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Microsoft Corp. (NASDAQ:MSFT)

Analysis of Short-term (Operating) Activity Ratios
Quarterly Data

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Short-term Activity Ratios (Summary)

Microsoft Corp., short-term (operating) activity ratios (quarterly data)

Microsoft Excel
Mar 31, 2024 Dec 31, 2023 Sep 30, 2023 Jun 30, 2023 Mar 31, 2023 Dec 31, 2022 Sep 30, 2022 Jun 30, 2022 Mar 31, 2022 Dec 31, 2021 Sep 30, 2021 Jun 30, 2021 Mar 31, 2021 Dec 31, 2020 Sep 30, 2020 Jun 30, 2020 Mar 31, 2020 Dec 31, 2019 Sep 30, 2019 Jun 30, 2019 Mar 31, 2019 Dec 31, 2018 Sep 30, 2018 Jun 30, 2018 Mar 31, 2018 Dec 31, 2017 Sep 30, 2017
Turnover Ratios
Inventory turnover 54.62 42.63 22.24 26.35 22.77 21.81 15.10 16.74 18.27 19.09 16.09 19.81 22.53 25.21 17.25 24.32 26.86 23.78 16.56 20.80 21.65 21.08 11.06 14.41
Receivables turnover 5.37 5.31 5.91 4.35 5.55 5.70 6.49 4.48 5.90 5.52 6.44 4.42 6.08 5.61 6.44 4.47 6.11 5.71 6.80 4.26 6.34 6.02 6.61 4.17
Payables turnover 3.94 3.89 3.46 3.64 4.28 4.23 3.88 3.30 3.74 3.76 3.70 3.44 3.77 3.80 3.73 3.68 4.78 4.92 5.06 4.57 5.60 5.47 4.70 4.45
Working capital turnover 8.26 8.63 2.64 2.65 2.65 2.68 2.77 2.66 2.52 1.91 1.88 1.76 1.71 1.44 1.37 1.30 1.24 1.25 1.20 1.19 1.15 1.11 1.06 0.99
Average No. Days
Average inventory processing period 7 9 16 14 16 17 24 22 20 19 23 18 16 14 21 15 14 15 22 18 17 17 33 25
Add: Average receivable collection period 68 69 62 84 66 64 56 81 62 66 57 83 60 65 57 82 60 64 54 86 58 61 55 88
Operating cycle 75 78 78 98 82 81 80 103 82 85 80 101 76 79 78 97 74 79 76 104 75 78 88 113
Less: Average payables payment period 93 94 106 100 85 86 94 111 98 97 99 106 97 96 98 99 76 74 72 80 65 67 78 82
Cash conversion cycle -18 -16 -28 -2 -3 -5 -14 -8 -16 -12 -19 -5 -21 -17 -20 -2 -2 5 4 24 10 11 10 31

Based on: 10-Q (reporting date: 2024-03-31), 10-Q (reporting date: 2023-12-31), 10-Q (reporting date: 2023-09-30), 10-K (reporting date: 2023-06-30), 10-Q (reporting date: 2023-03-31), 10-Q (reporting date: 2022-12-31), 10-Q (reporting date: 2022-09-30), 10-K (reporting date: 2022-06-30), 10-Q (reporting date: 2022-03-31), 10-Q (reporting date: 2021-12-31), 10-Q (reporting date: 2021-09-30), 10-K (reporting date: 2021-06-30), 10-Q (reporting date: 2021-03-31), 10-Q (reporting date: 2020-12-31), 10-Q (reporting date: 2020-09-30), 10-K (reporting date: 2020-06-30), 10-Q (reporting date: 2020-03-31), 10-Q (reporting date: 2019-12-31), 10-Q (reporting date: 2019-09-30), 10-K (reporting date: 2019-06-30), 10-Q (reporting date: 2019-03-31), 10-Q (reporting date: 2018-12-31), 10-Q (reporting date: 2018-09-30), 10-K (reporting date: 2018-06-30), 10-Q (reporting date: 2018-03-31), 10-Q (reporting date: 2017-12-31), 10-Q (reporting date: 2017-09-30).

Short-term activity ratio Description The company
Inventory turnover An activity ratio calculated as cost of goods sold divided by inventory. Microsoft Corp. inventory turnover ratio improved from Q1 2024 to Q2 2024 and from Q2 2024 to Q3 2024.
Receivables turnover An activity ratio equal to revenue divided by receivables. Microsoft Corp. receivables turnover ratio deteriorated from Q1 2024 to Q2 2024 but then slightly improved from Q2 2024 to Q3 2024.
Payables turnover An activity ratio calculated as cost of goods sold divided by payables. Microsoft Corp. payables turnover ratio increased from Q1 2024 to Q2 2024 and from Q2 2024 to Q3 2024.
Working capital turnover An activity ratio calculated as revenue divided by working capital. Microsoft Corp. working capital turnover ratio improved from Q1 2024 to Q2 2024 but then slightly deteriorated from Q2 2024 to Q3 2024.

Short-term activity ratio Description The company
Average inventory processing period An activity ratio equal to the number of days in the period divided by inventory turnover over the period. Microsoft Corp. number of days of inventory outstanding improved from Q1 2024 to Q2 2024 and from Q2 2024 to Q3 2024.
Average receivable collection period An activity ratio equal to the number of days in the period divided by receivables turnover. Microsoft Corp. number of days of receivables outstanding deteriorated from Q1 2024 to Q2 2024 but then slightly improved from Q2 2024 to Q3 2024.
Operating cycle Equal to average inventory processing period plus average receivables collection period.
Average payables payment period An estimate of the average number of days it takes a company to pay its suppliers; equal to the number of days in the period divided by payables turnover ratio for the period. Microsoft Corp. number of days of payables outstanding decreased from Q1 2024 to Q2 2024 and from Q2 2024 to Q3 2024.
Cash conversion cycle A financial metric that measures the length of time required for a company to convert cash invested in its operations to cash received as a result of its operations; equal to average inventory processing period plus average receivables collection period minus average payables payment period. Microsoft Corp. cash conversion cycle deteriorated from Q1 2024 to Q2 2024 but then slightly improved from Q2 2024 to Q3 2024.

Inventory Turnover

Microsoft Corp., inventory turnover calculation (quarterly data)

Microsoft Excel
Mar 31, 2024 Dec 31, 2023 Sep 30, 2023 Jun 30, 2023 Mar 31, 2023 Dec 31, 2022 Sep 30, 2022 Jun 30, 2022 Mar 31, 2022 Dec 31, 2021 Sep 30, 2021 Jun 30, 2021 Mar 31, 2021 Dec 31, 2020 Sep 30, 2020 Jun 30, 2020 Mar 31, 2020 Dec 31, 2019 Sep 30, 2019 Jun 30, 2019 Mar 31, 2019 Dec 31, 2018 Sep 30, 2018 Jun 30, 2018 Mar 31, 2018 Dec 31, 2017 Sep 30, 2017
Selected Financial Data (US$ in millions)
Cost of revenue 18,505 19,623 16,302 16,795 16,128 17,488 15,452 16,429 15,615 16,960 13,646 13,991 13,045 14,194 11,002 12,339 10,975 12,358 10,406 10,412 10,170 12,423 9,905 9,742 9,269 11,064 8,278
Inventories 1,304 1,615 3,000 2,500 2,877 2,980 4,268 3,742 3,296 3,019 3,411 2,636 2,245 1,924 2,705 1,895 1,644 1,823 2,622 2,063 1,951 1,961 3,614 2,662 2,084 2,003 3,211
Short-term Activity Ratio
Inventory turnover1 54.62 42.63 22.24 26.35 22.77 21.81 15.10 16.74 18.27 19.09 16.09 19.81 22.53 25.21 17.25 24.32 26.86 23.78 16.56 20.80 21.65 21.08 11.06 14.41
Benchmarks
Inventory Turnover, Competitors2
International Business Machines Corp. 23.74 19.66 18.29 17.30 17.94 15.59 16.30 14.96 15.68 15.08 17.43 18.90 20.69 19.95 21.10 22.49 25.11
Synopsys Inc. 3.31 3.75 4.15 4.43 4.94 5.02 4.62 4.45 4.28 3.76 3.53 3.65 3.51 4.13 4.71 4.49 5.09 5.32 4.90 4.57 5.44 6.01

Based on: 10-Q (reporting date: 2024-03-31), 10-Q (reporting date: 2023-12-31), 10-Q (reporting date: 2023-09-30), 10-K (reporting date: 2023-06-30), 10-Q (reporting date: 2023-03-31), 10-Q (reporting date: 2022-12-31), 10-Q (reporting date: 2022-09-30), 10-K (reporting date: 2022-06-30), 10-Q (reporting date: 2022-03-31), 10-Q (reporting date: 2021-12-31), 10-Q (reporting date: 2021-09-30), 10-K (reporting date: 2021-06-30), 10-Q (reporting date: 2021-03-31), 10-Q (reporting date: 2020-12-31), 10-Q (reporting date: 2020-09-30), 10-K (reporting date: 2020-06-30), 10-Q (reporting date: 2020-03-31), 10-Q (reporting date: 2019-12-31), 10-Q (reporting date: 2019-09-30), 10-K (reporting date: 2019-06-30), 10-Q (reporting date: 2019-03-31), 10-Q (reporting date: 2018-12-31), 10-Q (reporting date: 2018-09-30), 10-K (reporting date: 2018-06-30), 10-Q (reporting date: 2018-03-31), 10-Q (reporting date: 2017-12-31), 10-Q (reporting date: 2017-09-30).

1 Q3 2024 Calculation
Inventory turnover = (Cost of revenueQ3 2024 + Cost of revenueQ2 2024 + Cost of revenueQ1 2024 + Cost of revenueQ4 2023) ÷ Inventories
= (18,505 + 19,623 + 16,302 + 16,795) ÷ 1,304 = 54.62

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Short-term activity ratio Description The company
Inventory turnover An activity ratio calculated as cost of goods sold divided by inventory. Microsoft Corp. inventory turnover ratio improved from Q1 2024 to Q2 2024 and from Q2 2024 to Q3 2024.

Receivables Turnover

Microsoft Corp., receivables turnover calculation (quarterly data)

Microsoft Excel
Mar 31, 2024 Dec 31, 2023 Sep 30, 2023 Jun 30, 2023 Mar 31, 2023 Dec 31, 2022 Sep 30, 2022 Jun 30, 2022 Mar 31, 2022 Dec 31, 2021 Sep 30, 2021 Jun 30, 2021 Mar 31, 2021 Dec 31, 2020 Sep 30, 2020 Jun 30, 2020 Mar 31, 2020 Dec 31, 2019 Sep 30, 2019 Jun 30, 2019 Mar 31, 2019 Dec 31, 2018 Sep 30, 2018 Jun 30, 2018 Mar 31, 2018 Dec 31, 2017 Sep 30, 2017
Selected Financial Data (US$ in millions)
Revenue 61,858 62,020 56,517 56,189 52,857 52,747 50,122 51,865 49,360 51,728 45,317 46,152 41,706 43,076 37,154 38,033 35,021 36,906 33,055 33,717 30,571 32,471 29,084 30,085 26,819 28,918 24,538
Accounts receivable, net of allowance for doubtful accounts 44,029 42,831 36,953 48,688 37,420 35,833 31,279 44,261 32,613 33,520 27,349 38,043 26,322 27,312 22,851 32,011 22,699 23,525 19,087 29,524 19,269 19,680 17,390 26,481 17,208 18,428 14,561
Short-term Activity Ratio
Receivables turnover1 5.37 5.31 5.91 4.35 5.55 5.70 6.49 4.48 5.90 5.52 6.44 4.42 6.08 5.61 6.44 4.47 6.11 5.71 6.80 4.26 6.34 6.02 6.61 4.17
Benchmarks
Receivables Turnover, Competitors2
Adobe Inc. 9.69 8.73 10.20 10.94 9.99 8.53 9.98 10.51 9.58 8.41 9.77 9.74 9.00 9.20 9.44 8.82 8.40 7.28 7.76 7.94 7.12 6.86
International Business Machines Corp. 8.57 11.48 10.67 10.52 9.25 10.95 10.17 9.79 8.49 9.23 9.57 10.72 10.32 12.30 11.54 11.05 9.80
Intuit Inc. 16.27 39.65 35.48 19.62 15.15 34.68 28.53 17.44 12.84 25.10 24.64 16.04 16.60 79.16 51.54 31.31 11.82 66.66 77.98 25.87 11.61 79.14 60.86
Oracle Corp. 7.20 7.59 7.82 7.22 7.72 7.43 7.44 7.13 9.12 9.28 9.11 7.48 8.56 8.91 8.57 7.04 9.55 9.77 10.35 7.69 9.92 10.01 10.68 7.55
Palo Alto Networks Inc. 3.97 5.10 2.80 4.50 4.82 4.70 2.57 4.17 5.10 5.61 3.43 5.20 5.65 5.30 3.29 4.88 5.78 6.04 4.98 6.75 6.25 6.34 4.86
Salesforce Inc. 7.00 6.12 6.95 2.92 7.09 6.18 7.07 2.72 6.22 5.78 7.04 2.73 6.12 5.63 5.93 2.77 6.16 6.32 6.51 2.70
ServiceNow Inc. 4.41 7.26 7.33 6.87 4.20 7.71 7.74 7.59 4.24 7.13 6.62 7.49 4.48 6.69 6.26 6.04 4.14
Synopsys Inc. 5.76 6.17 8.29 6.78 5.00 6.38 7.25 6.58 4.34 7.40 7.06 6.51 4.84 4.72 5.50 5.36 4.22 6.07 7.23 6.14 4.16 5.63

Based on: 10-Q (reporting date: 2024-03-31), 10-Q (reporting date: 2023-12-31), 10-Q (reporting date: 2023-09-30), 10-K (reporting date: 2023-06-30), 10-Q (reporting date: 2023-03-31), 10-Q (reporting date: 2022-12-31), 10-Q (reporting date: 2022-09-30), 10-K (reporting date: 2022-06-30), 10-Q (reporting date: 2022-03-31), 10-Q (reporting date: 2021-12-31), 10-Q (reporting date: 2021-09-30), 10-K (reporting date: 2021-06-30), 10-Q (reporting date: 2021-03-31), 10-Q (reporting date: 2020-12-31), 10-Q (reporting date: 2020-09-30), 10-K (reporting date: 2020-06-30), 10-Q (reporting date: 2020-03-31), 10-Q (reporting date: 2019-12-31), 10-Q (reporting date: 2019-09-30), 10-K (reporting date: 2019-06-30), 10-Q (reporting date: 2019-03-31), 10-Q (reporting date: 2018-12-31), 10-Q (reporting date: 2018-09-30), 10-K (reporting date: 2018-06-30), 10-Q (reporting date: 2018-03-31), 10-Q (reporting date: 2017-12-31), 10-Q (reporting date: 2017-09-30).

1 Q3 2024 Calculation
Receivables turnover = (RevenueQ3 2024 + RevenueQ2 2024 + RevenueQ1 2024 + RevenueQ4 2023) ÷ Accounts receivable, net of allowance for doubtful accounts
= (61,858 + 62,020 + 56,517 + 56,189) ÷ 44,029 = 5.37

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Short-term activity ratio Description The company
Receivables turnover An activity ratio equal to revenue divided by receivables. Microsoft Corp. receivables turnover ratio deteriorated from Q1 2024 to Q2 2024 but then slightly improved from Q2 2024 to Q3 2024.

Payables Turnover

Microsoft Corp., payables turnover calculation (quarterly data)

Microsoft Excel
Mar 31, 2024 Dec 31, 2023 Sep 30, 2023 Jun 30, 2023 Mar 31, 2023 Dec 31, 2022 Sep 30, 2022 Jun 30, 2022 Mar 31, 2022 Dec 31, 2021 Sep 30, 2021 Jun 30, 2021 Mar 31, 2021 Dec 31, 2020 Sep 30, 2020 Jun 30, 2020 Mar 31, 2020 Dec 31, 2019 Sep 30, 2019 Jun 30, 2019 Mar 31, 2019 Dec 31, 2018 Sep 30, 2018 Jun 30, 2018 Mar 31, 2018 Dec 31, 2017 Sep 30, 2017
Selected Financial Data (US$ in millions)
Cost of revenue 18,505 19,623 16,302 16,795 16,128 17,488 15,452 16,429 15,615 16,960 13,646 13,991 13,045 14,194 11,002 12,339 10,975 12,358 10,406 10,412 10,170 12,423 9,905 9,742 9,269 11,064 8,278
Accounts payable 18,087 17,695 19,307 18,095 15,305 15,354 16,609 19,000 16,085 15,314 14,832 15,163 13,412 12,770 12,509 12,530 9,246 8,811 8,574 9,382 7,544 7,563 8,511 8,617 7,623 7,850 6,866
Short-term Activity Ratio
Payables turnover1 3.94 3.89 3.46 3.64 4.28 4.23 3.88 3.30 3.74 3.76 3.70 3.44 3.77 3.80 3.73 3.68 4.78 4.92 5.06 4.57 5.60 5.47 4.70 4.45
Benchmarks
Payables Turnover, Competitors2
Accenture PLC 19.54 16.93 17.41 18.03 17.35 17.54 16.37 16.93 17.22 16.45 15.03 16.92 17.94 20.16 22.48 21.75 20.11 19.17 18.16 19.00 20.14 21.74 21.62
Adobe Inc. 7.92 7.50 7.29 6.51 7.21 5.71 6.66 5.53 6.54 5.98 5.40 5.60 6.76 5.63 7.62 6.00 6.52 7.98 8.45 8.63 9.18 6.42
International Business Machines Corp. 6.67 8.23 7.36 7.44 6.87 7.35 7.40 7.69 6.54 6.71 7.47 8.35 7.75 9.76 8.36 9.63 8.30
Intuit Inc. 4.19 5.12 4.93 3.29 3.54 3.98 3.26 2.52 2.31 3.47 2.70 2.56 2.82 5.25 4.52 3.48 2.78 4.45 4.26 2.92 2.67 4.92 5.49
Oracle Corp. 9.02 13.12 13.67 11.27 7.60 6.68 6.72 6.74 7.65 8.03 10.79 10.54 9.49 10.71 14.72 12.46 15.07 15.07 16.46 13.78 13.45 13.86 15.37 15.28
Palo Alto Networks Inc. 10.93 14.57 14.43 20.69 14.50 14.30 13.43 14.68 12.25 14.46 22.41 16.80 25.37 21.85 15.72 17.72 15.76 11.28 11.03 11.31 26.19 15.99 13.06
ServiceNow Inc. 15.25 26.38 10.08 7.20 5.74 7.86 5.60 8.57 15.20 19.64 11.82 9.75 28.83 17.87 10.13 11.28 15.04

Based on: 10-Q (reporting date: 2024-03-31), 10-Q (reporting date: 2023-12-31), 10-Q (reporting date: 2023-09-30), 10-K (reporting date: 2023-06-30), 10-Q (reporting date: 2023-03-31), 10-Q (reporting date: 2022-12-31), 10-Q (reporting date: 2022-09-30), 10-K (reporting date: 2022-06-30), 10-Q (reporting date: 2022-03-31), 10-Q (reporting date: 2021-12-31), 10-Q (reporting date: 2021-09-30), 10-K (reporting date: 2021-06-30), 10-Q (reporting date: 2021-03-31), 10-Q (reporting date: 2020-12-31), 10-Q (reporting date: 2020-09-30), 10-K (reporting date: 2020-06-30), 10-Q (reporting date: 2020-03-31), 10-Q (reporting date: 2019-12-31), 10-Q (reporting date: 2019-09-30), 10-K (reporting date: 2019-06-30), 10-Q (reporting date: 2019-03-31), 10-Q (reporting date: 2018-12-31), 10-Q (reporting date: 2018-09-30), 10-K (reporting date: 2018-06-30), 10-Q (reporting date: 2018-03-31), 10-Q (reporting date: 2017-12-31), 10-Q (reporting date: 2017-09-30).

1 Q3 2024 Calculation
Payables turnover = (Cost of revenueQ3 2024 + Cost of revenueQ2 2024 + Cost of revenueQ1 2024 + Cost of revenueQ4 2023) ÷ Accounts payable
= (18,505 + 19,623 + 16,302 + 16,795) ÷ 18,087 = 3.94

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Short-term activity ratio Description The company
Payables turnover An activity ratio calculated as cost of goods sold divided by payables. Microsoft Corp. payables turnover ratio increased from Q1 2024 to Q2 2024 and from Q2 2024 to Q3 2024.

Working Capital Turnover

Microsoft Corp., working capital turnover calculation (quarterly data)

Microsoft Excel
Mar 31, 2024 Dec 31, 2023 Sep 30, 2023 Jun 30, 2023 Mar 31, 2023 Dec 31, 2022 Sep 30, 2022 Jun 30, 2022 Mar 31, 2022 Dec 31, 2021 Sep 30, 2021 Jun 30, 2021 Mar 31, 2021 Dec 31, 2020 Sep 30, 2020 Jun 30, 2020 Mar 31, 2020 Dec 31, 2019 Sep 30, 2019 Jun 30, 2019 Mar 31, 2019 Dec 31, 2018 Sep 30, 2018 Jun 30, 2018 Mar 31, 2018 Dec 31, 2017 Sep 30, 2017
Selected Financial Data (US$ in millions)
Current assets 147,180 147,393 207,586 184,257 163,889 157,823 160,812 169,684 153,922 174,188 174,326 184,406 165,614 173,973 177,077 181,915 170,505 167,074 165,896 175,552 159,887 156,874 164,195 169,662 156,659 167,633 161,031
Less: Current liabilities 118,525 121,016 124,792 104,149 85,691 81,718 87,389 95,082 77,439 77,510 80,528 88,657 72,193 67,486 70,056 72,310 58,707 59,640 58,118 69,420 53,861 50,318 56,277 58,488 46,133 58,099 51,615
Working capital 28,655 26,377 82,794 80,108 78,198 76,105 73,423 74,602 76,483 96,678 93,798 95,749 93,421 106,487 107,021 109,605 111,798 107,434 107,778 106,132 106,026 106,556 107,918 111,174 110,526 109,534 109,416
 
Revenue 61,858 62,020 56,517 56,189 52,857 52,747 50,122 51,865 49,360 51,728 45,317 46,152 41,706 43,076 37,154 38,033 35,021 36,906 33,055 33,717 30,571 32,471 29,084 30,085 26,819 28,918 24,538
Short-term Activity Ratio
Working capital turnover1 8.26 8.63 2.64 2.65 2.65 2.68 2.77 2.66 2.52 1.91 1.88 1.76 1.71 1.44 1.37 1.30 1.24 1.25 1.20 1.19 1.15 1.11 1.06 0.99
Benchmarks
Working Capital Turnover, Competitors2
Accenture PLC 15.40 11.18 11.93 10.11 13.40 14.81 15.07 13.41 15.55 15.85 12.77 7.71 8.35 7.70 8.71 10.32 10.56 9.98 9.85 11.92 11.77 12.53 12.12
Adobe Inc. 42.33 6.85 9.10 14.68 19.89 20.28 16.36 31.92 57.86 9.09 6.22 7.44 8.67 4.89 5.51 8.11 9.50 16.24
International Business Machines Corp. 31.12 12.14 40.51 49.97 107.30
Intuit Inc. 13.92 11.94 8.13 6.30 15.31 10.83 8.98 5.68 21.87 4.39 3.85 3.40 5.45 1.74 1.73 3.19 4.80 4.93 4.17 3.46 10.00 9.43 20.71
Oracle Corp. 3.50 3.86 3.39 1.70 1.29 1.69 1.58 1.26 1.12 2.25 1.98 1.68 1.42 1.34 1.09 0.84 0.70
Palo Alto Networks Inc. 3.52 2.15 1.40 4.81 1.80 1.89 1.80 1.60 1.60 1.21 1.14
Salesforce Inc. 42.02 99.31 90.67 62.21 30.85 25.15 54.57 24.95 27.10 4.36 5.11 7.48 10.29 9.75 15.29 28.71
ServiceNow Inc. 21.77 19.04 9.59 7.83 11.16 6.63 11.21 10.61 21.76 11.15 16.31 5.62 5.76 3.73 8.10 43.84 46.69
Synopsys Inc. 8.03 13.12 10.27 12.83 17.05 21.34 14.02 7.78 9.47 10.65 9.50 9.18 16.88 9.00 27.06

Based on: 10-Q (reporting date: 2024-03-31), 10-Q (reporting date: 2023-12-31), 10-Q (reporting date: 2023-09-30), 10-K (reporting date: 2023-06-30), 10-Q (reporting date: 2023-03-31), 10-Q (reporting date: 2022-12-31), 10-Q (reporting date: 2022-09-30), 10-K (reporting date: 2022-06-30), 10-Q (reporting date: 2022-03-31), 10-Q (reporting date: 2021-12-31), 10-Q (reporting date: 2021-09-30), 10-K (reporting date: 2021-06-30), 10-Q (reporting date: 2021-03-31), 10-Q (reporting date: 2020-12-31), 10-Q (reporting date: 2020-09-30), 10-K (reporting date: 2020-06-30), 10-Q (reporting date: 2020-03-31), 10-Q (reporting date: 2019-12-31), 10-Q (reporting date: 2019-09-30), 10-K (reporting date: 2019-06-30), 10-Q (reporting date: 2019-03-31), 10-Q (reporting date: 2018-12-31), 10-Q (reporting date: 2018-09-30), 10-K (reporting date: 2018-06-30), 10-Q (reporting date: 2018-03-31), 10-Q (reporting date: 2017-12-31), 10-Q (reporting date: 2017-09-30).

1 Q3 2024 Calculation
Working capital turnover = (RevenueQ3 2024 + RevenueQ2 2024 + RevenueQ1 2024 + RevenueQ4 2023) ÷ Working capital
= (61,858 + 62,020 + 56,517 + 56,189) ÷ 28,655 = 8.26

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Short-term activity ratio Description The company
Working capital turnover An activity ratio calculated as revenue divided by working capital. Microsoft Corp. working capital turnover ratio improved from Q1 2024 to Q2 2024 but then slightly deteriorated from Q2 2024 to Q3 2024.

Average Inventory Processing Period

Microsoft Corp., average inventory processing period calculation (quarterly data)

Microsoft Excel
Mar 31, 2024 Dec 31, 2023 Sep 30, 2023 Jun 30, 2023 Mar 31, 2023 Dec 31, 2022 Sep 30, 2022 Jun 30, 2022 Mar 31, 2022 Dec 31, 2021 Sep 30, 2021 Jun 30, 2021 Mar 31, 2021 Dec 31, 2020 Sep 30, 2020 Jun 30, 2020 Mar 31, 2020 Dec 31, 2019 Sep 30, 2019 Jun 30, 2019 Mar 31, 2019 Dec 31, 2018 Sep 30, 2018 Jun 30, 2018 Mar 31, 2018 Dec 31, 2017 Sep 30, 2017
Selected Financial Data
Inventory turnover 54.62 42.63 22.24 26.35 22.77 21.81 15.10 16.74 18.27 19.09 16.09 19.81 22.53 25.21 17.25 24.32 26.86 23.78 16.56 20.80 21.65 21.08 11.06 14.41
Short-term Activity Ratio (no. days)
Average inventory processing period1 7 9 16 14 16 17 24 22 20 19 23 18 16 14 21 15 14 15 22 18 17 17 33 25
Benchmarks (no. days)
Average Inventory Processing Period, Competitors2
International Business Machines Corp. 15 19 20 21 20 23 22 24 23 24 21 19 18 18 17 16 15
Synopsys Inc. 110 97 88 82 74 73 79 82 85 97 103 100 104 88 77 81 72 69 74 80 67 61

Based on: 10-Q (reporting date: 2024-03-31), 10-Q (reporting date: 2023-12-31), 10-Q (reporting date: 2023-09-30), 10-K (reporting date: 2023-06-30), 10-Q (reporting date: 2023-03-31), 10-Q (reporting date: 2022-12-31), 10-Q (reporting date: 2022-09-30), 10-K (reporting date: 2022-06-30), 10-Q (reporting date: 2022-03-31), 10-Q (reporting date: 2021-12-31), 10-Q (reporting date: 2021-09-30), 10-K (reporting date: 2021-06-30), 10-Q (reporting date: 2021-03-31), 10-Q (reporting date: 2020-12-31), 10-Q (reporting date: 2020-09-30), 10-K (reporting date: 2020-06-30), 10-Q (reporting date: 2020-03-31), 10-Q (reporting date: 2019-12-31), 10-Q (reporting date: 2019-09-30), 10-K (reporting date: 2019-06-30), 10-Q (reporting date: 2019-03-31), 10-Q (reporting date: 2018-12-31), 10-Q (reporting date: 2018-09-30), 10-K (reporting date: 2018-06-30), 10-Q (reporting date: 2018-03-31), 10-Q (reporting date: 2017-12-31), 10-Q (reporting date: 2017-09-30).

1 Q3 2024 Calculation
Average inventory processing period = 365 ÷ Inventory turnover
= 365 ÷ 54.62 = 7

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Short-term activity ratio Description The company
Average inventory processing period An activity ratio equal to the number of days in the period divided by inventory turnover over the period. Microsoft Corp. number of days of inventory outstanding improved from Q1 2024 to Q2 2024 and from Q2 2024 to Q3 2024.

Average Receivable Collection Period

Microsoft Corp., average receivable collection period calculation (quarterly data)

Microsoft Excel
Mar 31, 2024 Dec 31, 2023 Sep 30, 2023 Jun 30, 2023 Mar 31, 2023 Dec 31, 2022 Sep 30, 2022 Jun 30, 2022 Mar 31, 2022 Dec 31, 2021 Sep 30, 2021 Jun 30, 2021 Mar 31, 2021 Dec 31, 2020 Sep 30, 2020 Jun 30, 2020 Mar 31, 2020 Dec 31, 2019 Sep 30, 2019 Jun 30, 2019 Mar 31, 2019 Dec 31, 2018 Sep 30, 2018 Jun 30, 2018 Mar 31, 2018 Dec 31, 2017 Sep 30, 2017
Selected Financial Data
Receivables turnover 5.37 5.31 5.91 4.35 5.55 5.70 6.49 4.48 5.90 5.52 6.44 4.42 6.08 5.61 6.44 4.47 6.11 5.71 6.80 4.26 6.34 6.02 6.61 4.17
Short-term Activity Ratio (no. days)
Average receivable collection period1 68 69 62 84 66 64 56 81 62 66 57 83 60 65 57 82 60 64 54 86 58 61 55 88
Benchmarks (no. days)
Average Receivable Collection Period, Competitors2
Adobe Inc. 38 42 36 33 37 43 37 35 38 43 37 37 41 40 39 41 43 50 47 46 51 53
International Business Machines Corp. 43 32 34 35 39 33 36 37 43 40 38 34 35 30 32 33 37
Intuit Inc. 22 9 10 19 24 11 13 21 28 15 15 23 22 5 7 12 31 5 5 14 31 5 6
Oracle Corp. 51 48 47 51 47 49 49 51 40 39 40 49 43 41 43 52 38 37 35 47 37 36 34 48
Palo Alto Networks Inc. 92 72 130 81 76 78 142 88 72 65 106 70 65 69 111 75 63 60 73 54 58 58 75
Salesforce Inc. 52 60 53 125 52 59 52 134 59 63 52 134 60 65 62 132 59 58 56 135
ServiceNow Inc. 83 50 50 53 87 47 47 48 86 51 55 49 82 55 58 60 88
Synopsys Inc. 63 59 44 54 73 57 50 55 84 49 52 56 75 77 66 68 86 60 51 59 88 65

Based on: 10-Q (reporting date: 2024-03-31), 10-Q (reporting date: 2023-12-31), 10-Q (reporting date: 2023-09-30), 10-K (reporting date: 2023-06-30), 10-Q (reporting date: 2023-03-31), 10-Q (reporting date: 2022-12-31), 10-Q (reporting date: 2022-09-30), 10-K (reporting date: 2022-06-30), 10-Q (reporting date: 2022-03-31), 10-Q (reporting date: 2021-12-31), 10-Q (reporting date: 2021-09-30), 10-K (reporting date: 2021-06-30), 10-Q (reporting date: 2021-03-31), 10-Q (reporting date: 2020-12-31), 10-Q (reporting date: 2020-09-30), 10-K (reporting date: 2020-06-30), 10-Q (reporting date: 2020-03-31), 10-Q (reporting date: 2019-12-31), 10-Q (reporting date: 2019-09-30), 10-K (reporting date: 2019-06-30), 10-Q (reporting date: 2019-03-31), 10-Q (reporting date: 2018-12-31), 10-Q (reporting date: 2018-09-30), 10-K (reporting date: 2018-06-30), 10-Q (reporting date: 2018-03-31), 10-Q (reporting date: 2017-12-31), 10-Q (reporting date: 2017-09-30).

1 Q3 2024 Calculation
Average receivable collection period = 365 ÷ Receivables turnover
= 365 ÷ 5.37 = 68

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Short-term activity ratio Description The company
Average receivable collection period An activity ratio equal to the number of days in the period divided by receivables turnover. Microsoft Corp. number of days of receivables outstanding deteriorated from Q1 2024 to Q2 2024 but then slightly improved from Q2 2024 to Q3 2024.

Operating Cycle

Microsoft Corp., operating cycle calculation (quarterly data)

No. days

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Mar 31, 2024 Dec 31, 2023 Sep 30, 2023 Jun 30, 2023 Mar 31, 2023 Dec 31, 2022 Sep 30, 2022 Jun 30, 2022 Mar 31, 2022 Dec 31, 2021 Sep 30, 2021 Jun 30, 2021 Mar 31, 2021 Dec 31, 2020 Sep 30, 2020 Jun 30, 2020 Mar 31, 2020 Dec 31, 2019 Sep 30, 2019 Jun 30, 2019 Mar 31, 2019 Dec 31, 2018 Sep 30, 2018 Jun 30, 2018 Mar 31, 2018 Dec 31, 2017 Sep 30, 2017
Selected Financial Data
Average inventory processing period 7 9 16 14 16 17 24 22 20 19 23 18 16 14 21 15 14 15 22 18 17 17 33 25
Average receivable collection period 68 69 62 84 66 64 56 81 62 66 57 83 60 65 57 82 60 64 54 86 58 61 55 88
Short-term Activity Ratio
Operating cycle1 75 78 78 98 82 81 80 103 82 85 80 101 76 79 78 97 74 79 76 104 75 78 88 113
Benchmarks
Operating Cycle, Competitors2
International Business Machines Corp. 58 51 54 56 59 56 58 61 66 64 59 53 53 48 49 49 52
Synopsys Inc. 173 156 132 136 147 130 129 137 169 146 155 156 179 165 143 149 158 129 125 139 155 126

Based on: 10-Q (reporting date: 2024-03-31), 10-Q (reporting date: 2023-12-31), 10-Q (reporting date: 2023-09-30), 10-K (reporting date: 2023-06-30), 10-Q (reporting date: 2023-03-31), 10-Q (reporting date: 2022-12-31), 10-Q (reporting date: 2022-09-30), 10-K (reporting date: 2022-06-30), 10-Q (reporting date: 2022-03-31), 10-Q (reporting date: 2021-12-31), 10-Q (reporting date: 2021-09-30), 10-K (reporting date: 2021-06-30), 10-Q (reporting date: 2021-03-31), 10-Q (reporting date: 2020-12-31), 10-Q (reporting date: 2020-09-30), 10-K (reporting date: 2020-06-30), 10-Q (reporting date: 2020-03-31), 10-Q (reporting date: 2019-12-31), 10-Q (reporting date: 2019-09-30), 10-K (reporting date: 2019-06-30), 10-Q (reporting date: 2019-03-31), 10-Q (reporting date: 2018-12-31), 10-Q (reporting date: 2018-09-30), 10-K (reporting date: 2018-06-30), 10-Q (reporting date: 2018-03-31), 10-Q (reporting date: 2017-12-31), 10-Q (reporting date: 2017-09-30).

1 Q3 2024 Calculation
Operating cycle = Average inventory processing period + Average receivable collection period
= 7 + 68 = 75

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Short-term activity ratio Description The company
Operating cycle Equal to average inventory processing period plus average receivables collection period.

Average Payables Payment Period

Microsoft Corp., average payables payment period calculation (quarterly data)

Microsoft Excel
Mar 31, 2024 Dec 31, 2023 Sep 30, 2023 Jun 30, 2023 Mar 31, 2023 Dec 31, 2022 Sep 30, 2022 Jun 30, 2022 Mar 31, 2022 Dec 31, 2021 Sep 30, 2021 Jun 30, 2021 Mar 31, 2021 Dec 31, 2020 Sep 30, 2020 Jun 30, 2020 Mar 31, 2020 Dec 31, 2019 Sep 30, 2019 Jun 30, 2019 Mar 31, 2019 Dec 31, 2018 Sep 30, 2018 Jun 30, 2018 Mar 31, 2018 Dec 31, 2017 Sep 30, 2017
Selected Financial Data
Payables turnover 3.94 3.89 3.46 3.64 4.28 4.23 3.88 3.30 3.74 3.76 3.70 3.44 3.77 3.80 3.73 3.68 4.78 4.92 5.06 4.57 5.60 5.47 4.70 4.45
Short-term Activity Ratio (no. days)
Average payables payment period1 93 94 106 100 85 86 94 111 98 97 99 106 97 96 98 99 76 74 72 80 65 67 78 82
Benchmarks (no. days)
Average Payables Payment Period, Competitors2
Accenture PLC 19 22 21 20 21 21 22 22 21 22 24 22 20 18 16 17 18 19 20 19 18 17 17
Adobe Inc. 46 49 50 56 51 64 55 66 56 61 68 65 54 65 48 61 56 46 43 42 40 57
International Business Machines Corp. 55 44 50 49 53 50 49 47 56 54 49 44 47 37 44 38 44
Intuit Inc. 87 71 74 111 103 92 112 145 158 105 135 142 129 70 81 105 131 82 86 125 137 74 66
Oracle Corp. 40 28 27 32 48 55 54 54 48 45 34 35 38 34 25 29 24 24 22 26 27 26 24 24
Palo Alto Networks Inc. 33 25 25 18 25 26 27 25 30 25 16 22 14 17 23 21 23 32 33 32 14 23 28
ServiceNow Inc. 24 14 36 51 64 46 65 43 24 19 31 37 13 20 36 32 24

Based on: 10-Q (reporting date: 2024-03-31), 10-Q (reporting date: 2023-12-31), 10-Q (reporting date: 2023-09-30), 10-K (reporting date: 2023-06-30), 10-Q (reporting date: 2023-03-31), 10-Q (reporting date: 2022-12-31), 10-Q (reporting date: 2022-09-30), 10-K (reporting date: 2022-06-30), 10-Q (reporting date: 2022-03-31), 10-Q (reporting date: 2021-12-31), 10-Q (reporting date: 2021-09-30), 10-K (reporting date: 2021-06-30), 10-Q (reporting date: 2021-03-31), 10-Q (reporting date: 2020-12-31), 10-Q (reporting date: 2020-09-30), 10-K (reporting date: 2020-06-30), 10-Q (reporting date: 2020-03-31), 10-Q (reporting date: 2019-12-31), 10-Q (reporting date: 2019-09-30), 10-K (reporting date: 2019-06-30), 10-Q (reporting date: 2019-03-31), 10-Q (reporting date: 2018-12-31), 10-Q (reporting date: 2018-09-30), 10-K (reporting date: 2018-06-30), 10-Q (reporting date: 2018-03-31), 10-Q (reporting date: 2017-12-31), 10-Q (reporting date: 2017-09-30).

1 Q3 2024 Calculation
Average payables payment period = 365 ÷ Payables turnover
= 365 ÷ 3.94 = 93

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Short-term activity ratio Description The company
Average payables payment period An estimate of the average number of days it takes a company to pay its suppliers; equal to the number of days in the period divided by payables turnover ratio for the period. Microsoft Corp. number of days of payables outstanding decreased from Q1 2024 to Q2 2024 and from Q2 2024 to Q3 2024.

Cash Conversion Cycle

Microsoft Corp., cash conversion cycle calculation (quarterly data)

No. days

Microsoft Excel
Mar 31, 2024 Dec 31, 2023 Sep 30, 2023 Jun 30, 2023 Mar 31, 2023 Dec 31, 2022 Sep 30, 2022 Jun 30, 2022 Mar 31, 2022 Dec 31, 2021 Sep 30, 2021 Jun 30, 2021 Mar 31, 2021 Dec 31, 2020 Sep 30, 2020 Jun 30, 2020 Mar 31, 2020 Dec 31, 2019 Sep 30, 2019 Jun 30, 2019 Mar 31, 2019 Dec 31, 2018 Sep 30, 2018 Jun 30, 2018 Mar 31, 2018 Dec 31, 2017 Sep 30, 2017
Selected Financial Data
Average inventory processing period 7 9 16 14 16 17 24 22 20 19 23 18 16 14 21 15 14 15 22 18 17 17 33 25
Average receivable collection period 68 69 62 84 66 64 56 81 62 66 57 83 60 65 57 82 60 64 54 86 58 61 55 88
Average payables payment period 93 94 106 100 85 86 94 111 98 97 99 106 97 96 98 99 76 74 72 80 65 67 78 82
Short-term Activity Ratio
Cash conversion cycle1 -18 -16 -28 -2 -3 -5 -14 -8 -16 -12 -19 -5 -21 -17 -20 -2 -2 5 4 24 10 11 10 31
Benchmarks
Cash Conversion Cycle, Competitors2
International Business Machines Corp. 3 7 4 7 6 6 9 14 10 10 10 9 6 11 5 11 8

Based on: 10-Q (reporting date: 2024-03-31), 10-Q (reporting date: 2023-12-31), 10-Q (reporting date: 2023-09-30), 10-K (reporting date: 2023-06-30), 10-Q (reporting date: 2023-03-31), 10-Q (reporting date: 2022-12-31), 10-Q (reporting date: 2022-09-30), 10-K (reporting date: 2022-06-30), 10-Q (reporting date: 2022-03-31), 10-Q (reporting date: 2021-12-31), 10-Q (reporting date: 2021-09-30), 10-K (reporting date: 2021-06-30), 10-Q (reporting date: 2021-03-31), 10-Q (reporting date: 2020-12-31), 10-Q (reporting date: 2020-09-30), 10-K (reporting date: 2020-06-30), 10-Q (reporting date: 2020-03-31), 10-Q (reporting date: 2019-12-31), 10-Q (reporting date: 2019-09-30), 10-K (reporting date: 2019-06-30), 10-Q (reporting date: 2019-03-31), 10-Q (reporting date: 2018-12-31), 10-Q (reporting date: 2018-09-30), 10-K (reporting date: 2018-06-30), 10-Q (reporting date: 2018-03-31), 10-Q (reporting date: 2017-12-31), 10-Q (reporting date: 2017-09-30).

1 Q3 2024 Calculation
Cash conversion cycle = Average inventory processing period + Average receivable collection period – Average payables payment period
= 7 + 6893 = -18

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Short-term activity ratio Description The company
Cash conversion cycle A financial metric that measures the length of time required for a company to convert cash invested in its operations to cash received as a result of its operations; equal to average inventory processing period plus average receivables collection period minus average payables payment period. Microsoft Corp. cash conversion cycle deteriorated from Q1 2024 to Q2 2024 but then slightly improved from Q2 2024 to Q3 2024.