Cash Conversion Cycle
Enter your three numbers to see how long cash is tied up in your business.
days
Average days clients take to pay after invoicing
days
Average days you take to pay suppliers and subs
days
Average days materials sit unused before going on a job
Your Result
Enter all three numbers to see your cash position.
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Your Cash Conversion Cycle
+60 days
Above benchmark
You are funding clients for 60 days. At $1M revenue this traps $164K in working capital. Manageable today, expensive as you scale.
Cash tied up per $1M revenue
$164K
Industry benchmark
45 to 60 days
Best-in-class target
Negative (below 0)
Formula: DSO + DIO − DPO
The number of days your cash is tied up before you collect it.
Positive means you fund clients
Your own cash bridges the gap. The higher the number, the more working capital is locked up.
Negative means vendors fund you
You collect before you owe. Best-in-class construction. Entirely achievable.
Backlog Health
Enter your four numbers to see how healthy your contracted pipeline is.
$
Total contract value of all jobs currently under contract
$
Total projected cost to deliver all contracted work
$
Liquid cash today — not receivables, not your credit line
$/mo
Average monthly spend — payroll, materials, subs, overhead
Your Result
Enter all four numbers to see your backlog health.
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Backlog Margin
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Gross profit in backlog
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Cash runway
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Healthy range (construction)
15 to 25%
Backlog Margin
The profit locked in contracted work. Below 10% signals a structural problem, not a job problem.
Cash Runway
How many months you can operate before cash runs out. Under 3 months is urgent.
Coverage Ratio
Can your runway cover your delivery timeline? This is the number that determines survival.
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