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Dixons Retail (FRA:DXG1) Days Sales Outstanding : 10.74 (As of Apr. 2014)


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What is Dixons Retail Days Sales Outstanding?

Dixons Retail's average Accounts Receivable for the six months ended in Apr. 2014 was €270 Mil. Dixons Retail's Revenue for the six months ended in Apr. 2014 was €4,592 Mil. Hence, Dixons Retail's Days Sales Outstanding for the six months ended in Apr. 2014 was 10.74.

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

FRA:DXG1' s Days Sales Outstanding Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 7.54   Med: 11.86   Max: 15.74
Current: 7.54

During the past 13 years, Dixons Retail's highest Days Sales Outstanding was 15.74. The lowest was 7.54. And the median was 11.86.

FRA:DXG1's Days Sales Outstanding is not ranked
in the Retail - Cyclical industry.
Industry Median: 18.15 vs FRA:DXG1: 7.54

Dixons Retail's Days Sales Outstanding declined from Apr. 2013 (12.79) to Apr. 2014 (10.74).


Dixons Retail Days Sales Outstanding Historical Data

The historical data trend for Dixons Retail'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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Dixons Retail Days Sales Outstanding Chart

Dixons Retail Annual Data
Trend Apr05 Apr06 Apr07 May08 Apr09 Apr10 Apr11 Apr12 Apr13 Apr14
Days Sales Outstanding
Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 10.57 9.91 8.91 9.62 8.00

Dixons Retail Semi-Annual Data
Oct07 Oct08 Apr09 Oct09 Apr10 Oct10 Apr11 Oct11 Apr12 Oct12 Apr13 Oct13 Apr14
Days Sales Outstanding Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 10.29 15.23 12.79 12.67 10.74

Competitive Comparison of Dixons Retail's Days Sales Outstanding

For the Specialty Retail subindustry, Dixons Retail'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.


Dixons Retail's Days Sales Outstanding Distribution in the Retail - Cyclical Industry

For the Retail - Cyclical industry and Consumer Cyclical sector, Dixons Retail's Days Sales Outstanding distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Dixons Retail's Days Sales Outstanding falls into.



Dixons Retail 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.

Dixons Retail's Days Sales Outstanding for the fiscal year that ended in Apr. 2014 is calculated as

Days Sales Outstanding (A: Apr. 2014 )
=Average Accounts Receivable /Revenue*Days in Period
=( (Accounts Receivable (A: Apr. 2013 ) + Accounts Receivable (A: Apr. 2014 )) / count ) / Revenue (A: Apr. 2014 )*Days in Period
=( (202.997 + 180.818) / 2 ) / 8753.124*365
=191.9075 / 8753.124*365
=8.00

Dixons Retail's Days Sales Outstanding for the quarter that ended in Apr. 2014 is calculated as:

Days Sales Outstanding (Q: Apr. 2014 )
=Average Accounts Receivable /Revenue*Days in Period
=( (Accounts Receivable (A: Oct. 2013 ) + Accounts Receivable (A: Apr. 2014 )) / count ) / Revenue (A: Apr. 2014 )*Days in Period
=( (359.418 + 180.818) / 2 ) / 4591.761*365 / 2
=270.118 / 4591.761*365 / 2
=10.74

* 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.


Dixons Retail  (FRA:DXG1) Days Sales Outstanding Explanation

For retailers, when we compare Days Sales Outstanding, it is important to compare the same period in the previous years.


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Dixons Retail (FRA:DXG1) Business Description

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Dixons Retail PLC is an electrical retailer and service company which sell consumer electronics, personal computers, domestic appliances, photographic equipment, communication products and related services. The Group's reportable segments are; UK & Ireland comprises of electrical and computing retail chains as well as business to business activities. The division is engaged in multi-channel retail sales, associated peripherals and services and related financial and after sales services and also in business to business sales of computer hardware and software; Nordics operates in Norway, Sweden, Finland, Denmark, Iceland, Greenland and the Faroe Islands. The division engages in multi-channel retail sales and provided related product support services to its customers; Other International comprises operations in Italy, Greece, the Czech Republic, Slovakia, Turkey and the business to be closed in Spain which is excluded from underlying results. The Other International division engages in retail sales and provides related product support services to its customers in all of its markets; and Pure play e-commerce comprises pure play online retailers and operates in all of the countries in which the other divisions operate and across Europe.

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