Agrium (Agrium) Total Inventories : $2,657 Mil (As of Sep. 2017)

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What is Agrium Total Inventories?

Agrium's total inventories for the quarter that ended in Sep. 2017 was $2,657 Mil. Agrium's average total inventories from the quarter that ended in Jun. 2017 to the quarter that ended in Sep. 2017 was $2,752 Mil.

In Ben Graham's calculation of Net-Net Working Capital, inventory is only considered worth half of its book value. Agrium's Net-Net Working Capital per share for the quarter that ended in Sep. 2017 was $-47.19.

Days Inventory indicates the number of days of goods in sales that a company has in the inventory. Agrium's Days Inventory for the three months ended in Sep. 2017 was 137.58.

Inventory Turnover measures how fast the company turns over its inventory within a year. Agrium's Inventory Turnover for the quarter that ended in Sep. 2017 was 0.66.

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. Agrium's Inventory-to-Revenue for the quarter that ended in Sep. 2017 was 1.16.

Agrium Total Inventories Historical Data

The historical data trend for Agrium's Total Inventories can be seen below:

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Agrium Quarterly Data
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Total Inventories	Get a 7-Day Free Trial															2,666.00	3,230.00	4,537.00	2,846.00	2,657.00

Agrium Total Inventories Calculation

Total Inventories includes the raw materials, work-in-process goods and completely finished goods of a company. It is a portion of a company's current assets.

Agrium (NYSE:AGU) Total Inventories Explanation

Inventory control is an important part of business operation. If a company does not have enough inventory, it may not be able to meet customers' required delivery time. If it has too much inventory, the cost of holding the inventory can be high.

1. In Ben Graham's calculation of Net-Net Working Capital (NNWC), inventory is only considered worth half of its book value.

Agrium's Net-Net Working Capital Per Share for the quarter that ended in Sep. 2017 is

	Net-Net Working Capital Per Share (Q: Sep. 2017 )
=	(Cash And Cash Equivalents	+	0.75 * Accounts Receivable	+	0.5 * Total Inventories	-	Total Liabilities
-	Preferred Stock	-	Minority Interest)	/	Shares Outstanding (EOP)
=	(246	+	0.75 * 3375	+	0.5 * 2657	-	10620
-	0	-	6)	/	138.164
=	-47.19

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

Agrium's Days Inventory for the three months ended in Sep. 2017 is calculated as:

Days Inventory	=	Average Total Inventories (Q: Sep. 2017 )	/	Cost of Goods Sold (Q: Sep. 2017 )	*	Days in Period
	=	2751.5	/	1825	*	365 / 4
	=	137.58

3. Inventory Turnover measures how fast the company turns over its inventory within a year.

Agrium's Inventory Turnover for the quarter that ended in Sep. 2017 is calculated as

Inventory Turnover	=	Cost of Goods Sold (Q: Sep. 2017 )	/	Average Total Inventories (Q: Sep. 2017 )
	=	1825	/	2751.5
	=	0.66

4. 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.

Agrium's Inventory to Revenue for the quarter that ended in Sep. 2017 is calculated as

Inventory-to-Revenue	=	Average Total Inventories (Q: Sep. 2017 )	/	Revenue (Q: Sep. 2017 )
	=	2751.5	/	2382
	=	1.16

Be Aware

Manufacturers with durable competitive advantages have the advantage that the products they sell do not change, and therefore will never become obsolete. Buffett likes this advantage.

When identifying manufacturers with durable competitive advantage, look for inventory and net earnings that rise correspondingly. This indicates that the company is finding profitable ways to increase sales which called for an increase in inventory.

Manufacturers with inventories that spike up and down are indicative of competitive industries subject to boom and bust.

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With more than 1,400 retail centers, Canada-based Agrium is the largest agricultural retailer in the United States, selling fertilizers, crop chemicals, and seed directly to farm customers. The company's wholesale business produces and markets the three main crop nutrients--nitrogen, potash, and phosphate--with natural resources located mainly in Canada and the United States. The bulk of Agrium's sales are generated in the U.S., Canada, and Australia.