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''Financial ratio analysis - management efficiency ratios.''
(CCC).  
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Indicates how long it takes a company to convert cash outflows into cash inflows.
The cash conversion cycle indicates how long it takes a company to convert cash outflows into cash inflows.


For example in a manufacturing firm, the average length of time between payment for raw materials and other inputs, and the receipt of cash from the firm's customers.
For example in a manufacturing firm, the average length of time between payment for raw materials and other inputs, and the receipt of cash from the firm's customers.
The shorter the time, the less funding a company has to find.
The cash conversion cycle is calculated as:
Days inventory outstanding
ADD Days receivables outstanding
LESS Days payables outstanding




== See also ==
== See also ==
* [[Cash]]
* [[Cash balance]]
* [[Cash flow]]
* [[Cash flow statement]]
* [[Cashflow]]
* [[Cashflow]]
* [[Cashflow statement]]
* [[CertICM]]
* [[CertICM]]
* [[Days inventory outstanding]]
* [[Days payables outstanding]]
* [[Days sales outstanding]]
* [[Management efficiency ratio]]
* [[Order to cash cycle]]
* [[Purchase to pay cycle]]
* [[Ratio analysis]]


[[Category:Cash_management]]
[[Category:Cash_management]]

Latest revision as of 22:11, 18 July 2022

Financial ratio analysis - management efficiency ratios.

(CCC).

The cash conversion cycle indicates how long it takes a company to convert cash outflows into cash inflows.

For example in a manufacturing firm, the average length of time between payment for raw materials and other inputs, and the receipt of cash from the firm's customers.

The shorter the time, the less funding a company has to find.


The cash conversion cycle is calculated as:

Days inventory outstanding

ADD Days receivables outstanding

LESS Days payables outstanding


See also