What Is 'Days Sales of Inventory - DSI': CCC Dio + Dso - Dpo
What Is 'Days Sales of Inventory - DSI': CCC Dio + Dso - Dpo
Days sales outstanding (DSO) is a measure of the average number of days that a company
takes to collect revenue after a sale has been made. DSO is often determined on a
monthly, quarterly or annual basis and can be calculated by dividing the amount of accounts
receivable during a given period by the total value of credit sales during the same period,
and multiplying the result by the number of days in the period measured.
The formula for calculating days sales outstanding can be represented with the following
formula:
A low DSO value means that it takes a company fewer days to collect its accounts
receivable. A high DSO number shows that a company is selling its product to customers on
credit and taking longer to collect money.
Days sales outstanding is also often referred to as days receivables and is an element of
the cash conversion cycle.
Days payable outstanding (DPO) is a company's average payable period. Days payable
outstanding tells how long it takes a company to pay its invoices from trade creditors, such
as suppliers. DPO is typically looked at either quarterly or yearly.
The formula to calculate DPO is written as: ending accounts payable / (cost of sales/number
of days). These numbers are found on the balance sheet and the income statement.