Blue Holdings (Blue Holdings) Days Inventory : 202.10 (As of Sep. 2008)

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What is Blue Holdings Days Inventory?

Days Inventory is also known as Days Sales of Inventory (DSI). Blue Holdings's Average Total Inventories for the three months ended in Sep. 2008 was $4.50 Mil. Blue Holdings's Cost of Goods Sold for the three months ended in Sep. 2008 was $2.03 Mil. Hence, Blue Holdings's Days Inventory for the three months ended in Sep. 2008 was 202.10.

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

BLHI's Days Inventory is not ranked ^*
in the Manufacturing - Apparel & Accessories industry.
Industry Median: 132.415
* Ranked among companies with meaningful Days Inventory only.

Blue Holdings's Days Inventory increased from Sep. 2007 (93.30) to Sep. 2008 (202.10). It might indicate that Blue Holdings's sales slowed down.

Inventory Turnover measures how fast the company turns over its inventory within a year. Blue Holdings's Inventory Turnover for the three months ended in Sep. 2008 was 0.45.

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. Blue Holdings's Inventory-to-Revenue for the three months ended in Sep. 2008 was 1.27.

Blue Holdings Days Inventory Historical Data

The historical data trend for Blue Holdings's Days Inventory can be seen below:

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Blue Holdings Days Inventory Chart

Blue Holdings Annual Data

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197.04

77.83

121.38

Blue Holdings Quarterly Data
	Dec03	Mar04	Jun04	Sep04	Dec04	Mar05	Jun05	Sep05	Dec05	Mar06	Jun06	Sep06	Dec06	Mar07	Jun07	Sep07	Dec07	Mar08	Jun08	Sep08
Days Inventory	Get a 7-Day Free Trial															93.30	131.33	84.54	117.39	202.10

Competitive Comparison of Blue Holdings's Days Inventory

For the Apparel Manufacturing subindustry, Blue Holdings'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.

Blue Holdings's Days Inventory Distribution in the Manufacturing - Apparel & Accessories Industry

For the Manufacturing - Apparel & Accessories industry and Consumer Cyclical sector, Blue Holdings's Days Inventory distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Blue Holdings's Days Inventory falls into.

Blue Holdings Days Inventory Calculation

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

Blue Holdings's Days Inventory for the fiscal year that ended in Dec. 2007 is calculated as

	Days Inventory (A: Dec. 2007 )
=	Average Total Inventories					/	Cost of Goods Sold	*	Days in Period
=	( (Total Inventories (A: Dec. 2006 )	+	Total Inventories (A: Dec. 2007 ))	/	count )	/	Cost of Goods Sold (A: Dec. 2007 )	*	Days in Period
=	( (5.394	+	9.329)	/	2 )	/	22.137	*	365
=	7.3615					/	22.137	*	365
=	121.38

Blue Holdings's Days Inventory for the quarter that ended in Sep. 2008 is calculated as:

	Days Inventory (Q: Sep. 2008 )
=	Average Total Inventories					/	Cost of Goods Sold	*	Days in Period
=	( (Total Inventories (Q: Jun. 2008 )	+	Total Inventories (Q: Sep. 2008 ))	/	count )	/	Cost of Goods Sold (Q: Sep. 2008 )	*	Days in Period
=	( (4.575	+	4.417)	/	2 )	/	2.03	*	365 / 4
=	4.496					/	2.03	*	365 / 4
=	202.10

Blue Holdings (GREY:BLHI) 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.

Blue Holdings's Inventory Turnover for the three months ended in Sep. 2008 is calculated as

Inventory Turnover	=	Cost of Goods Sold	/	Average Total Inventories
	=	2.03	/	4.496
	=	0.45

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.

Blue Holdings's Inventory to Revenue for the three months ended in Sep. 2008 is calculated as

Inventory-to-Revenue	=	Average Total Inventories	/	Revenue
	=	4.496	/	3.551
	=	1.27

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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Blue Holdings Inc designs, develops, markets and distributes fashion jeans and accessories under the brand names Antik Denim, Yanuk, Faith Connexion, and Taverniti So Jeans.

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