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Wolters Kluwer NV (XAMS:WKL) Days Sales Outstanding

: 80.81 (As of Dec. 2023)
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Wolters Kluwer NV's average Accounts Receivable for the six months ended in Dec. 2023 was €1,266 Mil. Wolters Kluwer NV's Revenue for the six months ended in Dec. 2023 was €2,859 Mil. Hence, Wolters Kluwer NV's Days Sales Outstanding for the six months ended in Dec. 2023 was 80.81.

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

XAMS:WKL' s Days Sales Outstanding Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 76.27   Med: 84.16   Max: 99.58
Current: 84.32

During the past 13 years, Wolters Kluwer NV's highest Days Sales Outstanding was 99.58. The lowest was 76.27. And the median was 84.16.

XAMS:WKL's Days Sales Outstanding is ranked worse than
75.82% of 1042 companies
in the Business Services industry
Industry Median: 58.4 vs XAMS:WKL: 84.32

Wolters Kluwer NV's Days Sales Outstanding declined from Dec. 2022 (83.70) to Dec. 2023 (80.81).


Wolters Kluwer NV Days Sales Outstanding Historical Data

The historical data trend for Wolters Kluwer NV'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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Wolters Kluwer NV Annual Data
Trend Dec14 Dec15 Dec16 Dec17 Dec18 Dec19 Dec20 Dec21 Dec22 Dec23
Days Sales Outstanding
Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 83.45 82.19 76.27 78.52 85.86

Wolters Kluwer NV Semi-Annual Data
Jun14 Dec14 Jun15 Dec15 Jun16 Dec16 Jun17 Dec17 Jun18 Dec18 Jun19 Dec19 Jun20 Dec20 Jun21 Dec21 Jun22 Dec22 Jun23 Dec23
Days Sales Outstanding 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 Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 79.23 80.26 83.70 86.43 80.81

Competitive Comparison

For the Specialty Business Services subindustry, Wolters Kluwer NV'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.


Wolters Kluwer NV Days Sales Outstanding Distribution

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

* The bar in red indicates where Wolters Kluwer NV's Days Sales Outstanding falls into.



Wolters Kluwer NV 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.

Wolters Kluwer NV'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
=( (1338 + 1289) / 2 ) / 5584*365
=1313.5 / 5584*365
=85.86

Wolters Kluwer NV'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: Jun. 2023 ) + Accounts Receivable (A: Dec. 2023 )) / count ) / Revenue (A: Dec. 2023 )*Days in Period
=( (1243 + 1289) / 2 ) / 2859*365 / 2
=1266 / 2859*365 / 2
=80.81

* 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.


Wolters Kluwer NV  (XAMS:WKL) Days Sales Outstanding Explanation

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Wolters Kluwer NV (XAMS:WKL) Business Description

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Zuidpoolsingel 2, P.O. Box 1030, Alphen aan den Rijn, ZH, NLD, 2400
Wolters Kluwer is a Europe-listed global information services company. It operates across four distinct business segments serving a wide array of clients: health (26% of 2020 sales), tax and accounting (31%), legal and regulatory (23%), and governance, risk, and compliance (20%). Within these divisions, Wolters aims to be the industry leader in a variety of niche, higher-value services.

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