Walmart (WMT) Days Sales Outstanding

: 4.58 (As of Jan. 2024)

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Walmart's average Accounts Receivable for the three months ended in Jan. 2024 was $8,711 Mil. Walmart's Revenue for the three months ended in Jan. 2024 was $173,388 Mil. Hence, Walmart's Days Sales Outstanding for the three months ended in Jan. 2024 was 4.58.

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

WMT' s Days Sales Outstanding Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 4.18 Med: 4.54 Max: 5.06
Current: 4.61

During the past 13 years, Walmart's highest Days Sales Outstanding was 5.06. The lowest was 4.18. And the median was 4.54.

WMT's Days Sales Outstanding is ranked better than
80.72% of 306 companies
in the Retail - Defensive industry
Industry Median: 23.52 vs WMT: 4.61

Walmart's Days Sales Outstanding increased from Jan. 2023 (4.49) to Jan. 2024 (4.58).

Walmart Days Sales Outstanding Historical Data

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

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Walmart Annual Data

Trend

Jan15

Jan16

Jan17

Jan18

Jan19

Jan20

Jan21

Jan22

Jan23

Jan24

Days Sales Outstanding

4.38

4.18

4.71

4.84

4.71

Walmart Quarterly Data
	Apr19	Jul19	Oct19	Jan20	Apr20	Jul20	Oct20	Jan21	Apr21	Jul21	Oct21	Jan22	Apr22	Jul22	Oct22	Jan23	Apr23	Jul23	Oct23	Jan24
Days Sales Outstanding																4.49	4.67	4.39	4.69	4.58

Competitive Comparison

For the Discount Stores subindustry, Walmart'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.

Walmart Days Sales Outstanding Distribution

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

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

Walmart 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.

Walmart's Days Sales Outstanding for the fiscal year that ended in Jan. 2024 is calculated as

	Days Sales Outstanding (A: Jan. 2024 )
=	Average Accounts Receivable					/	Revenue	*	Days in Period
=	( (Accounts Receivable (A: Jan. 2023 )	+	Accounts Receivable (A: Jan. 2024 ))	/	count )	/	Revenue (A: Jan. 2024 )	*	Days in Period
=	( (7933	+	8796)	/	2 )	/	648125	*	365
=	8364.5					/	648125	*	365
=	4.71

Walmart's Days Sales Outstanding for the quarter that ended in Jan. 2024 is calculated as:

	Days Sales Outstanding (Q: Jan. 2024 )
=	Average Accounts Receivable					/	Revenue	*	Days in Period
=	( (Accounts Receivable (A: Oct. 2023 )	+	Accounts Receivable (A: Jan. 2024 ))	/	count )	/	Revenue (A: Jan. 2024 )	*	Days in Period
=	( (8625	+	8796)	/	2 )	/	173388	*	365 / 4
=	8710.5					/	173388	*	365 / 4
=	4.58

Walmart (NYSE:WMT) 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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Walmart (WMT) Business Description

Industry

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Address

702 S.W. 8th Street, Bentonville, AR, USA, 72716

Website

https://stock.walmart.com

Walmart serves as the preeminent retailer in the United States, with its strategy predicated on superior operating efficiency and offering the lowest priced goods to consumers to drive robust store traffic and product turnover. Walmart augmented its low-price business strategy by offering a convenient one-stop shopping destination with the opening of its first supercenter in 1988.Today, Walmart operates over 4,700 stores in the United States (5,300 including Sam's Club) and over 10,000 stores globally. Walmart generated over $420 billion in domestic namesake sales last year, with Sam's Club contributing another $84 billion to the firm's top line. Internationally, Walmart generated $100 billion in sales. The company serves around 240 million customers globally each week.

Executives

John D Rainey	officer: Executive Vice President	C/O PAYPAL HOLDINGS, INC., 2211 NORTH FIRST STREET, SAN JOSE CA 95131
Jim C Walton	director, other: Director	C/O WALTON ENTERPRISES, INC., P.O. BOX 1860, BENTONVILLE AR 72712
S Robson Walton	director, 10 percent owner, officer: Chairman of the Board	C/O WALTON ENTERPRISES, INC., P.O. BOX 1860, BENTONVILLE AR 72716-0105
Alice L Walton	10 percent owner	110 N.W. SECOND STREET, SUITE 300, BENTONVILLE AR 72712
C Douglas Mcmillon	officer: Executive Vice President	702 SW 8TH STREET, BENTONVILLE AR 72716
John R. Furner	officer: Executive Vice President	702 SW 8TH STREET, BENTONVILLE AR 72716
Rachel L Brand	officer: Executive Vice President	702 S.W. 8TH STREET, BENTONVILLE AR 72716
Christopher James Nicholas	officer: Executive Vice President	702 SW 8TH STREET, BENTONVILLE AR 72716
David Chojnowski	officer: Senior Vice President	5505 BLUE LAGOON DRIVE, MIAMI FL 33126
Daniel J Bartlett	officer: Executive Vice President	702 SW 8TH STREET, BENTONVILLE AR 72716
Randall L Stephenson	director	208 S. AKARD ST., DALLAS TX 75202
Judith J Mckenna	officer: Executive Vice President	702 S.W. 8TH STREET, BENTONVILLE AR 72716
M. Brett Biggs	officer: Executive Vice President	702 SW 8TH STREET, BENTONVILLE AR 72716
Marc E. Lore	officer: Executive Vice President	443 GREENWICH STREET, PHA, NEW YORK NY 10013
Kathryn J. Mclay	officer: Executive Vice President	702 S.W. 8TH STREET, BENTONVILLE AR 72716