Lumen Technologies (FRA:CYTH) Days Inventory : 11.58 (As of Dec. 2023)

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Days Inventory is also known as Days Sales of Inventory (DSI). Lumen Technologies's Average Total Inventories for the three months ended in Dec. 2023 was €202 Mil. Lumen Technologies's Cost of Goods Sold for the three months ended in Dec. 2023 was €1,593 Mil. Hence, Lumen Technologies's Days Inventory for the three months ended in Dec. 2023 was 11.58.

The historical rank and industry rank for Lumen Technologies's Days Inventory or its related term are showing as below:

FRA:CYTH' s Days Inventory Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 4.29 Med: 6.16 Max: 11.37
Current: 11.24

During the past 13 years, Lumen Technologies's highest Days Inventory was 11.37. The lowest was 4.29. And the median was 6.16.

FRA:CYTH's Days Inventory is ranked better than
70.81% of 298 companies
in the Telecommunication Services industry
Industry Median: 19.215 vs FRA:CYTH: 11.24

Lumen Technologies's Days Inventory increased from Dec. 2022 (10.68) to Dec. 2023 (11.58). It might indicate that Lumen Technologies's sales slowed down.

Inventory Turnover measures how fast the company turns over its inventory within a year. Lumen Technologies's Inventory Turnover for the three months ended in Dec. 2023 was 7.88.

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. Lumen Technologies's Inventory-to-Revenue for the three months ended in Dec. 2023 was 0.06.

Lumen Technologies Days Inventory Historical Data

The historical data trend for Lumen Technologies's Days Inventory can be seen below:

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Lumen Technologies Annual Data

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4.44

4.49

4.16

7.56

11.55

Lumen Technologies Quarterly Data
	Mar19	Jun19	Sep19	Dec19	Mar20	Jun20	Sep20	Dec20	Mar21	Jun21	Sep21	Dec21	Mar22	Jun22	Sep22	Dec22	Mar23	Jun23	Sep23	Dec23
Days Inventory	Get a 7-Day Free Trial															10.68	11.59	11.29	10.58	11.58

Competitive Comparison

For the Telecom Services subindustry, Lumen Technologies's Days Inventory, along with its competitors' market caps and Days Inventory data, can be viewed below:

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Lumen Technologies Days Inventory Distribution

For the Telecommunication Services industry and Communication Services sector, Lumen Technologies's Days Inventory distribution charts can be found below:

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Lumen Technologies Days Inventory Calculation

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

Lumen Technologies's Days Inventory for the fiscal year that ended in Dec. 2023 is calculated as

	Days Inventory (A: Dec. 2023 )
=	Average Total Inventories					/	Cost of Goods Sold	*	Days in Period
=	( (Total Inventories (A: Dec. 2022 )	+	Total Inventories (A: Dec. 2023 ))	/	count )	/	Cost of Goods Sold (A: Dec. 2023 )	*	Days in Period
=	( (222.784	+	191.653)	/	2 )	/	6551.048	*	365
=	207.2185					/	6551.048	*	365
=	11.55

Lumen Technologies's Days Inventory for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 is calculated as:

	Days Inventory (Q: Dec. 2023 )
=	Average Total Inventories					/	Cost of Goods Sold	*	Days in Period
=	( (Total Inventories (Q: Sep. 2023 )	+	Total Inventories (Q: Dec. 2023 ))	/	count )	/	Cost of Goods Sold (Q: Dec. 2023 )	*	Days in Period
=	( (212.699	+	191.653)	/	2 )	/	1592.829	*	365 / 4
=	202.176					/	1592.829	*	365 / 4
=	11.58

Lumen Technologies (FRA:CYTH) 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.

Lumen Technologies's Inventory Turnover for the three months ended in Dec. 2023 is calculated as

Inventory Turnover	=	Cost of Goods Sold	/	Average Total Inventories
	=	1592.829	/	202.176
	=	7.88

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.

Lumen Technologies's Inventory to Revenue for the three months ended in Dec. 2023 is calculated as

Inventory-to-Revenue	=	Average Total Inventories	/	Revenue
	=	202.176	/	3225.089
	=	0.06

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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Lumen Technologies (FRA:CYTH) Business Description

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Address

100 CenturyLink Drive, Monroe, LA, USA, 71203

Website

https://www.lumen.com

With 450,000 route miles of fiber, including over 35,000 route miles of subsea fiber connecting Europe, Asia, and Latin America, Lumen Technologies is one of the United States' largest telecommunications carriers serving global enterprises. Its merger with Level 3 in 2017 and divestiture of much of its incumbent local exchange carrier, or ILEC, business in 2022 has shifted the company's operations away from its legacy consumer business and toward enterprises (now nearly 80% of revenue). Lumen offers businesses a full menu of communications services, providing colocation and data center services, data transportation, and end-user phone and internet service. On the consumer side, Lumen provides broadband and phone service across 37 states, where it has 4.5 million broadband customers.