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ALS (ASX:ALQ) Days Sales Outstanding : 61.10 (As of Sep. 2023)


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What is ALS Days Sales Outstanding?

ALS's average Accounts Receivable for the six months ended in Sep. 2023 was A$409 Mil. ALS's Revenue for the six months ended in Sep. 2023 was A$1,223 Mil. Hence, ALS's Days Sales Outstanding for the six months ended in Sep. 2023 was 61.10.

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

ASX:ALQ' s Days Sales Outstanding Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 52.34   Med: 61.02   Max: 72.54
Current: 67.6

During the past 13 years, ALS's highest Days Sales Outstanding was 72.54. The lowest was 52.34. And the median was 61.02.

ASX:ALQ's Days Sales Outstanding is ranked worse than
61.15% of 1040 companies
in the Business Services industry
Industry Median: 58.4 vs ASX:ALQ: 67.60

ALS's Days Sales Outstanding increased from Sep. 2022 (60.01) to Sep. 2023 (61.10).


ALS Days Sales Outstanding Historical Data

The historical data trend for ALS'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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ALS Days Sales Outstanding Chart

ALS Annual Data
Trend Mar14 Mar15 Mar16 Mar17 Mar18 Mar19 Mar20 Mar21 Mar22 Mar23
Days Sales Outstanding
Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 58.31 58.90 61.50 52.34 53.14

ALS Semi-Annual Data
Mar14 Sep14 Mar15 Sep15 Mar16 Sep16 Mar17 Sep17 Mar18 Sep18 Mar19 Sep19 Mar20 Sep20 Mar21 Sep21 Mar22 Sep22 Mar23 Sep23
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 59.66 60.39 60.01 67.74 61.10

Competitive Comparison of ALS's Days Sales Outstanding

For the Consulting Services subindustry, ALS'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.


ALS's Days Sales Outstanding Distribution in the Business Services Industry

For the Business Services industry and Industrials sector, ALS's Days Sales Outstanding distribution charts can be found below:

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



ALS 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.

ALS's Days Sales Outstanding for the fiscal year that ended in Mar. 2023 is calculated as

Days Sales Outstanding (A: Mar. 2023 )
=Average Accounts Receivable /Revenue*Days in Period
=( (Accounts Receivable (A: Mar. 2022 ) + Accounts Receivable (A: Mar. 2023 )) / count ) / Revenue (A: Mar. 2023 )*Days in Period
=( (321.8 + 341.9) / 2 ) / 2279.2*365
=331.85 / 2279.2*365
=53.14

ALS's Days Sales Outstanding for the quarter that ended in Sep. 2023 is calculated as:

Days Sales Outstanding (Q: Sep. 2023 )
=Average Accounts Receivable /Revenue*Days in Period
=( (Accounts Receivable (A: Mar. 2023 ) + Accounts Receivable (A: Sep. 2023 )) / count ) / Revenue (A: Sep. 2023 )*Days in Period
=( (341.9 + 476.7) / 2 ) / 1222.5*365 / 2
=409.3 / 1222.5*365 / 2
=61.10

* 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.


ALS  (ASX:ALQ) Days Sales Outstanding Explanation

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ALS (ASX:ALQ) Business Description

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Address
299 Coronation Drive, Level 2, Milton, Brisbane, QLD, AUS, 4064
Founded in the 1880s and listing on the ASX in 1952, ALS operates three divisions: commodities, life sciences, and industrial. ALS commodities traditionally generated the majority of underlying earnings, providing geochemistry, metallurgy, inspection and mine site services for the global mining industry. Expansion into environmental, pharmaceutical and food testing areas and commodity price weakness have lessened earnings exposure to commodities.

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