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Harmonic (Harmonic) Days Inventory

: 100.50 (As of Dec. 2023)
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Days Inventory is also known as Days Sales of Inventory (DSI). Harmonic's Average Total Inventories for the three months ended in Dec. 2023 was $93.9 Mil. Harmonic's Cost of Goods Sold for the three months ended in Dec. 2023 was $85.2 Mil. Hence, Harmonic's Days Inventory for the three months ended in Dec. 2023 was 100.50.

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

HLIT' s Days Inventory Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 48.47   Med: 68.12   Max: 136.9
Current: 136.9

During the past 13 years, Harmonic's highest Days Inventory was 136.90. The lowest was 48.47. And the median was 68.12.

HLIT's Days Inventory is ranked worse than
63.69% of 2404 companies
in the Hardware industry
Industry Median: 104.155 vs HLIT: 136.90

Harmonic's Days Inventory declined from Dec. 2022 (127.63) to Dec. 2023 (100.50).

Warning Sign:

If a company builds up inventory, it may mean it is having difficulties selling its goods.

Inventory Turnover measures how fast the company turns over its inventory within a year. Harmonic's Inventory Turnover for the three months ended in Dec. 2023 was 0.91.

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. Harmonic's Inventory-to-Revenue for the three months ended in Dec. 2023 was 0.56.


Harmonic Days Inventory Historical Data

The historical data trend for Harmonic'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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Harmonic 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 55.48 63.61 78.36 113.46 126.62

Harmonic 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 127.63 156.59 157.53 151.34 100.50

Competitive Comparison

For the Communication Equipment subindustry, Harmonic'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.


Harmonic Days Inventory Distribution

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

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



Harmonic Days Inventory Calculation

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

Harmonic'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
=( (120.949 + 83.982) / 2 ) / 295.362*365
=102.4655 / 295.362*365
=126.62

Harmonic'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
=( (103.748 + 83.982) / 2 ) / 85.225*365 / 4
=93.865 / 85.225*365 / 4
=100.50

* 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.


Harmonic  (NAS:HLIT) 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.

Harmonic'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.

Harmonic'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.


Harmonic Days Inventory Related Terms

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Harmonic (Harmonic) Business Description

Traded in Other Exchanges
Address
2590 Orchard Parkway, San Jose, CA, USA, 95131
Harmonic Inc designs and manufactures video infrastructure products and system solutions to deliver video and broadband services to consumer devices. The firm operates in two segments: Video, which sells video processing, production, and playout solutions to cable operators and satellite and telecommunications providers; and Broadband which sells broadband access solutions and related services. Majority of the revenue generated from the company is from United States.
Executives
Walter Jankovic officer: Chief Financial Officer 2950 ORCHARD PARKWAY, SAN JOSE CA 95131
Jeremy Rosenberg officer: Interim CFO & SVP Bus Dev 2590 ORCHARD PARKWAY, SAN JOSE CA 95131
Patrick Harshman officer: President, BAN Division 2950 ORCHARD PARKWAY, SAN JOSE CA 95131
Nimrod Ben-natan officer: VP, Solutions & Strategy 2950 ORCHARD PARKWAY, SAN JOSE CA 95131
Neven Haltmayer officer: Vice President, R&D 549 BALTIC WAY, SUNNYVALE CA 94089
Sanjay Kalra officer: Chief Financial Officer HARMONIC INC., 4300 NORTH FIRST STREET, SAN JOSE CA 95134
Ian Graham officer: SVP, Intl Sales & Video Svcs 2950 ORCHARD PARKWAY, SAN JOSE CA 95131
Sophia Kim director 2590 ORCHARD PARKWAY, SAN JOSE CA 95131
Nikos Theodosopoulos director C/O ARISTA NETWORKS, INC., 5453 GREAT AMERICA PARKWAY, SANTA CLARA CA 95054
Daniel T Whalen director 2055 BENJAMIN CIRCLE, WALL NJ 07719
David Krall director C/O AVID TECHNOLOGY INC, ONE PARK WEST, TEWKSBURY MA 01876
Eric Louvet officer: SVP Sales NA & APAC 4300 NORTH FIRST STREET, SAN JOSE CA 95134
Susan Swenson director C/O PALM INC, 5470 GREAT AMERICAN PARKWAY MS12116, SANTA CLARA CA 95052
Deborah Clifford director 4300 NORTH FIRST STREET, SAN JOSE CA 95134
William F Reddersen director