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YouGov (LSE:YOU) Days Sales Outstanding : 65.74 (As of Jan. 2024)


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What is YouGov Days Sales Outstanding?

YouGov's average Accounts Receivable for the six months ended in Jan. 2024 was £51.6 Mil. YouGov's Revenue for the six months ended in Jan. 2024 was £143.1 Mil. Hence, YouGov's Days Sales Outstanding for the six months ended in Jan. 2024 was 65.74.

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

LSE:YOU' s Days Sales Outstanding Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 37.16   Med: 59.77   Max: 80.61
Current: 72.64

During the past 13 years, YouGov's highest Days Sales Outstanding was 80.61. The lowest was 37.16. And the median was 59.77.

LSE:YOU's Days Sales Outstanding is ranked worse than
54.05% of 1025 companies
in the Media - Diversified industry
Industry Median: 68.75 vs LSE:YOU: 72.64

YouGov's Days Sales Outstanding increased from Jan. 2023 (57.85) to Jan. 2024 (65.74).


YouGov Days Sales Outstanding Historical Data

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

YouGov Annual Data
Trend Jul14 Jul15 Jul16 Jul17 Jul18 Jul19 Jul20 Jul21 Jul22 Jul23
Days Sales Outstanding
Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 67.86 42.71 41.47 37.23 37.16

YouGov Semi-Annual Data
Jul14 Jan15 Jul15 Jan16 Jul16 Jan17 Jul17 Jan18 Jul18 Jan19 Jul19 Jan20 Jul20 Jan21 Jul21 Jan22 Jul22 Jan23 Jul23 Jan24
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 53.11 48.86 57.85 61.48 65.74

Competitive Comparison of YouGov's Days Sales Outstanding

For the Advertising Agencies subindustry, YouGov'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.


YouGov's Days Sales Outstanding Distribution in the Media - Diversified Industry

For the Media - Diversified industry and Communication Services sector, YouGov's Days Sales Outstanding distribution charts can be found below:

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



YouGov 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.

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

Days Sales Outstanding (A: Jul. 2023 )
=Average Accounts Receivable /Revenue*Days in Period
=( (Accounts Receivable (A: Jul. 2022 ) + Accounts Receivable (A: Jul. 2023 )) / count ) / Revenue (A: Jul. 2023 )*Days in Period
=( (25.2 + 27.4) / 2 ) / 258.3*365
=26.3 / 258.3*365
=37.16

YouGov'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: Jul. 2023 ) + Accounts Receivable (A: Jan. 2024 )) / count ) / Revenue (A: Jan. 2024 )*Days in Period
=( (27.4 + 75.7) / 2 ) / 143.1*365 / 2
=51.55 / 143.1*365 / 2
=65.74

* 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.


YouGov  (LSE:YOU) 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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YouGov (LSE:YOU) Business Description

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Address
50 Featherstone Street, London, GBR, EC1Y 8RT
YouGov PLC is a market research agency company. Its suite of products consists of YouGov BrandIndex, YouGov Reports, and YouGov Profiles. Other services offered are YouGov Omnibus service and custom research by sector specialists. Segments in which the company operates include Data Products, Data Services, and Custom Research. Revenues are generated from market research services, syndicated services, non-syndicated services, and media buying. Geographically, it derives a majority of its revenue from the United States.