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Pointer Telocation (Pointer Telocation) Days Inventory : 58.15 (As of Jun. 2019)


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What is Pointer Telocation Days Inventory?

Days Inventory is also known as Days Sales of Inventory (DSI). Pointer Telocation's Average Total Inventories for the three months ended in Jun. 2019 was $7.40 Mil. Pointer Telocation's Cost of Goods Sold for the three months ended in Jun. 2019 was $11.62 Mil. Hence, Pointer Telocation's Days Inventory for the three months ended in Jun. 2019 was 58.15.

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

PNTR's Days Inventory is not ranked *
in the Hardware industry.
Industry Median: 102.45
* Ranked among companies with meaningful Days Inventory only.

Pointer Telocation's Days Inventory declined from Jun. 2018 (58.16) to Jun. 2019 (58.15).

Inventory Turnover measures how fast the company turns over its inventory within a year. Pointer Telocation's Inventory Turnover for the three months ended in Jun. 2019 was 1.57.

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. Pointer Telocation's Inventory-to-Revenue for the three months ended in Jun. 2019 was 0.35.


Pointer Telocation Days Inventory Historical Data

The historical data trend for Pointer Telocation'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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Pointer Telocation Days Inventory Chart

Pointer Telocation Annual Data
Trend Dec09 Dec10 Dec11 Dec12 Dec13 Dec14 Dec15 Dec16 Dec17 Dec18
Days Inventory
Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 63.25 63.12 55.68 56.66 64.42

Pointer Telocation Quarterly Data
Sep14 Dec14 Mar15 Jun15 Sep15 Dec15 Mar16 Jun16 Sep16 Dec16 Mar17 Jun17 Sep17 Dec17 Mar18 Jun18 Sep18 Dec18 Mar19 Jun19
Days Inventory Get a 7-Day Free Trial 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 58.16 62.00 58.09 - 58.15

Competitive Comparison of Pointer Telocation's Days Inventory

For the Communication Equipment subindustry, Pointer Telocation'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.


Pointer Telocation's Days Inventory Distribution in the Hardware Industry

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

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



Pointer Telocation Days Inventory Calculation

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

Pointer Telocation's Days Inventory for the fiscal year that ended in Dec. 2018 is calculated as

Days Inventory (A: Dec. 2018 )
=Average Total Inventories / Cost of Goods Sold*Days in Period
=( (Total Inventories (A: Dec. 2017 ) + Total Inventories (A: Dec. 2018 )) / count ) / Cost of Goods Sold (A: Dec. 2018 )*Days in Period
=( (6.551 + 6.432) / 2 ) / 36.778*365
=6.4915 / 36.778*365
=64.42

Pointer Telocation's Days Inventory for the quarter that ended in Jun. 2019 is calculated as:

Days Inventory (Q: Jun. 2019 )
=Average Total Inventories / Cost of Goods Sold*Days in Period
=( (Total Inventories (Q: Mar. 2019 ) + Total Inventories (Q: Jun. 2019 )) / count ) / Cost of Goods Sold (Q: Jun. 2019 )*Days in Period
=( (7.141 + 7.668) / 2 ) / 11.62*365 / 4
=7.4045 / 11.62*365 / 4
=58.15

* 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.


Pointer Telocation  (NAS:PNTR) 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.

Pointer Telocation's Inventory Turnover for the three months ended in Jun. 2019 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.

Pointer Telocation's Inventory to Revenue for the three months ended in Jun. 2019 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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Pointer Telocation (Pointer Telocation) Business Description

Traded in Other Exchanges
N/A
Address
14 Hamelacha Street, Rosh Haayin, ISR, 4809133
Pointer Telocation Ltd is a provider of command and control technologies for mobile resource management in the automotive and insurance industries and other mobile tracking markets. It has Cellocator and Mobile resource management segments. Cellocator segment consists of designing, developing and producing mobile resource management products. Mobile resource management segment comprises operations in Israel, Brazil, Argentina, Mexico and South Africa. The company derives the majority of its revenues from Mobile resource management segment.