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Compuware (FRA:CWR) Days Sales Outstanding : 156.75 (As of Sep. 2014)


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What is Compuware Days Sales Outstanding?

Compuware's average Accounts Receivable for the three months ended in Sep. 2014 was €227.8 Mil. Compuware's Revenue for the three months ended in Sep. 2014 was €132.6 Mil. Hence, Compuware's Days Sales Outstanding for the three months ended in Sep. 2014 was 156.75.

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

FRA:CWR' s Days Sales Outstanding Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 117.29   Med: 130.62   Max: 214.08
Current: 190.81

During the past 13 years, Compuware's highest Days Sales Outstanding was 214.08. The lowest was 117.29. And the median was 130.62.

FRA:CWR's Days Sales Outstanding is not ranked
in the Software industry.
Industry Median: 61.83 vs FRA:CWR: 190.81

Compuware's Days Sales Outstanding declined from Sep. 2013 (195.78) to Sep. 2014 (156.75).

Warning Sign:

If a company sales outstanding increases, it means it has difficulty collecting payment from its customers.


Compuware Days Sales Outstanding Historical Data

The historical data trend for Compuware's Days Sales Outstanding 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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Compuware Days Sales Outstanding Chart

Compuware Annual Data
Trend Mar05 Mar06 Mar07 Mar08 Mar09 Mar10 Mar11 Mar12 Mar13 Mar14
Days Sales Outstanding
Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 193.73 245.92 164.62 219.63 212.34

Compuware Quarterly Data
Dec09 Mar10 Jun10 Sep10 Dec10 Mar11 Jun11 Sep11 Dec11 Mar12 Jun12 Sep12 Dec12 Mar13 Jun13 Sep13 Dec13 Mar14 Jun14 Sep14
Days Sales Outstanding 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 195.78 156.26 2,671.96 184.84 156.75

Competitive Comparison of Compuware's Days Sales Outstanding

For the Software - Application subindustry, Compuware's Days Sales Outstanding, along with its competitors' market caps and Days Sales Outstanding 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.


Compuware's Days Sales Outstanding Distribution in the Software Industry

For the Software industry and Technology sector, Compuware's Days Sales Outstanding distribution charts can be found below:

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Compuware 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.

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

Days Sales Outstanding (A: Mar. 2014 )
=Average Accounts Receivable /Revenue*Days in Period
=( (Accounts Receivable (A: Mar. 2013 ) + Accounts Receivable (A: Mar. 2014 )) / count ) / Revenue (A: Mar. 2014 )*Days in Period
=( (327.781 + 278.523) / 2 ) / 521.107*365
=303.152 / 521.107*365
=212.34

Compuware's Days Sales Outstanding for the quarter that ended in Sep. 2014 is calculated as:

Days Sales Outstanding (Q: Sep. 2014 )
=Average Accounts Receivable /Revenue*Days in Period
=( (Accounts Receivable (A: Jun. 2014 ) + Accounts Receivable (A: Sep. 2014 )) / count ) / Revenue (A: Sep. 2014 )*Days in Period
=( (211.991 + 243.621) / 2 ) / 132.613*365 / 4
=227.806 / 132.613*365 / 4
=156.75

* 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.


Compuware  (FRA:CWR) Days Sales Outstanding Explanation

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Compuware (FRA:CWR) Business Description

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Compuware Corp a Michigan corporation was incorporated in 1973. The Company delivers services and software that enable its customers' important technologies to perform at their peak. It delivers the solutions through software that is installed and run on its customers' owned hardware and applications and through a Software as a Service ('SaaS') model accessed via its hosted networks. It has six business segments: Application Performance Managemen (APM), Mainframe, Changepoint, Uniface, Professional Services and Covisint Application Services ('Covisint'). Its Compuware Application Performance Management ('Compuware APM') consists of its solutions for optimizing the performance of web, non-web, mobile, streaming and cloud applications. Its Mainframe Software Products improve the productivity of development, maintenance and support teams in application analysis, testing, defect detection and remediation, fault management, file and data management, data compliance and application performance management in the IBM z/OS environment. Its Changepoint software combines professional services automation with project portfolio management capabilities to give customers complete visibility into projects, investments and resources for informed business planning and financial control. Its Uniface solution is Compuware's Rapid Application Development environment for building, renewing and integrating some of the complex enterprise applications. Its Covisint application services provide a cloud engagement platform for enabling organizations to securely connect, engage and collaborate with large, distributed communities of customers, business partners and suppliers. Its products and services are used by the IT departments and lines of business of a of commercial and government organizations. Its competitors include BMC Software Inc., CA, Inc., International Business Machines ('IBM'), Hewlett-Packard Company, Keynote Systems, Inc., Accenture, Computer Sciences Corporation, HP Enterprise Services, Analysts International Corporation and Infosys Technologies.

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