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Fuel Tech (Fuel Tech) Days Inventory

: 11.24 (As of Dec. 2023)
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Days Inventory is also known as Days Sales of Inventory (DSI). Fuel Tech's Average Total Inventories for the three months ended in Dec. 2023 was $0.38 Mil. Fuel Tech's Cost of Goods Sold for the three months ended in Dec. 2023 was $3.10 Mil. Hence, Fuel Tech's Days Inventory for the three months ended in Dec. 2023 was 11.24.

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

FTEK' s Days Inventory Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 5.53   Med: 9.68   Max: 13.37
Current: 10.38

During the past 13 years, Fuel Tech's highest Days Inventory was 13.37. The lowest was 5.53. And the median was 9.68.

FTEK's Days Inventory is ranked better than
98.55% of 2906 companies
in the Industrial Products industry
Industry Median: 120.985 vs FTEK: 10.38

Fuel Tech's Days Inventory increased from Dec. 2022 (8.89) to Dec. 2023 (11.24). It might indicate that Fuel Tech's sales slowed down.

Inventory Turnover measures how fast the company turns over its inventory within a year. Fuel Tech's Inventory Turnover for the three months ended in Dec. 2023 was 8.12.

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. Fuel Tech's Inventory-to-Revenue for the three months ended in Dec. 2023 was 0.06.


Fuel Tech Days Inventory Historical Data

The historical data trend for Fuel Tech'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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Fuel Tech Annual Data
Trend Dec14 Dec15 Dec16 Dec17 Dec18 Dec19 Dec20 Dec21 Dec22 Dec23
Days Inventory
Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 11.35 5.53 6.57 8.83 9.83

Fuel Tech Quarterly Data
Mar19 Jun19 Sep19 Dec19 Mar20 Jun20 Sep20 Dec20 Mar21 Jun21 Sep21 Dec21 Mar22 Jun22 Sep22 Dec22 Mar23 Jun23 Sep23 Dec23
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 8.89 9.17 13.65 8.89 11.24

Competitive Comparison

For the Pollution & Treatment Controls subindustry, Fuel Tech'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.


Fuel Tech Days Inventory Distribution

For the Industrial Products industry and Industrials sector, Fuel Tech's Days Inventory distribution charts can be found below:

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



Fuel Tech Days Inventory Calculation

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

Fuel Tech's Days Inventory for the fiscal year that ended in Dec. 2023 is calculated as

Days Inventory (A: Dec. 2023 )
=Average Total Inventories / Cost of Goods Sold*Days in Period
=( (Total Inventories (A: Dec. 2022 ) + Total Inventories (A: Dec. 2023 )) / count ) / Cost of Goods Sold (A: Dec. 2023 )*Days in Period
=( (0.392 + 0.439) / 2 ) / 15.425*365
=0.4155 / 15.425*365
=9.83

Fuel Tech's Days Inventory for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 is calculated as:

Days Inventory (Q: Dec. 2023 )
=Average Total Inventories / Cost of Goods Sold*Days in Period
=( (Total Inventories (Q: Sep. 2023 ) + Total Inventories (Q: Dec. 2023 )) / count ) / Cost of Goods Sold (Q: Dec. 2023 )*Days in Period
=( (0.325 + 0.439) / 2 ) / 3.102*365 / 4
=0.382 / 3.102*365 / 4
=11.24

* 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.


Fuel Tech  (NAS:FTEK) 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.

Fuel Tech's Inventory Turnover for the three months ended in Dec. 2023 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.

Fuel Tech's Inventory to Revenue for the three months ended in Dec. 2023 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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Fuel Tech (Fuel Tech) Business Description

Traded in Other Exchanges
Address
27601 Bella Vista Parkway, Warrenville, IL, USA, 60555-1617
Fuel Tech Inc is an technology provider of boiler optimization, efficiency improvement, and air pollution reduction to utility and industrial customers. The company operates in two segments, Air Pollution Control and Fuel Chem. The Air Pollution Control technology segment includes technologies to reduce NOx emissions in flue gas from boilers, incinerators, furnaces and other stationary combustion sources. TheFuel Chem technology segment uses chemical processes in combination with advanced Computational Fluid Dynamics and Chemical Kinetics Modeling boiler modeling for the control of slagging, fouling, corrosion, opacity and other sulfur trioxide-related issues in furnaces and boilers through the addition of chemicals into the furnace using TIFI Targeted In-Furnace Injection technology.
Executives
Vincent J Arnone officer: Executive Vice President
Bettye J Bailey 10 percent owner C/O WHITMAN BREED ABBOTT & MORGAN LLC, 9 GREENWICH OFFICE PARK, GREENWICH CT 06831
Ellen T Albrecht officer: Acting PFO and Treasurer C/O FUEL TECH, 695 E MAIN STREET, STAMFORD CT 06901
Dennis L Zeitler director P.O. BOX 426, PITTSBURGH PA 15230
James J Markowsky director 27601 BELLA VISTA PARKWAY, WARRENVILLE IL 60555
Douglas G Bailey director, officer: President, CEO & Chairman
Cummings William E Jr officer: Senior Vice President, Sales C/O FUEL TECH, 27601 BELLA VISTA PARKWAY, WARRENVILLE IL 60555
James M Pach officer: Acting PFO & Treasurer 27601 BELLA VISTA PARKWAY, WARRENVILLE IL 60555
Sharon L Jones director 27601 BELLA VISTA PARKWAY, WARRENVILLE IL 60555
David S Collins officer: Sr. Vice President C/O FUEL TECH, 27601 BELLA VISTA PARKWAY, WARRENVILLE IL 60555
W Grant Gregory director C/O AMBAC FINANCIAL GROUP INC, 1 STATE STREET PLAZA, NEW YORK NY 10004
Delbert L Williamson director C/O FUEL TECH, 695 E MAIN STREET, STAMFORD CT 06901
Miguel Espinosa director
George F Maccormack director PEPCO HOLDINGS, INC., 701 NINTH STREET, NW, SUITE 1300, WASHINGTON DC 20068
Thomas S Shaw director C/O CONECTIV, 800 KING ST PO BOX 231, WILMINGTON DE 19899

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