Sycamore Networks (Sycamore Networks) Days Inventory : 204.22 (As of Jan. 2013)

Sycamore Networks Days Inventory Chart

Sycamore Networks Annual Data
	Trend	Jul03	Jul04	Jul05	Jul06	Jul07	Jul08	Jul09	Jul10	Jul11	Jul12
Days Inventory		Get a 7-Day Free Trial					132.62	188.85	160.56	184.14	150.06

Sycamore Networks Quarterly Data
	Apr08	Jul08	Oct08	Jan09	Apr09	Jul09	Oct09	Jan10	Apr10	Jul10	Oct10	Jan11	Apr11	Jul11	Oct11	Jan12	Apr12	Jul12	Oct12	Jan13
Days Inventory	Get a 7-Day Free Trial															161.74	158.00	113.03	161.03	204.22

Competitive Comparison of Sycamore Networks's Days Inventory

For the Communication Equipment subindustry, Sycamore Networks'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.

Sycamore Networks's Days Inventory Distribution in the Hardware Industry

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

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

Sycamore Networks Days Inventory Calculation

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

Sycamore Networks's Days Inventory for the fiscal year that ended in Jul. 2012 is calculated as

Sycamore Networks's Days Inventory for the quarter that ended in Jan. 2013 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.

Sycamore Networks  (OTCPK:SCMR) 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.

Sycamore Networks's Inventory Turnover for the three months ended in Jan. 2013 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.

Sycamore Networks's Inventory to Revenue for the three months ended in Jan. 2013 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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