S & B Industrial Minerals (ATH:ARBA) Days Inventory : 86.90 (As of Sep. 2012)

S & B Industrial Minerals Days Inventory Chart

S & B Industrial Minerals Annual Data
	Trend	Dec02	Dec03	Dec04	Dec05	Dec06	Dec07	Dec08	Dec09	Dec10	Dec11
Days Inventory		Get a 7-Day Free Trial					97.51	91.20	109.53	79.39	79.71

S & B Industrial Minerals Quarterly Data
	Dec09	Mar10	Jun10	Sep10	Dec10	Mar11	Jun11	Sep11	Dec11	Mar12	Jun12	Sep12
Days Inventory	Get a 7-Day Free Trial							89.58	86.28	76.98	75.38	86.90

Competitive Comparison of S & B Industrial Minerals's Days Inventory

For the Other Industrial Metals & Mining subindustry, S & B Industrial Minerals'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.

S & B Industrial Minerals's Days Inventory Distribution in the Metals & Mining Industry

For the Metals & Mining industry and Basic Materials sector, S & B Industrial Minerals's Days Inventory distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where S & B Industrial Minerals's Days Inventory falls into.

S & B Industrial Minerals Days Inventory Calculation

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

S & B Industrial Minerals's Days Inventory for the fiscal year that ended in Dec. 2011 is calculated as

S & B Industrial Minerals's Days Inventory for the quarter that ended in Sep. 2012 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.

S & B Industrial Minerals  (ATH:ARBA) 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.

S & B Industrial Minerals's Inventory Turnover for the three months ended in Sep. 2012 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.

S & B Industrial Minerals's Inventory to Revenue for the three months ended in Sep. 2012 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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S & B Industrial Minerals (ATH:ARBA) Business Description