Interplay Entertainment (Interplay Entertainment) Inventory-to-Revenue : 0.05 (As of Mar. 2011)

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What is Interplay Entertainment 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. Interplay Entertainment's Average Total Inventories for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2011 was $0.01 Mil. Interplay Entertainment's Revenue for the three months ended in Mar. 2011 was $0.21 Mil. Interplay Entertainment's Inventory-to-Revenue for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2011 was 0.05.

Interplay Entertainment's Inventory-to-Revenue for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2011 declined from Dec. 2010 (0.06) to Dec. 2010 (0.05)

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.

Days Inventory indicates the number of days of goods in sales that a company has in the inventory. Interplay Entertainment's Days Inventory for the three months ended in Mar. 2011 was 31.94.

Inventory Turnover measures how fast the company turns over its inventory within a year. Interplay Entertainment's Inventory Turnover for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2011 was 2.86.

Interplay Entertainment Inventory-to-Revenue Historical Data

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

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Interplay Entertainment Inventory-to-Revenue Chart

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Inventory-to-Revenue	Get a 7-Day Free Trial															0.08	0.06	0.10	0.06	0.05

Competitive Comparison of Interplay Entertainment's Inventory-to-Revenue

For the Software - Application subindustry, Interplay Entertainment's Inventory-to-Revenue, along with its competitors' market caps and Inventory-to-Revenue 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.

Interplay Entertainment's Inventory-to-Revenue Distribution in the Software Industry

For the Software industry and Technology sector, Interplay Entertainment's Inventory-to-Revenue distribution charts can be found below:

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Interplay Entertainment Inventory-to-Revenue Calculation

Interplay Entertainment's Inventory-to-Revenue for the fiscal year that ended in Dec. 2010 is calculated as

	Inventory-to-Revenue (A: Dec. 2010 )
=	Average Total Inventories					/	Revenue
=	( (Total Inventories (A: Dec. 2009 )	+	Total Inventories (A: Dec. 2010 ))	/	count )	/	Revenue (A: Dec. 2010 )
=	( (0.028	+	0.01)	/	2 )	/	1.38
=	0.019					/	1.38
=	0.01

Interplay Entertainment's Inventory-to-Revenue for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2011 is calculated as

	Inventory-to-Revenue (Q: Mar. 2011 )
=	Average Total Inventories					/	Revenue
=	( (Total Inventories (Q: Dec. 2010 )	+	Total Inventories (Q: Mar. 2011 ))	/	count )	/	Revenue (Q: Mar. 2011 )
=	( (0.01	+	0.011)	/	2 )	/	0.205
=	0.0105					/	0.205
=	0.05

Interplay Entertainment (OTCPK:IPLY) Inventory-to-Revenue Explanation

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.

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

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

Interplay Entertainment's Days Inventory for the three months ended in Mar. 2011 is calculated as:

Days Inventory	=	Average Total Inventories (Q: Mar. 2011 )	/	Cost of Goods Sold (Q: Mar. 2011 )	*	Days in Period
	=	0.0105	/	0.03	*	365 / 4
	=	31.94

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

Interplay Entertainment's Inventory Turnover for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2011 is calculated as

Inventory Turnover	=	Cost of Goods Sold (Q: Mar. 2011 )	/	Average Total Inventories (Q: Mar. 2011 )
	=	0.03	/	0.0105
	=	2.86

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