Metals Exploration (LSE:MTL) Total Inventories : £14.8 Mil (As of Dec. 2023)

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What is Metals Exploration Total Inventories?

Metals Exploration's total inventories for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was £14.8 Mil. Metals Exploration's average total inventories from the quarter that ended in Jun. 2023 to the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was £15.1 Mil.

In Ben Graham's calculation of Net-Net Working Capital, inventory is only considered worth half of its book value. Metals Exploration's Net-Net Working Capital per share for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was £-0.01.

Days Inventory indicates the number of days of goods in sales that a company has in the inventory. Metals Exploration's Days Inventory for the six months ended in Dec. 2023 was 46.04.

Inventory Turnover measures how fast the company turns over its inventory within a year. Metals Exploration's Inventory Turnover for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was 3.96.

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. Metals Exploration's Inventory-to-Revenue for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was 0.25.

Metals Exploration Total Inventories Historical Data

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7.23

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12.95

17.42

14.77

Metals Exploration Semi-Annual Data
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Total Inventories	Get a 7-Day Free Trial															12.95	17.97	17.42	15.42	14.77

Metals Exploration 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.

Metals Exploration (LSE:MTL) 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.

Metals Exploration's Net-Net Working Capital Per Share for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 is

	Net-Net Working Capital Per Share (Q: Dec. 2023 )
=	(Cash And Cash Equivalents	+	0.75 * Accounts Receivable	+	0.5 * Total Inventories	-	Total Liabilities
-	Preferred Stock	-	Minority Interest)	/	Shares Outstanding (EOP)
=	(0.269	+	0.75 * 2.402	+	0.5 * 14.769	-	37.565
-	0	-	0)	/	2098.14
=	-0.01

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

Metals Exploration's Days Inventory for the six months ended in Dec. 2023 is calculated as:

Days Inventory	=	Average Total Inventories (Q: Dec. 2023 )	/	Cost of Goods Sold (Q: Dec. 2023 )	*	Days in Period
	=	15.0955	/	59.838	*	365 / 2
	=	46.04

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

Metals Exploration's Inventory Turnover for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 is calculated as

Inventory Turnover	=	Cost of Goods Sold (Q: Dec. 2023 )	/	Average Total Inventories (Q: Dec. 2023 )
	=	59.838	/	15.0955
	=	3.96

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.

Metals Exploration's Inventory to Revenue for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 is calculated as

Inventory-to-Revenue	=	Average Total Inventories (Q: Dec. 2023 )	/	Revenue (Q: Dec. 2023 )
	=	15.0955	/	60.933
	=	0.25

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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Metals Exploration PLC is a natural resource exploration and development company. The company identifies, acquires, and develops mining and processing projects, mining companies, and businesses with a focus on base and precious metals mining opportunities. The main asset of the company is a Runruno gold-molybdenum project in Northern Philippines. The company operates in geographic areas of the UK, Philippines, and Singapore.