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EMC (EMC) Days Inventory

: 49.53 (As of Jun. 2016)
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Days Inventory is also known as Days Sales of Inventory (DSI). EMC's Average Total Inventories for the three months ended in Jun. 2016 was $1,238 Mil. EMC's Cost of Goods Sold for the three months ended in Jun. 2016 was $2,281 Mil. Hence, EMC's Days Inventory for the three months ended in Jun. 2016 was 49.53.

The historical rank and industry rank for EMC's Days Inventory or its related term are showing as below:

EMC's Days Inventory is not ranked *
in the Hardware industry.
Industry Median: 104.035
* Ranked among companies with meaningful Days Inventory only.

EMC's Days Inventory increased from Jun. 2015 (47.63) to Jun. 2016 (49.53). It might indicate that EMC's sales slowed down.

Inventory Turnover measures how fast the company turns over its inventory within a year. EMC's Inventory Turnover for the three months ended in Jun. 2016 was 1.84.

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. EMC's Inventory-to-Revenue for the three months ended in Jun. 2016 was 0.21.


EMC Days Inventory Historical Data

The historical data trend for EMC's Days Inventory can be seen below:

* For Operating Data section: All numbers are indicated by the unit behind each term and all currency related amount are in USD.
* For other sections: All numbers are in millions except for per share data, ratio, and percentage. All currency related amount are indicated in the company's associated stock exchange currency.

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EMC Annual Data
Trend Dec06 Dec07 Dec08 Dec09 Dec10 Dec11 Dec12 Dec13 Dec14 Dec15
Days Inventory
Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 43.45 49.96 52.88 51.83 47.37

EMC Quarterly Data
Sep11 Dec11 Mar12 Jun12 Sep12 Dec12 Mar13 Jun13 Sep13 Dec13 Mar14 Jun14 Sep14 Dec14 Mar15 Jun15 Sep15 Dec15 Mar16 Jun16
Days Inventory Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 47.63 47.05 42.43 51.04 49.53

Competitive Comparison

For the Computer Hardware subindustry, EMC'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.


EMC Days Inventory Distribution

For the Hardware industry and Technology sector, EMC's Days Inventory distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where EMC's Days Inventory falls into.



EMC Days Inventory Calculation

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

EMC's Days Inventory for the fiscal year that ended in Dec. 2015 is calculated as

Days Inventory (A: Dec. 2015 )
=Average Total Inventories / Cost of Goods Sold*Days in Period
=( (Total Inventories (A: Dec. 2014 ) + Total Inventories (A: Dec. 2015 )) / count ) / Cost of Goods Sold (A: Dec. 2015 )*Days in Period
=( (1276 + 1245) / 2 ) / 9713*365
=1260.5 / 9713*365
=47.37

EMC's Days Inventory for the quarter that ended in Jun. 2016 is calculated as:

Days Inventory (Q: Jun. 2016 )
=Average Total Inventories / Cost of Goods Sold*Days in Period
=( (Total Inventories (Q: Mar. 2016 ) + Total Inventories (Q: Jun. 2016 )) / count ) / Cost of Goods Sold (Q: Jun. 2016 )*Days in Period
=( (1233 + 1243) / 2 ) / 2281*365 / 4
=1238 / 2281*365 / 4
=49.53

* For Operating Data section: All numbers are indicated by the unit behind each term and all currency related amount are in USD.
* For other sections: All numbers are in millions except for per share data, ratio, and percentage. All currency related amount are indicated in the company's associated stock exchange currency.


EMC  (NYSE:EMC) 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.

EMC's Inventory Turnover for the three months ended in Jun. 2016 is calculated as

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.

EMC's Inventory to Revenue for the three months ended in Jun. 2016 is calculated as

* For Operating Data section: All numbers are indicated by the unit behind each term and all currency related amount are in USD.
* For other sections: All numbers are in millions except for per share data, ratio, and percentage. All currency related amount are indicated in the company's associated stock exchange currency.


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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EMC (EMC) Business Description

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EMC Corp is a Massachusetts corporation, incorporated in 1979. The Company together with its subsidiaries supports the businesses and service providers to transform information technology (IT) operations to an as a service model (ITaaS). The Company operates in three segments: EMC Information Infrastructure, Pivotal and VMware Virtual Infrastructure. The Company's information infrastructure provides a foundation for organizations to store, manage, protect, analyze and secure ever-increasing quantities of information, while at the same time improving business agility, lowering cost and increasing competitive advantage. VMware Virtual Infrastructure provides virtualization infrastructure solutions. Pivotal provides application and data infrastructure software, agile development services and data science consulting. The Company offers a comprehensive portfolio of enterprise storage systems and software - including high-end EMC VMAX and mid-tier EMC VNX unified storage and a portfolio of backup products that support enterprise application workloads. The Company's two additional storage families, EMC Isilon and EMC Atmos, are specifically designed to handle vast quantities of unstructured data. EMC supports a broad range of customers, including service providers, around the world - in every industry, in both public and private sectors, and of sizes ranging from the Fortune 500 to small business and individual consumers. The Company markets its products through direct sales and through multiple distribution channels. It has a direct sales presence throughout North America, Latin America, Europe, the Middle East, South Africa and the Asia Pacific region. The Company also has agreements in place with many partners, including value-added resellers and distributors, cloud service providers, systems integrators, outsourcers, Independent Software Vendors ("ISVs"), and Original Equipment Manufacturers ("OEMs"). The Company competes with many companies in the markets it serve, including companies that offer IT products and services and others that offer specific information storage, protection, security, management and intelligence, data analytics or virtualization products or services.
Executives
Laura Sen director ONE MERCER ROAD, P.O. BOX 9601, NATICK MA 01760-9601
John R Egan director 176 SOUTH ST., HOPKINTON MA 01748
Donald J Carty director C/O DELL INC., ONE DELL WAY, ROUND ROCK TX 78682-2244
Judith A Miscik director 300 RENAISSANCE CENTER, M/C: 482-C24-A68, DETROIT MI 48265
William D Green director C/O ACCENTURE, 161 N CLARK STREET, CHICAGO IL 60601
William F Scannell officer: President,Global Sales/Cust Op EMC CORPORATION, 176 SOUTH STREET, HOPKINTON MA 01748
Randolph L Cowen director 176 SOUTH STREET HOPKINTON MA 01748
Howard D Elias officer: President & COO, Glob Ent Srvs C/O EMC CORPORATION, 176 SOUTH STREET, HOPKINTON MA 01748
Paul T Dacier officer: EVP & General Counsel EMC CORPORATION, 176 SOUTH STREET, HOPKINTON MA 01748
Erin Mcsweeney officer: EVP, Human Resources EMC CORPORATION, 176 SOUTH STREET, HOPKINTON MA 01748
Teuber William J Jr officer: Vice Chairman EMC CORPORATION, 176 SOUTH STREET, HOPKINTON MA 01748
James S Distasio director C/O EVERSOURCE ENERGY, 300 CADWELL DRIVE, BOSTON MA 01104
Paul Sagan director AKAMAI TECHNOLOGIES INC, 8 CAMBRIDGE CENTER, CAMBRIDGE MA 02142
Jeremy Burton officer: President, Prod & Marketing C/O SNOWFLAKE INC., 106 EAST BABCOCK STREET SUITE 3A, BOZEMAN MT 59715
David I Goulden officer: CEO, EMCII 176 SOUTH STREET, HOPKINTON MA 01748

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