Analysis of Short-term (Operating) Activity Ratios
Quarterly Data
Activity ratios measure how efficiently a company performs day-to-day tasks, such us the collection of receivables and management of inventory.
Short-term Activity Ratios (Summary)
Accenture PLC, short-term (operating) activity ratios (quarterly data)
Based on: 10-K (reporting date: 2024-08-31), 10-Q (reporting date: 2024-05-31), 10-Q (reporting date: 2024-02-29), 10-Q (reporting date: 2023-11-30), 10-K (reporting date: 2023-08-31), 10-Q (reporting date: 2023-05-31), 10-Q (reporting date: 2023-02-28), 10-Q (reporting date: 2022-11-30), 10-K (reporting date: 2022-08-31), 10-Q (reporting date: 2022-05-31), 10-Q (reporting date: 2022-02-28), 10-Q (reporting date: 2021-11-30), 10-K (reporting date: 2021-08-31), 10-Q (reporting date: 2021-05-31), 10-Q (reporting date: 2021-02-28), 10-Q (reporting date: 2020-11-30), 10-K (reporting date: 2020-08-31), 10-Q (reporting date: 2020-05-31), 10-Q (reporting date: 2020-02-29), 10-Q (reporting date: 2019-11-30), 10-K (reporting date: 2019-08-31), 10-Q (reporting date: 2019-05-31), 10-Q (reporting date: 2019-02-28), 10-Q (reporting date: 2018-11-30).
| Short-term activity ratio | Description | The company |
|---|---|---|
| Payables turnover | An activity ratio calculated as cost of goods sold divided by payables. | Accenture PLC payables turnover ratio decreased from Q2 2024 to Q3 2024 and from Q3 2024 to Q4 2024. |
| Working capital turnover | An activity ratio calculated as revenue divided by working capital. | Accenture PLC working capital turnover ratio improved from Q2 2024 to Q3 2024 and from Q3 2024 to Q4 2024. |
| 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. |
Payables Turnover
Accenture PLC, payables turnover calculation (quarterly data)
| Aug 31, 2024 | May 31, 2024 | 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 | ||||||||
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| Selected Financial Data (US$ in thousands) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Cost of services | 11,068,363) | 10,968,377) | 10,921,045) | 10,776,362) | 10,803,571) | 11,035,515) | 10,979,392) | 10,561,660) | 10,477,599) | 10,844,069) | 10,522,734) | 10,048,364) | 8,953,068) | 8,859,411) | 8,492,893) | 7,863,889) | 7,394,731) | 7,462,617) | 7,782,334) | 7,711,199) | 7,621,034) | 7,571,390) | 7,399,780) | 7,308,121) | |||||||
| Accounts payable | 2,743,807) | 2,251,330) | 2,228,446) | 2,574,700) | 2,491,173) | 2,388,474) | 2,470,896) | 2,417,777) | 2,559,485) | 2,384,352) | 2,229,221) | 2,210,163) | 2,274,057) | 1,926,910) | 1,740,395) | 1,513,442) | 1,349,874) | 1,405,977) | 1,526,135) | 1,581,112) | 1,646,641) | 1,562,995) | 1,472,130) | 1,355,538) | |||||||
| Short-term Activity Ratio | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Payables turnover1 | 15.94 | 19.31 | 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 | — | — | — | |||||||
| Benchmarks | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Payables Turnover, Competitors2 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Adobe Inc. | — | 7.47 | 6.73 | 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 | |||||||
| Autodesk Inc. | 5.11 | 3.98 | 4.02 | 3.86 | 4.71 | 3.50 | 4.19 | 3.28 | 3.46 | 2.96 | 3.44 | 2.81 | 2.75 | 2.72 | 3.28 | 3.80 | 3.88 | 3.00 | 3.35 | 3.08 | 2.81 | — | — | — | |||||||
| CrowdStrike Holdings Inc. | 26.82 | 12.69 | 18.50 | 38.08 | 13.25 | 6.03 | 8.95 | 39.15 | 8.05 | 47.07 | 15.13 | 75.30 | 19.03 | 27.52 | 17.99 | 24.39 | 105.30 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||||||
| International Business Machines Corp. | — | — | 7.54 | 7.67 | 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. | 4.81 | 3.83 | 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 | — | — | — | |||||||
| Microsoft Corp. | 3.37 | 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 | — | — | — | |||||||
| Oracle Corp. | 6.42 | 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 | — | — | — | |||||||
| Palo Alto Networks Inc. | 17.71 | 18.29 | 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 | — | — | — | |||||||
| ServiceNow Inc. | — | 13.16 | 7.04 | 8.98 | 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-K (reporting date: 2024-08-31), 10-Q (reporting date: 2024-05-31), 10-Q (reporting date: 2024-02-29), 10-Q (reporting date: 2023-11-30), 10-K (reporting date: 2023-08-31), 10-Q (reporting date: 2023-05-31), 10-Q (reporting date: 2023-02-28), 10-Q (reporting date: 2022-11-30), 10-K (reporting date: 2022-08-31), 10-Q (reporting date: 2022-05-31), 10-Q (reporting date: 2022-02-28), 10-Q (reporting date: 2021-11-30), 10-K (reporting date: 2021-08-31), 10-Q (reporting date: 2021-05-31), 10-Q (reporting date: 2021-02-28), 10-Q (reporting date: 2020-11-30), 10-K (reporting date: 2020-08-31), 10-Q (reporting date: 2020-05-31), 10-Q (reporting date: 2020-02-29), 10-Q (reporting date: 2019-11-30), 10-K (reporting date: 2019-08-31), 10-Q (reporting date: 2019-05-31), 10-Q (reporting date: 2019-02-28), 10-Q (reporting date: 2018-11-30).
1 Q4 2024 Calculation
Payables turnover
= (Cost of servicesQ4 2024
+ Cost of servicesQ3 2024
+ Cost of servicesQ2 2024
+ Cost of servicesQ1 2024)
÷ Accounts payable
= (11,068,363 + 10,968,377 + 10,921,045 + 10,776,362)
÷ 2,743,807 = 15.94
2 Click competitor name to see calculations.
| Short-term activity ratio | Description | The company |
|---|---|---|
| Payables turnover | An activity ratio calculated as cost of goods sold divided by payables. | Accenture PLC payables turnover ratio decreased from Q2 2024 to Q3 2024 and from Q3 2024 to Q4 2024. |
Working Capital Turnover
Accenture PLC, working capital turnover calculation (quarterly data)
| Aug 31, 2024 | May 31, 2024 | 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 | ||||||||
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| Selected Financial Data (US$ in thousands) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Current assets | 20,857,781) | 21,075,418) | 20,328,821) | 23,055,576) | 23,381,931) | 23,380,073) | 21,060,958) | 20,672,460) | 21,610,871) | 21,007,740) | 19,185,130) | 18,621,652) | 19,666,511) | 21,144,858) | 19,560,720) | 18,626,094) | 17,749,756) | 16,146,236) | 15,405,293) | 15,606,104) | 15,450,601) | 14,141,660) | 13,833,300) | 13,540,408) | |||||||
| Less: Current liabilities | 18,976,127) | 18,207,753) | 16,136,014) | 17,280,238) | 18,009,038) | 17,092,528) | 16,349,522) | 16,460,246) | 17,523,496) | 16,562,592) | 15,540,122) | 15,232,007) | 15,708,867) | 14,929,559) | 14,090,668) | 12,819,099) | 12,662,590) | 11,828,281) | 11,177,575) | 11,199,408) | 11,061,896) | 10,551,987) | 10,219,049) | 10,176,335) | |||||||
| Working capital | 1,881,654) | 2,867,665) | 4,192,807) | 5,775,338) | 5,372,893) | 6,287,545) | 4,711,436) | 4,212,214) | 4,087,375) | 4,445,148) | 3,645,008) | 3,389,645) | 3,957,644) | 6,215,299) | 5,470,052) | 5,806,995) | 5,087,166) | 4,317,955) | 4,227,718) | 4,406,696) | 4,388,705) | 3,589,673) | 3,614,251) | 3,364,073) | |||||||
| Revenues | 16,405,819) | 16,466,828) | 15,799,514) | 16,224,303) | 15,985,200) | 16,564,585) | 15,814,158) | 15,747,802) | 15,423,656) | 16,158,803) | 15,046,693) | 14,965,153) | 13,419,284) | 13,263,795) | 12,088,125) | 11,762,185) | 10,835,271) | 10,991,305) | 11,141,505) | 11,358,958) | 11,055,650) | 11,099,688) | 10,454,129) | 10,605,546) | |||||||
| Short-term Activity Ratio | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Working capital turnover1 | 34.49 | 22.48 | 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 | — | — | — | |||||||
| Benchmarks | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Working Capital Turnover, Competitors2 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Adobe Inc. | — | 19.54 | 13.19 | 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 | — | — | — | — | |||||||
| Autodesk Inc. | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||||||
| Cadence Design Systems Inc. | — | — | 6.28 | 8.78 | 10.61 | 7.00 | 8.51 | 7.12 | 9.92 | 8.31 | 5.34 | 4.07 | 4.01 | 4.68 | 5.45 | 5.03 | 3.94 | 4.08 | 4.99 | 6.14 | 4.70 | — | — | — | |||||||
| CrowdStrike Holdings Inc. | 1.48 | 1.65 | 1.45 | 1.50 | 1.46 | 1.47 | 1.38 | 1.32 | 1.25 | 1.15 | 1.02 | 0.95 | 0.61 | 1.19 | 0.92 | 0.81 | 0.71 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||||||
| International Business Machines Corp. | — | — | 17.08 | 14.55 | — | — | 31.12 | 12.14 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 40.51 | 49.97 | — | 107.30 | — | — | — | |||||||
| Intuit Inc. | 7.45 | 5.15 | 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 | — | — | — | |||||||
| Microsoft Corp. | 7.12 | 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 | — | — | — | |||||||
| 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 | — | — | — | |||||||
| Palo Alto Networks Inc. | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 3.52 | — | 2.15 | 1.40 | 4.81 | 1.80 | 1.89 | 1.80 | — | — | — | |||||||
| Salesforce Inc. | 14.27 | 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. | — | 11.50 | 11.73 | 27.96 | 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. | — | 2.40 | 2.89 | 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-K (reporting date: 2024-08-31), 10-Q (reporting date: 2024-05-31), 10-Q (reporting date: 2024-02-29), 10-Q (reporting date: 2023-11-30), 10-K (reporting date: 2023-08-31), 10-Q (reporting date: 2023-05-31), 10-Q (reporting date: 2023-02-28), 10-Q (reporting date: 2022-11-30), 10-K (reporting date: 2022-08-31), 10-Q (reporting date: 2022-05-31), 10-Q (reporting date: 2022-02-28), 10-Q (reporting date: 2021-11-30), 10-K (reporting date: 2021-08-31), 10-Q (reporting date: 2021-05-31), 10-Q (reporting date: 2021-02-28), 10-Q (reporting date: 2020-11-30), 10-K (reporting date: 2020-08-31), 10-Q (reporting date: 2020-05-31), 10-Q (reporting date: 2020-02-29), 10-Q (reporting date: 2019-11-30), 10-K (reporting date: 2019-08-31), 10-Q (reporting date: 2019-05-31), 10-Q (reporting date: 2019-02-28), 10-Q (reporting date: 2018-11-30).
1 Q4 2024 Calculation
Working capital turnover
= (RevenuesQ4 2024
+ RevenuesQ3 2024
+ RevenuesQ2 2024
+ RevenuesQ1 2024)
÷ Working capital
= (16,405,819 + 16,466,828 + 15,799,514 + 16,224,303)
÷ 1,881,654 = 34.49
2 Click competitor name to see calculations.
| Short-term activity ratio | Description | The company |
|---|---|---|
| Working capital turnover | An activity ratio calculated as revenue divided by working capital. | Accenture PLC working capital turnover ratio improved from Q2 2024 to Q3 2024 and from Q3 2024 to Q4 2024. |
Average Payables Payment Period
Accenture PLC, average payables payment period calculation (quarterly data)
| Aug 31, 2024 | May 31, 2024 | 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 | ||||||||
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| Selected Financial Data | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Payables turnover | 15.94 | 19.31 | 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 | — | — | — | |||||||
| Short-term Activity Ratio (no. days) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Average payables payment period1 | 23 | 19 | 19 | 22 | 21 | 20 | 21 | 21 | 22 | 22 | 21 | 22 | 24 | 22 | 20 | 18 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | — | — | — | |||||||
| Benchmarks (no. days) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Average Payables Payment Period, Competitors2 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Adobe Inc. | — | 49 | 54 | 46 | 49 | 50 | 56 | 51 | 64 | 55 | 66 | 56 | 61 | 68 | 65 | 54 | 65 | 48 | 61 | 56 | 46 | 43 | 42 | 40 | |||||||
| Autodesk Inc. | 71 | 92 | 91 | 95 | 78 | 104 | 87 | 111 | 105 | 123 | 106 | 130 | 133 | 134 | 111 | 96 | 94 | 122 | 109 | 119 | 130 | — | — | — | |||||||
| CrowdStrike Holdings Inc. | 14 | 29 | 20 | 10 | 28 | 61 | 41 | 9 | 45 | 8 | 24 | 5 | 19 | 13 | 20 | 15 | 3 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||||||
| International Business Machines Corp. | — | — | 48 | 48 | 55 | 44 | 50 | 49 | 53 | 50 | 49 | 47 | 56 | 54 | 49 | 44 | 47 | 37 | 44 | 38 | 44 | — | — | — | |||||||
| Intuit Inc. | 76 | 95 | 87 | 71 | 74 | 111 | 103 | 92 | 112 | 145 | 158 | 105 | 135 | 142 | 129 | 70 | 81 | 105 | 131 | 82 | 86 | — | — | — | |||||||
| Microsoft Corp. | 108 | 93 | 94 | 106 | 100 | 85 | 86 | 94 | 111 | 98 | 97 | 99 | 106 | 97 | 96 | 98 | 99 | 76 | 74 | 72 | 80 | — | — | — | |||||||
| Oracle Corp. | 57 | 40 | 28 | 27 | 32 | 48 | 55 | 54 | 54 | 48 | 45 | 34 | 35 | 38 | 34 | 25 | 29 | 24 | 24 | 22 | 26 | — | — | — | |||||||
| Palo Alto Networks Inc. | 21 | 20 | 33 | 25 | 25 | 18 | 25 | 26 | 27 | 25 | 30 | 25 | 16 | 22 | 14 | 17 | 23 | 21 | 23 | 32 | 33 | — | — | — | |||||||
| ServiceNow Inc. | — | 28 | 52 | 41 | 24 | 14 | 36 | 51 | 64 | 46 | 65 | 43 | 24 | 19 | 31 | 37 | 13 | 20 | 36 | 32 | 24 | — | — | — | |||||||
Based on: 10-K (reporting date: 2024-08-31), 10-Q (reporting date: 2024-05-31), 10-Q (reporting date: 2024-02-29), 10-Q (reporting date: 2023-11-30), 10-K (reporting date: 2023-08-31), 10-Q (reporting date: 2023-05-31), 10-Q (reporting date: 2023-02-28), 10-Q (reporting date: 2022-11-30), 10-K (reporting date: 2022-08-31), 10-Q (reporting date: 2022-05-31), 10-Q (reporting date: 2022-02-28), 10-Q (reporting date: 2021-11-30), 10-K (reporting date: 2021-08-31), 10-Q (reporting date: 2021-05-31), 10-Q (reporting date: 2021-02-28), 10-Q (reporting date: 2020-11-30), 10-K (reporting date: 2020-08-31), 10-Q (reporting date: 2020-05-31), 10-Q (reporting date: 2020-02-29), 10-Q (reporting date: 2019-11-30), 10-K (reporting date: 2019-08-31), 10-Q (reporting date: 2019-05-31), 10-Q (reporting date: 2019-02-28), 10-Q (reporting date: 2018-11-30).
1 Q4 2024 Calculation
Average payables payment period = 365 ÷ Payables turnover
= 365 ÷ 15.94 = 23
2 Click competitor name to see calculations.
| 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. |