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Rio Tinto (LSE:RIO) Days Inventory

: 0.00 (As of Dec. 2023)
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Days Inventory is also known as Days Sales of Inventory (DSI). Rio Tinto's Average Total Inventories for the six months ended in Dec. 2023 was £5,174 Mil. Rio Tinto's Cost of Goods Sold for the six months ended in Dec. 2023 was £0 Mil.

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

LSE:RIO' s Days Inventory Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 65.56   Med: 85.73   Max: 110.61
Current: 110.61

During the past 13 years, Rio Tinto's highest Days Inventory was 110.61. The lowest was 65.56. And the median was 85.73.

LSE:RIO's Days Inventory is ranked worse than
62.25% of 657 companies
in the Metals & Mining industry
Industry Median: 87.27 vs LSE:RIO: 110.61

Rio Tinto's Days Inventory stayed the same from Dec. 2022 (0.00) to Dec. 2023 (0.00).

Inventory Turnover measures how fast the company turns over its inventory within a year. Rio Tinto's Inventory Turnover for the six months ended in Dec. 2023 was 0.00.

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. Rio Tinto's Inventory-to-Revenue for the six months ended in Dec. 2023 was 0.24.


Rio Tinto Days Inventory Historical Data

The historical data trend for Rio Tinto's Days Inventory can be seen below:

* For Operating Data section: All numbers are indicated by the unit behind each term and all currency related amount are in USD.
* For other sections: All numbers are in millions except for per share data, ratio, and percentage. All currency related amount are indicated in the company's associated stock exchange currency.

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Rio Tinto Annual Data
Trend Dec14 Dec15 Dec16 Dec17 Dec18 Dec19 Dec20 Dec21 Dec22 Dec23
Days Inventory
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Rio Tinto Semi-Annual Data
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Competitive Comparison

For the Other Industrial Metals & Mining subindustry, Rio Tinto's Days Inventory, along with its competitors' market caps and Days Inventory 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.


Rio Tinto Days Inventory Distribution

For the Metals & Mining industry and Basic Materials sector, Rio Tinto's Days Inventory distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Rio Tinto's Days Inventory falls into.



Rio Tinto Days Inventory Calculation

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

Rio Tinto'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
=( (5100.873 + 5260.61) / 2 ) / 17095.6*365
=5180.7415 / 17095.6*365
=110.61

Rio Tinto'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: Jun. 2023 ) + Total Inventories (Q: Dec. 2023 )) / count ) / Cost of Goods Sold (Q: Dec. 2023 )*Days in Period
=( (5087.016 + 5260.61) / 2 ) / 0*365 / 2
=5173.813 / 0*365 / 2
=N/A

* For Operating Data section: All numbers are indicated by the unit behind each term and all currency related amount are in USD.
* For other sections: All numbers are in millions except for per share data, ratio, and percentage. All currency related amount are indicated in the company's associated stock exchange currency.


Rio Tinto  (LSE:RIO) 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.

Rio Tinto's Inventory Turnover for the six months ended in Dec. 2023 is calculated as

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.

Rio Tinto's Inventory to Revenue for the six months ended in Dec. 2023 is calculated as

* For Operating Data section: All numbers are indicated by the unit behind each term and all currency related amount are in USD.
* For other sections: All numbers are in millions except for per share data, ratio, and percentage. All currency related amount are indicated in the company's associated stock exchange currency.


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.


Rio Tinto Days Inventory Related Terms

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Rio Tinto (LSE:RIO) Business Description

Address
6 St James’s Square, London, GBR, SW1Y 4AD
Rio Tinto is a global diversified miner. Iron ore is the dominant commodity, with significantly lesser contributions from copper, aluminum, diamonds, gold, and industrial minerals. The 1995 merger of RTZ and CRA, via a dual-listed structure, created the present-day company. The two operate as a single business entity, with shareholders in each company having equivalent economic and voting rights. Major assets included its Pilbara iron ore operations, a 30% stake in the Escondida copper mine, 66%-ownership of the Oyu Tolgoi copper mine in Mongolia, the Weipa and Gove bauxite mines in Australia, and six hydro-powered aluminum smelters in Canada.