Tesco (TSCDF) Days Inventory

: 15.83 (As of Feb. 2024)

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Days Inventory is also known as Days Sales of Inventory (DSI). Tesco's Average Total Inventories for the six months ended in Feb. 2024 was $3,478 Mil. Tesco's Cost of Goods Sold for the six months ended in Feb. 2024 was $40,087 Mil. Hence, Tesco's Days Inventory for the six months ended in Feb. 2024 was 15.83.

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

TSCDF' s Days Inventory Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 14.19 Med: 15.29 Max: 20.16
Current: 15.37

During the past 13 years, Tesco's highest Days Inventory was 20.16. The lowest was 14.19. And the median was 15.29.

TSCDF's Days Inventory is ranked better than
84.54% of 304 companies
in the Retail - Defensive industry
Industry Median: 35.905 vs TSCDF: 15.37

Tesco's Days Inventory increased from Feb. 2023 (14.81) to Feb. 2024 (15.83). It might indicate that Tesco's sales slowed down.

Inventory Turnover measures how fast the company turns over its inventory within a year. Tesco's Inventory Turnover for the six months ended in Feb. 2024 was 11.53.

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. Tesco's Inventory-to-Revenue for the six months ended in Feb. 2024 was 0.08.

Tesco Days Inventory Historical Data

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

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Tesco Annual Data

Trend

Feb15

Feb16

Feb17

Feb18

Feb19

Feb20

Feb21

Feb22

Feb23

Feb24

Days Inventory

17.12

14.64

14.35

15.08

14.51

Tesco Semi-Annual Data
	Aug14	Feb15	Aug15	Feb16	Aug16	Feb17	Aug17	Feb18	Aug18	Feb19	Aug19	Feb20	Aug20	Feb21	Aug21	Feb22	Aug22	Feb23	Aug23	Feb24
Days Inventory																14.62	15.46	14.81	15.14	15.83

Competitive Comparison

For the Grocery Stores subindustry, Tesco'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.

Tesco Days Inventory Distribution

For the Retail - Defensive industry and Consumer Defensive sector, Tesco's Days Inventory distribution charts can be found below:

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

Tesco Days Inventory Calculation

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

Tesco's Days Inventory for the fiscal year that ended in Feb. 2024 is calculated as

	Days Inventory (A: Feb. 2024 )
=	Average Total Inventories					/	Cost of Goods Sold	*	Days in Period
=	( (Total Inventories (A: Feb. 2023 )	+	Total Inventories (A: Feb. 2024 ))	/	count )	/	Cost of Goods Sold (A: Feb. 2024 )	*	Days in Period
=	( (3031.401	+	3327.02)	/	2 )	/	79972.222	*	365
=	3179.2105					/	79972.222	*	365
=	14.51

Tesco's Days Inventory for the quarter that ended in Feb. 2024 is calculated as:

	Days Inventory (Q: Feb. 2024 )
=	Average Total Inventories					/	Cost of Goods Sold	*	Days in Period
=	( (Total Inventories (Q: Aug. 2023 )	+	Total Inventories (Q: Feb. 2024 ))	/	count )	/	Cost of Goods Sold (Q: Feb. 2024 )	*	Days in Period
=	( (3628.971	+	3327.02)	/	2 )	/	40087.121	*	365 / 2
=	3477.9955					/	40087.121	*	365 / 2
=	15.83

Tesco (OTCPK:TSCDF) 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.

Tesco's Inventory Turnover for the six months ended in Feb. 2024 is calculated as

Inventory Turnover	=	Cost of Goods Sold	/	Average Total Inventories
	=	40087.121	/	3477.9955
	=	11.53

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.

Tesco's Inventory to Revenue for the six months ended in Feb. 2024 is calculated as

Inventory-to-Revenue	=	Average Total Inventories	/	Revenue
	=	3477.9955	/	42977.273
	=	0.08

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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Tesco (TSCDF) Business Description

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Address

Kestrel Way, Tesco House, Shire Park, Welwyn Garden, GBR, AL7 1GA

Website

https://www.tescoplc.com

Tesco is one of the largest food retailers in the world, operating thousands of stores in the United Kingdom, Ireland, and Europe. According to Kantar, Tesco is the market leader in the U.K. with a share of more than 27%, roughly double that of Asda or Sainsbury's. Tesco operates a core supermarket business in addition to convenience and neighborhood outlets. With a 35% digital market share in the U.K., the company holds a dominant position online. Tesco gained exposure to the cash-and-carry and out-of-home delivering industries with the landmark GBP 4 billion acquisition of Booker in 2018.