GURUFOCUS.COM » STOCK LIST » Utilities » Utilities - Regulated » Essential Utilities Inc (NYSE:WTRG) » Definitions » Days Sales Outstanding

WTRG (Essential Utilities) Days Sales Outstanding : 25.36 (As of Dec. 2024)


View and export this data going back to 1980. Start your Free Trial

What is Essential Utilities Days Sales Outstanding?

Essential Utilities's average Accounts Receivable for the three months ended in Dec. 2024 was $168 Mil. Essential Utilities's Revenue for the three months ended in Dec. 2024 was $604 Mil. Hence, Essential Utilities's Days Sales Outstanding for the three months ended in Dec. 2024 was 25.36.

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

WTRG' s Days Sales Outstanding Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 25.2   Med: 30.72   Max: 41.36
Current: 29.41

During the past 13 years, Essential Utilities's highest Days Sales Outstanding was 41.36. The lowest was 25.20. And the median was 30.72.

WTRG's Days Sales Outstanding is ranked better than
84.36% of 486 companies
in the Utilities - Regulated industry
Industry Median: 54.65 vs WTRG: 29.41

Essential Utilities's Days Sales Outstanding declined from Dec. 2023 (31.76) to Dec. 2024 (25.36).


Essential Utilities Days Sales Outstanding Historical Data

The historical data trend for Essential Utilities'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.

* Premium members only.

Essential Utilities Days Sales Outstanding Chart

Essential Utilities Annual Data
Trend Dec15 Dec16 Dec17 Dec18 Dec19 Dec20 Dec21 Dec22 Dec23 Dec24
Days Sales Outstanding
Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 32.25 37.61 36.96 41.36 35.97

Essential Utilities Quarterly Data
Mar20 Jun20 Sep20 Dec20 Mar21 Jun21 Sep21 Dec21 Mar22 Jun22 Sep22 Dec22 Mar23 Jun23 Sep23 Dec23 Mar24 Jun24 Sep24 Dec24
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 31.76 27.18 31.97 27.73 25.36

Competitive Comparison of Essential Utilities's Days Sales Outstanding

For the Utilities - Regulated Water subindustry, Essential Utilities'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.


Essential Utilities's Days Sales Outstanding Distribution in the Utilities - Regulated Industry

For the Utilities - Regulated industry and Utilities sector, Essential Utilities's Days Sales Outstanding distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Essential Utilities's Days Sales Outstanding falls into.


;
;

Essential Utilities 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.

Essential Utilities's Days Sales Outstanding for the fiscal year that ended in Dec. 2024 is calculated as

Days Sales Outstanding (A: Dec. 2024 )
=Average Accounts Receivable /Revenue*Days in Period
=( (Accounts Receivable (A: Dec. 2023 ) + Accounts Receivable (A: Dec. 2024 )) / count ) / Revenue (A: Dec. 2024 )*Days in Period
=( (199.986 + 211.168) / 2 ) / 2086.113*365
=205.577 / 2086.113*365
=35.97

Essential Utilities's Days Sales Outstanding for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2024 is calculated as:

Days Sales Outstanding (Q: Dec. 2024 )
=Average Accounts Receivable /Revenue*Days in Period
=( (Accounts Receivable (A: Sep. 2024 ) + Accounts Receivable (A: Dec. 2024 )) / count ) / Revenue (A: Dec. 2024 )*Days in Period
=( (124.767 + 211.168) / 2 ) / 604.383*365 / 4
=167.9675 / 604.383*365 / 4
=25.36

* 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.


Essential Utilities  (NYSE:WTRG) Days Sales Outstanding Explanation

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


Essential Utilities Days Sales Outstanding Related Terms

Thank you for viewing the detailed overview of Essential Utilities's Days Sales Outstanding provided by GuruFocus.com. Please click on the following links to see related term pages.


Essential Utilities Business Description

Traded in Other Exchanges
Address
762 W. Lancaster Avenue, Bryn Mawr, PA, USA, 19010-3489
Essential Utilities is a Pennsylvania-based holding company for us water, wastewater, and natural gas distribution utilities. The company's water business serves 3 million people in eight states. Its largest service territory is in Pennsylvania, primarily suburban Philadelphia. Its Peoples subsidiary serves more than 740,000 gas distribution customers in Pennsylvania and Kentucky. Essential also owns nonregulated market-based water and energy services businesses.
Executives
Chris Franklin officer: Aqua America Southern Oper 762 W.LANCASTER AVE, BRYN MAWR PA 19010
Robert A Rubin officer: Chief Accounting Officer 762 W LANCASTER AVE, BRYN MAWR PA 19010
Elizabeth B Amato director UNITED TECHNOLOGIES CORPORATION, 10 FARM SPRINGS ROAD, FARMINGTON CT 06032
Roderick K West director 1600 PERDIDO STREET, BLDG 505, NEW ORLEANS LA 70112
Arnold Colleen officer: President 762 W. LANCASTER AVENUE, BRYN MAWR PA 19010
Michael Huwar officer: President 762 W. LANCASTER AVENUE, BRYN MAWR PA 19010
Ellen T Ruff director 762, W LANCASTER AVE, BRYN MAWR PA 19010
Wilbert Bryan Lewis director 762 W. LANCASTER AVENUE, BRYN MAWR PA 19010
Daniel Schuller officer: Executive Vice President 40 SACHEM ROAD, GREENWICH CT 06830
David Alan Ciesinski director H. J. HEINZ COMPANY, P.O. BOX 57, PITTSBURGH PA 15230
Edwina Kelly director 510 MADISON AVENUE, 15FL, NEW YORK NY 10022
Richard Scott Fox officer: Chief Operating Officer 14812 BALLANTYNE COUNTRY CLUB DRIVE, CHARLOTTE NC 28277
Matthew Rhodes officer: EVP, Strategy & Corp Dev 762 LANCASTER AVE, BRYN MAWR PA 19010
Wendy Franks director ONE QUEEN STREET EAST, SUITE 2500, TORONTO A6 M5C 2W5
Hilferty Daniel J Iii director C/O FS INVESTMENT CORPORATION III, CIRA CENTRE, 2929 ARCH STREET, SUITE 675, PHILADELPHIA PA 19104