days Sales Outstanding?

Zep's average Accounts Receivable for the three months ended in Feb. 2015 was €83.3 Mil. Zep's Revenue for the three months ended in Feb. 2015 was €141.0 Mil. Hence, Zep's Days Sales Outstanding for the three months ended in Feb. 2015 was 53.88.

The historical rank and industry rank for Zep's Days Sales Outstanding or its related term are showing as below:

FRA:14Z' s Days Sales Outstanding Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 49.69 Med: 58.31 Max: 62.94
Current: 49.69

During the past 11 years, Zep's highest Days Sales Outstanding was 62.94. The lowest was 49.69. And the median was 58.31.

FRA:14Z's Days Sales Outstanding is not ranked
in the Chemicals industry.
Industry Median: 64.13 vs FRA:14Z: 49.69

Zep's Days Sales Outstanding declined from Feb. 2014 (55.58) to Feb. 2015 (53.88).

Zep Days Sales Outstanding Historical Data

The historical data trend for Zep's Days Sales Outstanding can be seen below:

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Zep Days Sales Outstanding Chart

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53.85

55.52

49.25

54.21

55.68

Zep Quarterly Data
	May10	Aug10	Nov10	Feb11	May11	Aug11	Nov11	Feb12	May12	Aug12	Nov12	Feb13	May13	Aug13	Nov13	Feb14	May14	Aug14	Nov14	Feb15
Days Sales Outstanding	Get a 7-Day Free Trial															55.58	50.63	52.51	55.24	53.88

Competitive Comparison of Zep's Days Sales Outstanding

For the Specialty Chemicals subindustry, Zep's Days Sales Outstanding, along with its competitors' market caps and Days Sales Outstanding data, can be viewed below:

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Zep's Days Sales Outstanding Distribution in the Chemicals Industry

For the Chemicals industry and Basic Materials sector, Zep's Days Sales Outstanding distribution charts can be found below:

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Zep Days Sales Outstanding Calculation

Days Sales Outstanding measures the average number of days that a company takes to collect revenue after a sale has been made. It is a financial ratio that illustrates how well a company's Accounts Receivable are being managed.

Accounts Receivable can be measured by Days Sales Outstanding.

Zep's Days Sales Outstanding for the fiscal year that ended in Aug. 2014 is calculated as

	Days Sales Outstanding (A: Aug. 2014 )
=	Average Accounts Receivable					/	Revenue	*	Days in Period
=	( (Accounts Receivable (A: Aug. 2013 )	+	Accounts Receivable (A: Aug. 2014 ))	/	count )	/	Revenue (A: Aug. 2014 )	*	Days in Period
=	( (78.461	+	81.116)	/	2 )	/	523.063	*	365
=	79.7885					/	523.063	*	365
=	55.68

Zep's Days Sales Outstanding for the quarter that ended in Feb. 2015 is calculated as:

	Days Sales Outstanding (Q: Feb. 2015 )
=	Average Accounts Receivable					/	Revenue	*	Days in Period
=	( (Accounts Receivable (A: Nov. 2014 )	+	Accounts Receivable (A: Feb. 2015 ))	/	count )	/	Revenue (A: Feb. 2015 )	*	Days in Period
=	( (82.306	+	84.224)	/	2 )	/	141.022	*	365 / 4
=	83.265					/	141.022	*	365 / 4
=	53.88

Zep (FRA:14Z) Days Sales Outstanding Explanation

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Zep (FRA:14Z) Business Description

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Zep Inc. was founded in 1937. It is a producer, marketer, and service provider of a range of cleaning and maintenance solutions for commercial, industrial, institutional, and consumer end-markets. Zeps product portfolio includes anti-bacterial and industrial hand care products, cleaners, degreasers, deodorizers, disinfectants, floor finishes, sanitizers, and pest and weed control products. It continually refreshes its product portfolio and service offerings. Zep reaches its customers through an experienced, international organization of sales representatives supported by highly skilled marketing, research and development and technical services teams, who collectively provide creative solutions for its customers' diverse cleaning and maintenance needs by utilizing their product expertise and providing customized value added services that it distinguish Zep among its competitors. Through its direct sales organization, Zep provides convenient, highly effective cleaning and maintenance solutions to customers in a broad array of commercial, industrial, and institutional end-markets, including transportation, food processing and service, manufacturing, government, and housekeeping. These customers include government entities and businesses ranging from small sole proprietorships to large corporations. It sells its products to customers mainly in the United States, Canada and Western Europe. Zep markes these products and services under well recognized and established brand names, such as Zep , Zep Commercial, Zep Professional, Enforcer, and Selig. Zep is its flagship brand and represents largest portfolio of cleaning and maintenance solutions for commercial, industrial, and institutional customers needing highly effective product solutions and professional technical support. Zep Commercial provides professional cleaning and plumbing chemical products targeted to contractors and small business owners and are currently sold through The Home Depot, HD Supply and other retailers. Zep Professional was introduced in fiscal year 2009 and represents its portfolio of cleaning and maintenance solutions that are offered to customers in the commercial, industrial, and institutional end-markets who prefer to acquire product through the distribution channel. Selig offers a limited assortment of cleaning solutions targeted to commercial, industrial and institutional customers. It produces a range of cleaning and maintenance solutions for commercial, industrial, institutional, and consumer customers. Zeps commercial, industrial, and institutional customers include government entities and businesses ranging from small sole proprietorships to large corporations as well as distributors. Its sales and service organization covers the United States, Canada, Italy, Belgium, Luxemburg, the Netherlands and certain other smaller markets. It manufactures products at six facilities located in the United States, Canada, the Netherlands, and Italy.The key raw materi

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