Mentor Graphics (Mentor Graphics) Days Inventory : 29.65 (As of Jan. 2017)

Mentor Graphics Days Inventory Chart

Mentor Graphics Annual Data
	Trend	Jan08	Jan09	Jan10	Jan11	Jan12	Jan13	Jan14	Jan15	Jan16	Jan17
Days Inventory		Get a 7-Day Free Trial					25.18	42.09	42.55	45.49	40.72

Mentor Graphics Quarterly Data
	Apr12	Jul12	Oct12	Jan13	Apr13	Jul13	Oct13	Jan14	Apr14	Jul14	Oct14	Jan15	Apr15	Jul15	Oct15	Jan16	Apr16	Jul16	Oct16	Jan17
Days Inventory	Get a 7-Day Free Trial															45.93	52.86	39.30	28.64	29.65

Competitive Comparison of Mentor Graphics's Days Inventory

For the Software - Application subindustry, Mentor Graphics'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.

Mentor Graphics's Days Inventory Distribution in the Software Industry

For the Software industry and Technology sector, Mentor Graphics's Days Inventory distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Mentor Graphics's Days Inventory falls into.

Mentor Graphics Days Inventory Calculation

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

Mentor Graphics's Days Inventory for the fiscal year that ended in Jan. 2017 is calculated as

Mentor Graphics's Days Inventory for the quarter that ended in Jan. 2017 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.

Mentor Graphics  (NAS:MENT) 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.

Mentor Graphics's Inventory Turnover for the three months ended in Jan. 2017 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.

Mentor Graphics's Inventory to Revenue for the three months ended in Jan. 2017 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.

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