Shell (SHEL) Days Sales Outstanding

: 51.20 (As of Dec. 2023)

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Shell's average Accounts Receivable for the three months ended in Dec. 2023 was $44,175 Mil. Shell's Revenue for the three months ended in Dec. 2023 was $78,732 Mil. Hence, Shell's Days Sales Outstanding for the three months ended in Dec. 2023 was 51.20.

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

SHEL' s Days Sales Outstanding Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 26.57 Med: 33.8 Max: 56.02
Current: 56.02

During the past 13 years, Shell's highest Days Sales Outstanding was 56.02. The lowest was 26.57. And the median was 33.80.

SHEL's Days Sales Outstanding is ranked worse than
57.34% of 933 companies
in the Oil & Gas industry
Industry Median: 48.88 vs SHEL: 56.02

Shell's Days Sales Outstanding increased from Dec. 2022 (47.76) to Dec. 2023 (51.20).

Shell Days Sales Outstanding Historical Data

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

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Shell Annual Data

Trend

Dec14

Dec15

Dec16

Dec17

Dec18

Dec19

Dec20

Dec21

Dec22

Dec23

Days Sales Outstanding

30.56

52.56

39.43

35.44

43.58

Shell Quarterly Data
	Mar19	Jun19	Sep19	Dec19	Mar20	Jun20	Sep20	Dec20	Mar21	Jun21	Sep21	Dec21	Mar22	Jun22	Sep22	Dec22	Mar23	Jun23	Sep23	Dec23
Days Sales Outstanding																47.76	53.03	69.82	62.42	51.20

Competitive Comparison

For the Oil & Gas Integrated subindustry, Shell'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.

Shell Days Sales Outstanding Distribution

For the Oil & Gas industry and Energy sector, Shell's Days Sales Outstanding distribution charts can be found below:

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

Shell 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.

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

	Days Sales Outstanding (A: Dec. 2023 )
=	Average Accounts Receivable					/	Revenue	*	Days in Period
=	( (Accounts Receivable (A: Dec. 2022 )	+	Accounts Receivable (A: Dec. 2023 ))	/	count )	/	Revenue (A: Dec. 2023 )	*	Days in Period
=	( (39334	+	36273)	/	2 )	/	316620	*	365
=	37803.5					/	316620	*	365
=	43.58

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

	Days Sales Outstanding (Q: Dec. 2023 )
=	Average Accounts Receivable					/	Revenue	*	Days in Period
=	( (Accounts Receivable (A: Sep. 2023 )	+	Accounts Receivable (A: Dec. 2023 ))	/	count )	/	Revenue (A: Dec. 2023 )	*	Days in Period
=	( (52077	+	36273)	/	2 )	/	78732	*	365 / 4
=	44175					/	78732	*	365 / 4
=	51.20

Shell (NYSE:SHEL) Days Sales Outstanding Explanation

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Shell is an integrated oil and gas company that explores for, produces, and refines oil around the world. In 2022, it produced 1.5 million barrels of liquids and 7.9 billion cubic feet of natural gas per day. At year-end 2022, reserves stood at 9.4 billion barrels of oil equivalent, 50% of which consisted of liquids. Its production and reserves are in Europe, Asia, Oceania, Africa, and North and South America. The company operates refineries with capacity of 1.7 mmb/d located in the Americas, Asia, Africa, and Europe and sells 12 million tons per year of chemicals. Its largest chemical plants, often integrated with its local refineries, are in Central Europe, China, Singapore, and North America.