Eastern Security & Protection Services (Eastern Security & Protection Services) Days Inventory : 35.92 (As of Jun. 2011)

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What is Eastern Security & Protection Services Days Inventory?

Days Inventory is also known as Days Sales of Inventory (DSI). Eastern Security & Protection Services's Average Total Inventories for the three months ended in Jun. 2011 was $0.38 Mil. Eastern Security & Protection Services's Cost of Goods Sold for the three months ended in Jun. 2011 was $0.96 Mil. Hence, Eastern Security & Protection Services's Days Inventory for the three months ended in Jun. 2011 was 35.92.

The historical rank and industry rank for Eastern Security & Protection Services's Days Inventory or its related term are showing as below:

EAST's Days Inventory is not ranked ^*
in the Business Services industry.
Industry Median: 29.1
* Ranked among companies with meaningful Days Inventory only.

Eastern Security & Protection Services's Days Inventory increased from Jun. 2010 (0.00) to Jun. 2011 (35.92). It might indicate that Eastern Security & Protection Services's sales slowed down.

Inventory Turnover measures how fast the company turns over its inventory within a year. Eastern Security & Protection Services's Inventory Turnover for the three months ended in Jun. 2011 was 2.54.

Inventory-to-Revenue determines the ability of a company to manage their inventory levels. It measures the percentage of Inventories the company currently has on hand to support the current amount of Revenue. Eastern Security & Protection Services's Inventory-to-Revenue for the three months ended in Jun. 2011 was 0.14.

Eastern Security & Protection Services Days Inventory Historical Data

The historical data trend for Eastern Security & Protection Services's Days Inventory can be seen below:

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Eastern Security & Protection Services Days Inventory Chart

Eastern Security & Protection Services Annual Data

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	Jun07	Sep07	Dec07	Mar08	Jun08	Sep08	Dec08	Mar09	Jun09	Sep09	Dec09	Mar10	Jun10	Sep10	Dec10	Mar11	Jun11
Days Inventory	Get a 7-Day Free Trial												-	-	-	12.97	35.92

Competitive Comparison of Eastern Security & Protection Services's Days Inventory

For the Security & Protection Services subindustry, Eastern Security & Protection Services's Days Inventory, along with its competitors' market caps and Days Inventory data, can be viewed below:

* Competitive companies are chosen from companies within the same industry, with headquarter located in same country, with closest market capitalization; x-axis shows the market cap, and y-axis shows the term value; the bigger the dot, the larger the market cap. Note that "N/A" values will not show up in the chart.

Eastern Security & Protection Services's Days Inventory Distribution in the Business Services Industry

For the Business Services industry and Industrials sector, Eastern Security & Protection Services's Days Inventory distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Eastern Security & Protection Services's Days Inventory falls into.

Eastern Security & Protection Services Days Inventory Calculation

Days Inventory indicates the number of days of goods in sales that a company has in the inventory.

Eastern Security & Protection Services's Days Inventory for the fiscal year that ended in Jun. 2010 is calculated as

	Days Inventory (A: Jun. 2010 )
=	Average Total Inventories					/	Cost of Goods Sold	*	Days in Period
=	( (Total Inventories (A: Jun. 2009 )	+	Total Inventories (A: Jun. 2010 ))	/	count )	/	Cost of Goods Sold (A: Jun. 2010 )	*	Days in Period
=	( (0	+	0)	/	1 )	/	0.017	*	365
=	0					/	0.017	*	365
=	0.00

Eastern Security & Protection Services's Days Inventory for the quarter that ended in Jun. 2011 is calculated as:

	Days Inventory (Q: Jun. 2011 )
=	Average Total Inventories					/	Cost of Goods Sold	*	Days in Period
=	( (Total Inventories (Q: Mar. 2011 )	+	Total Inventories (Q: Jun. 2011 ))	/	count )	/	Cost of Goods Sold (Q: Jun. 2011 )	*	Days in Period
=	( (0.477	+	0.282)	/	2 )	/	0.964	*	365 / 4
=	0.3795					/	0.964	*	365 / 4
=	35.92

Eastern Security & Protection Services (OTCPK:EAST) Days Inventory Explanation

Days Inventory indicates the liquidity of the inventory. Generally, a lower Days Inventory is preferred as it indicates a shorter duration to clear off the inventory. An increase of the ratio may indicate the company's sales slowed. Similar ratios related to Days Inventory are:

1. Inventory Turnover measures how fast the company turns over its inventory within a year.

Eastern Security & Protection Services's Inventory Turnover for the three months ended in Jun. 2011 is calculated as

Inventory Turnover	=	Cost of Goods Sold	/	Average Total Inventories
	=	0.964	/	0.3795
	=	2.54

2. Inventory-to-Revenue determines the ability of a company to manage their inventory levels. It measures the percentage of Inventories the company currently has on hand to support the current amount of Revenue.

Eastern Security & Protection Services's Inventory to Revenue for the three months ended in Jun. 2011 is calculated as

Inventory-to-Revenue	=	Average Total Inventories	/	Revenue
	=	0.3795	/	2.646
	=	0.14

Be Aware

A lot of business are seasonable. It makes more sense to compare Days Inventory from the same period in the previous year instead of from the previous quarter.

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