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Cisco Systems, Inc. designs, manufactures, and sells Internet Protocol based networking and other products related to the communications and information technology industry in the Americas, Europe, th...
The following section summarizes insights on Cisco Systems Inc's Days Payables Outstanding:
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Metrics similar to Days Payables Outstanding in the efficiency category include:
A working capital efficiency ratio used to estimate the average number of days the firm has to pay its suppliers.
Days Payables Outstanding is defined as:
Average Accounts Payable
(/) Cost of Sales
(x) 365
(=) Days Payables Outstanding
Days Payables Outstanding for Cisco Systems is calculated as follows:
Average Accounts Payable [ ($2.285 B + $2.386 B) / 2 ]
(/) Cost of Sales [ $18.89 B ]
(x) 365
(=) Days Payables Outstanding [ 45 days ]
Days Payable Outstanding is a ratio that indicates how many days it takes a company to pay its suppliers. A company would prefer to have a higher DPO ratio in relation to its Days Sales Outstanding ratio. This would mean that the company is able to collect its cash earned from sales sooner than the company is required to pay its suppliers which is good for Net Working Capital and free cash flow.
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The chart above depicts the distribution of days payables outstanding for companies operating in the Information Technology sector in the Developed economic region. Over 2,540 companies were considered in this analysis, and 2,487 had meaningful values. The average days payables outstanding of companies in the sector is 103 days with a standard deviation of 190 days.
Cisco Systems Inc's Days Payables Outstanding of 45 days ranks in the 44.7% percentile for the sector. The following table provides additional summary stats:
| Economic Risk Region | Developed |
| Total Constituents | 2,547 |
| Included Constituents | 2,487 |
| Min | 0 days |
| Max | 1,806 days |
| Median | 51 days |
| Mean | 103 days |
| Standard Deviation | 190 days |
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