Planar Systems (FRA:PL4) Inventory-to-Revenue : 0.77 (As of Jun. 2015)

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What is Planar Systems Inventory-to-Revenue?

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. Planar Systems's Average Total Inventories for the quarter that ended in Jun. 2015 was €29.2 Mil. Planar Systems's Revenue for the three months ended in Jun. 2015 was €37.9 Mil. Planar Systems's Inventory-to-Revenue for the quarter that ended in Jun. 2015 was 0.77.

Planar Systems's Inventory-to-Revenue for the quarter that ended in Jun. 2015 increased from Mar. 2015 (0.58) to Mar. 2015 (0.77)

An increase in Inventory-to-Revenue from one quarter to the next indicates that one of the following is happening:

1. investment in inventory is growing more rapidly than revenue
2. revenue are dropping
No matter which situation is causing the problem, an increase in the Inventory-to-Revenue may signal an oncoming cash flow problem.

Days Inventory indicates the number of days of goods in sales that a company has in the inventory. Planar Systems's Days Inventory for the three months ended in Jun. 2015 was 96.20.

Inventory Turnover measures how fast the company turns over its inventory within a year. Planar Systems's Inventory Turnover for the quarter that ended in Jun. 2015 was 0.95.

Planar Systems Inventory-to-Revenue Historical Data

The historical data trend for Planar Systems's Inventory-to-Revenue can be seen below:

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Planar Systems Inventory-to-Revenue Chart

Planar Systems Annual Data

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0.16

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Inventory-to-Revenue	Get a 7-Day Free Trial															0.62	0.48	0.49	0.58	0.77

Competitive Comparison of Planar Systems's Inventory-to-Revenue

For the Electronic Components subindustry, Planar Systems's Inventory-to-Revenue, along with its competitors' market caps and Inventory-to-Revenue data, can be viewed below:

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Planar Systems's Inventory-to-Revenue Distribution in the Hardware Industry

For the Hardware industry and Technology sector, Planar Systems's Inventory-to-Revenue distribution charts can be found below:

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Planar Systems Inventory-to-Revenue Calculation

Planar Systems's Inventory-to-Revenue for the fiscal year that ended in Sep. 2014 is calculated as

	Inventory-to-Revenue (A: Sep. 2014 )
=	Average Total Inventories					/	Revenue
=	( (Total Inventories (A: Sep. 2013 )	+	Total Inventories (A: Sep. 2014 ))	/	count )	/	Revenue (A: Sep. 2014 )
=	( (22.442	+	20.801)	/	2 )	/	138.906
=	21.6215					/	138.906
=	0.16

Planar Systems's Inventory-to-Revenue for the quarter that ended in Jun. 2015 is calculated as

	Inventory-to-Revenue (Q: Jun. 2015 )
=	Average Total Inventories					/	Revenue
=	( (Total Inventories (Q: Mar. 2015 )	+	Total Inventories (Q: Jun. 2015 ))	/	count )	/	Revenue (Q: Jun. 2015 )
=	( (28.855	+	29.611)	/	2 )	/	37.853
=	29.233					/	37.853
=	0.77

Planar Systems (FRA:PL4) Inventory-to-Revenue Explanation

An increase in Inventory-to-Revenue from one quarter to the next indicates that one of the following is happening:

Likewise, a decrease in the Inventory-to-Revenue from one quarter to next indicates that one of these is occurring:

1. investment in inventory is shrinking in relation to revenue
2. revenue are increasing
No matter which situation is causing the reduction in the Inventory-to-Revenue, either one suggests that business's inventory levels and its cash flow are effectively managed.

More Related Terms:

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

Planar Systems's Days Inventory for the three months ended in Jun. 2015 is calculated as:

Days Inventory	=	Average Total Inventories (Q: Jun. 2015 )	/	Cost of Goods Sold (Q: Jun. 2015 )	*	Days in Period
	=	29.233	/	27.728	*	365 / 4
	=	96.20

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

Planar Systems's Inventory Turnover for the quarter that ended in Jun. 2015 is calculated as

Inventory Turnover	=	Cost of Goods Sold (Q: Jun. 2015 )	/	Average Total Inventories (Q: Jun. 2015 )
	=	27.728	/	29.233
	=	0.95

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Planar Systems (FRA:PL4) Business Description

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Planar Systems Inc was incorporated on April 27, 1983. The Company is a provider of specialty display products, solutions, and services for customers in a number of end-market segments. Products include display components, completed displays, and display solutions and systems based on a variety of flat panel and front- and rear-projection technologies. The Company capitalizes on its strong supply chain, logistics, and distribution relationships to sell a variety of mainly LCD based displays to the United States marketplace. The Company offers High-End Home Display which offers various high-performance home theater front-projection systems, video processing equipment, large-format thin displays, and accessories, that aims at the high-end home market and certain commercial installations The Company employs sales professionals in many countries around the world and sells both directly to end users and through reseller channels.The Company's direct competitors are numerous and diverse. In display systems including AMLCD components sourced from manufacturers, Planar's value-added specialty display products compete against those of NEC, Acer, Viewsonic, Dell and others in the IT market. The Company's operations are subject to environmental and various other regulations in each of the jurisdictions in which it conducts business.

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