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Oracle Corp. (NYSE:ORCL)

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

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Short-term Activity Ratios (Summary)

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

Microsoft Excel
Feb 29, 2024 Nov 30, 2023 Aug 31, 2023 May 31, 2023 Feb 28, 2023 Nov 30, 2022 Aug 31, 2022 May 31, 2022 Feb 28, 2022 Nov 30, 2021 Aug 31, 2021 May 31, 2021 Feb 28, 2021 Nov 30, 2020 Aug 31, 2020 May 31, 2020 Feb 29, 2020 Nov 30, 2019 Aug 31, 2019 May 31, 2019 Feb 28, 2019 Nov 30, 2018 Aug 31, 2018 May 31, 2018 Feb 28, 2018 Nov 30, 2017 Aug 31, 2017
Turnover Ratios
Receivables turnover 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
Payables turnover 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
Working capital turnover 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
Average No. Days
Average receivable collection period 51 48 47 51 47 49 49 51 40 39 40 49 43 41 43 52 38 37 35 47 37 36 34 48
Average payables payment period 40 28 27 32 48 55 54 54 48 45 34 35 38 34 25 29 24 24 22 26 27 26 24 24

Based on: 10-Q (reporting date: 2024-02-29), 10-Q (reporting date: 2023-11-30), 10-Q (reporting date: 2023-08-31), 10-K (reporting date: 2023-05-31), 10-Q (reporting date: 2023-02-28), 10-Q (reporting date: 2022-11-30), 10-Q (reporting date: 2022-08-31), 10-K (reporting date: 2022-05-31), 10-Q (reporting date: 2022-02-28), 10-Q (reporting date: 2021-11-30), 10-Q (reporting date: 2021-08-31), 10-K (reporting date: 2021-05-31), 10-Q (reporting date: 2021-02-28), 10-Q (reporting date: 2020-11-30), 10-Q (reporting date: 2020-08-31), 10-K (reporting date: 2020-05-31), 10-Q (reporting date: 2020-02-29), 10-Q (reporting date: 2019-11-30), 10-Q (reporting date: 2019-08-31), 10-K (reporting date: 2019-05-31), 10-Q (reporting date: 2019-02-28), 10-Q (reporting date: 2018-11-30), 10-Q (reporting date: 2018-08-31), 10-K (reporting date: 2018-05-31), 10-Q (reporting date: 2018-02-28), 10-Q (reporting date: 2017-11-30), 10-Q (reporting date: 2017-08-31).

Short-term activity ratio Description The company
Receivables turnover An activity ratio equal to revenue divided by receivables. Oracle Corp. receivables turnover ratio deteriorated from Q1 2024 to Q2 2024 and from Q2 2024 to Q3 2024.
Payables turnover An activity ratio calculated as cost of goods sold divided by payables. Oracle Corp. payables turnover ratio decreased from Q1 2024 to Q2 2024 and from Q2 2024 to Q3 2024.

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. Oracle Corp. number of days of receivables outstanding deteriorated from Q1 2024 to Q2 2024 and from Q2 2024 to Q3 2024.
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. Oracle Corp. number of days of payables outstanding increased from Q1 2024 to Q2 2024 and from Q2 2024 to Q3 2024.

Receivables Turnover

Oracle Corp., receivables turnover calculation (quarterly data)

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Feb 29, 2024 Nov 30, 2023 Aug 31, 2023 May 31, 2023 Feb 28, 2023 Nov 30, 2022 Aug 31, 2022 May 31, 2022 Feb 28, 2022 Nov 30, 2021 Aug 31, 2021 May 31, 2021 Feb 28, 2021 Nov 30, 2020 Aug 31, 2020 May 31, 2020 Feb 29, 2020 Nov 30, 2019 Aug 31, 2019 May 31, 2019 Feb 28, 2019 Nov 30, 2018 Aug 31, 2018 May 31, 2018 Feb 28, 2018 Nov 30, 2017 Aug 31, 2017
Selected Financial Data (US$ in millions)
Revenues 13,280 12,941 12,453 13,836 12,398 12,275 11,445 11,839 10,513 10,360 9,728 11,227 10,085 9,800 9,367 10,440 9,796 9,614 9,218 11,137 9,614 9,562 9,193 11,252 9,771 9,621 9,187
Trade receivables, net of allowances for credit losses 7,297 6,804 6,519 6,915 6,213 6,197 5,937 5,953 4,588 4,462 4,482 5,409 4,637 4,423 4,576 5,551 4,162 4,050 3,820 5,134 3,993 3,975 3,729 5,279 3,902 3,798 3,591
Short-term Activity Ratio
Receivables turnover1 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
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
Microsoft Corp. 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
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: 2024-02-29), 10-Q (reporting date: 2023-11-30), 10-Q (reporting date: 2023-08-31), 10-K (reporting date: 2023-05-31), 10-Q (reporting date: 2023-02-28), 10-Q (reporting date: 2022-11-30), 10-Q (reporting date: 2022-08-31), 10-K (reporting date: 2022-05-31), 10-Q (reporting date: 2022-02-28), 10-Q (reporting date: 2021-11-30), 10-Q (reporting date: 2021-08-31), 10-K (reporting date: 2021-05-31), 10-Q (reporting date: 2021-02-28), 10-Q (reporting date: 2020-11-30), 10-Q (reporting date: 2020-08-31), 10-K (reporting date: 2020-05-31), 10-Q (reporting date: 2020-02-29), 10-Q (reporting date: 2019-11-30), 10-Q (reporting date: 2019-08-31), 10-K (reporting date: 2019-05-31), 10-Q (reporting date: 2019-02-28), 10-Q (reporting date: 2018-11-30), 10-Q (reporting date: 2018-08-31), 10-K (reporting date: 2018-05-31), 10-Q (reporting date: 2018-02-28), 10-Q (reporting date: 2017-11-30), 10-Q (reporting date: 2017-08-31).

1 Q3 2024 Calculation
Receivables turnover = (RevenuesQ3 2024 + RevenuesQ2 2024 + RevenuesQ1 2024 + RevenuesQ4 2023) ÷ Trade receivables, net of allowances for credit losses
= (13,280 + 12,941 + 12,453 + 13,836) ÷ 7,297 = 7.20

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Short-term activity ratio Description The company
Receivables turnover An activity ratio equal to revenue divided by receivables. Oracle Corp. receivables turnover ratio deteriorated from Q1 2024 to Q2 2024 and from Q2 2024 to Q3 2024.

Payables Turnover

Oracle Corp., payables turnover calculation (quarterly data)

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Feb 29, 2024 Nov 30, 2023 Aug 31, 2023 May 31, 2023 Feb 28, 2023 Nov 30, 2022 Aug 31, 2022 May 31, 2022 Feb 28, 2022 Nov 30, 2021 Aug 31, 2021 May 31, 2021 Feb 28, 2021 Nov 30, 2020 Aug 31, 2020 May 31, 2020 Feb 29, 2020 Nov 30, 2019 Aug 31, 2019 May 31, 2019 Feb 28, 2019 Nov 30, 2018 Aug 31, 2018 May 31, 2018 Feb 28, 2018 Nov 30, 2017 Aug 31, 2017
Selected Financial Data (US$ in millions)
Cost of revenues 3,869 3,740 3,610 3,730 3,439 3,358 3,037 2,397 2,218 2,159 2,103 2,121 1,915 1,939 1,880 1,969 1,964 2,048 1,957 2,065 1,976 2,001 1,953 2,181 2,002 1,965 1,933
Accounts payable 1,658 1,107 1,034 1,204 1,610 1,647 1,461 1,317 1,124 1,034 749 745 812 724 534 637 533 534 486 580 603 587 527 529 603 554 593
Short-term Activity Ratio
Payables turnover1 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
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
Microsoft Corp. 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
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: 2024-02-29), 10-Q (reporting date: 2023-11-30), 10-Q (reporting date: 2023-08-31), 10-K (reporting date: 2023-05-31), 10-Q (reporting date: 2023-02-28), 10-Q (reporting date: 2022-11-30), 10-Q (reporting date: 2022-08-31), 10-K (reporting date: 2022-05-31), 10-Q (reporting date: 2022-02-28), 10-Q (reporting date: 2021-11-30), 10-Q (reporting date: 2021-08-31), 10-K (reporting date: 2021-05-31), 10-Q (reporting date: 2021-02-28), 10-Q (reporting date: 2020-11-30), 10-Q (reporting date: 2020-08-31), 10-K (reporting date: 2020-05-31), 10-Q (reporting date: 2020-02-29), 10-Q (reporting date: 2019-11-30), 10-Q (reporting date: 2019-08-31), 10-K (reporting date: 2019-05-31), 10-Q (reporting date: 2019-02-28), 10-Q (reporting date: 2018-11-30), 10-Q (reporting date: 2018-08-31), 10-K (reporting date: 2018-05-31), 10-Q (reporting date: 2018-02-28), 10-Q (reporting date: 2017-11-30), 10-Q (reporting date: 2017-08-31).

1 Q3 2024 Calculation
Payables turnover = (Cost of revenuesQ3 2024 + Cost of revenuesQ2 2024 + Cost of revenuesQ1 2024 + Cost of revenuesQ4 2023) ÷ Accounts payable
= (3,869 + 3,740 + 3,610 + 3,730) ÷ 1,658 = 9.02

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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. Oracle Corp. payables turnover ratio decreased from Q1 2024 to Q2 2024 and from Q2 2024 to Q3 2024.

Working Capital Turnover

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

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Feb 29, 2024 Nov 30, 2023 Aug 31, 2023 May 31, 2023 Feb 28, 2023 Nov 30, 2022 Aug 31, 2022 May 31, 2022 Feb 28, 2022 Nov 30, 2021 Aug 31, 2021 May 31, 2021 Feb 28, 2021 Nov 30, 2020 Aug 31, 2020 May 31, 2020 Feb 29, 2020 Nov 30, 2019 Aug 31, 2019 May 31, 2019 Feb 28, 2019 Nov 30, 2018 Aug 31, 2018 May 31, 2018 Feb 28, 2018 Nov 30, 2017 Aug 31, 2017
Selected Financial Data (US$ in millions)
Current assets 21,063 19,289 22,166 21,004 18,696 17,561 21,004 31,633 31,675 31,078 47,117 55,567 43,744 46,251 49,939 52,140 33,442 34,540 42,384 46,386 47,617 56,938 67,009 75,964 77,732 78,545 73,335
Less: Current liabilities 24,885 24,407 25,357 23,090 22,880 27,106 34,819 19,511 20,833 18,881 23,071 24,164 20,250 21,347 18,748 17,200 15,740 14,592 18,875 18,630 17,986 20,315 19,562 19,195 17,968 15,494 20,226
Working capital (3,822) (5,118) (3,191) (2,086) (4,184) (9,545) (13,815) 12,122 10,842 12,197 24,046 31,403 23,494 24,904 31,191 34,940 17,702 19,948 23,509 27,756 29,631 36,623 47,447 56,769 59,764 63,051 53,109
 
Revenues 13,280 12,941 12,453 13,836 12,398 12,275 11,445 11,839 10,513 10,360 9,728 11,227 10,085 9,800 9,367 10,440 9,796 9,614 9,218 11,137 9,614 9,562 9,193 11,252 9,771 9,621 9,187
Short-term Activity Ratio
Working capital turnover1 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
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
Microsoft Corp. 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
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: 2024-02-29), 10-Q (reporting date: 2023-11-30), 10-Q (reporting date: 2023-08-31), 10-K (reporting date: 2023-05-31), 10-Q (reporting date: 2023-02-28), 10-Q (reporting date: 2022-11-30), 10-Q (reporting date: 2022-08-31), 10-K (reporting date: 2022-05-31), 10-Q (reporting date: 2022-02-28), 10-Q (reporting date: 2021-11-30), 10-Q (reporting date: 2021-08-31), 10-K (reporting date: 2021-05-31), 10-Q (reporting date: 2021-02-28), 10-Q (reporting date: 2020-11-30), 10-Q (reporting date: 2020-08-31), 10-K (reporting date: 2020-05-31), 10-Q (reporting date: 2020-02-29), 10-Q (reporting date: 2019-11-30), 10-Q (reporting date: 2019-08-31), 10-K (reporting date: 2019-05-31), 10-Q (reporting date: 2019-02-28), 10-Q (reporting date: 2018-11-30), 10-Q (reporting date: 2018-08-31), 10-K (reporting date: 2018-05-31), 10-Q (reporting date: 2018-02-28), 10-Q (reporting date: 2017-11-30), 10-Q (reporting date: 2017-08-31).

1 Q3 2024 Calculation
Working capital turnover = (RevenuesQ3 2024 + RevenuesQ2 2024 + RevenuesQ1 2024 + RevenuesQ4 2023) ÷ Working capital
= (13,280 + 12,941 + 12,453 + 13,836) ÷ -3,822 =

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Average Receivable Collection Period

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

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Feb 29, 2024 Nov 30, 2023 Aug 31, 2023 May 31, 2023 Feb 28, 2023 Nov 30, 2022 Aug 31, 2022 May 31, 2022 Feb 28, 2022 Nov 30, 2021 Aug 31, 2021 May 31, 2021 Feb 28, 2021 Nov 30, 2020 Aug 31, 2020 May 31, 2020 Feb 29, 2020 Nov 30, 2019 Aug 31, 2019 May 31, 2019 Feb 28, 2019 Nov 30, 2018 Aug 31, 2018 May 31, 2018 Feb 28, 2018 Nov 30, 2017 Aug 31, 2017
Selected Financial Data
Receivables turnover 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
Short-term Activity Ratio (no. days)
Average receivable collection period1 51 48 47 51 47 49 49 51 40 39 40 49 43 41 43 52 38 37 35 47 37 36 34 48
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
Microsoft Corp. 68 69 62 84 66 64 56 81 62 66 57 83 60 65 57 82 60 64 54 86 58 61 55 88
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: 2024-02-29), 10-Q (reporting date: 2023-11-30), 10-Q (reporting date: 2023-08-31), 10-K (reporting date: 2023-05-31), 10-Q (reporting date: 2023-02-28), 10-Q (reporting date: 2022-11-30), 10-Q (reporting date: 2022-08-31), 10-K (reporting date: 2022-05-31), 10-Q (reporting date: 2022-02-28), 10-Q (reporting date: 2021-11-30), 10-Q (reporting date: 2021-08-31), 10-K (reporting date: 2021-05-31), 10-Q (reporting date: 2021-02-28), 10-Q (reporting date: 2020-11-30), 10-Q (reporting date: 2020-08-31), 10-K (reporting date: 2020-05-31), 10-Q (reporting date: 2020-02-29), 10-Q (reporting date: 2019-11-30), 10-Q (reporting date: 2019-08-31), 10-K (reporting date: 2019-05-31), 10-Q (reporting date: 2019-02-28), 10-Q (reporting date: 2018-11-30), 10-Q (reporting date: 2018-08-31), 10-K (reporting date: 2018-05-31), 10-Q (reporting date: 2018-02-28), 10-Q (reporting date: 2017-11-30), 10-Q (reporting date: 2017-08-31).

1 Q3 2024 Calculation
Average receivable collection period = 365 ÷ Receivables turnover
= 365 ÷ 7.20 = 51

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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. Oracle Corp. number of days of receivables outstanding deteriorated from Q1 2024 to Q2 2024 and from Q2 2024 to Q3 2024.

Average Payables Payment Period

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

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Feb 29, 2024 Nov 30, 2023 Aug 31, 2023 May 31, 2023 Feb 28, 2023 Nov 30, 2022 Aug 31, 2022 May 31, 2022 Feb 28, 2022 Nov 30, 2021 Aug 31, 2021 May 31, 2021 Feb 28, 2021 Nov 30, 2020 Aug 31, 2020 May 31, 2020 Feb 29, 2020 Nov 30, 2019 Aug 31, 2019 May 31, 2019 Feb 28, 2019 Nov 30, 2018 Aug 31, 2018 May 31, 2018 Feb 28, 2018 Nov 30, 2017 Aug 31, 2017
Selected Financial Data
Payables turnover 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
Short-term Activity Ratio (no. days)
Average payables payment period1 40 28 27 32 48 55 54 54 48 45 34 35 38 34 25 29 24 24 22 26 27 26 24 24
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
Microsoft Corp. 93 94 106 100 85 86 94 111 98 97 99 106 97 96 98 99 76 74 72 80 65 67 78 82
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: 2024-02-29), 10-Q (reporting date: 2023-11-30), 10-Q (reporting date: 2023-08-31), 10-K (reporting date: 2023-05-31), 10-Q (reporting date: 2023-02-28), 10-Q (reporting date: 2022-11-30), 10-Q (reporting date: 2022-08-31), 10-K (reporting date: 2022-05-31), 10-Q (reporting date: 2022-02-28), 10-Q (reporting date: 2021-11-30), 10-Q (reporting date: 2021-08-31), 10-K (reporting date: 2021-05-31), 10-Q (reporting date: 2021-02-28), 10-Q (reporting date: 2020-11-30), 10-Q (reporting date: 2020-08-31), 10-K (reporting date: 2020-05-31), 10-Q (reporting date: 2020-02-29), 10-Q (reporting date: 2019-11-30), 10-Q (reporting date: 2019-08-31), 10-K (reporting date: 2019-05-31), 10-Q (reporting date: 2019-02-28), 10-Q (reporting date: 2018-11-30), 10-Q (reporting date: 2018-08-31), 10-K (reporting date: 2018-05-31), 10-Q (reporting date: 2018-02-28), 10-Q (reporting date: 2017-11-30), 10-Q (reporting date: 2017-08-31).

1 Q3 2024 Calculation
Average payables payment period = 365 ÷ Payables turnover
= 365 ÷ 9.02 = 40

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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. Oracle Corp. number of days of payables outstanding increased from Q1 2024 to Q2 2024 and from Q2 2024 to Q3 2024.