Interplay Entertainment (Interplay Entertainment) Days Inventory : 31.94 (As of Mar. 2011)

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What is Interplay Entertainment Days Inventory?

Days Inventory is also known as Days Sales of Inventory (DSI). Interplay Entertainment's Average Total Inventories for the three months ended in Mar. 2011 was $0.01 Mil. Interplay Entertainment's Cost of Goods Sold for the three months ended in Mar. 2011 was $0.03 Mil. Hence, Interplay Entertainment's Days Inventory for the three months ended in Mar. 2011 was 31.94.

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

IPLY's Days Inventory is not ranked ^*
in the Software industry.
Industry Median: 18.835
* Ranked among companies with meaningful Days Inventory only.

Interplay Entertainment's Days Inventory declined from Mar. 2010 (131.17) to Mar. 2011 (31.94).

Inventory Turnover measures how fast the company turns over its inventory within a year. Interplay Entertainment's Inventory Turnover for the three months ended in Mar. 2011 was 2.86.

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. Interplay Entertainment's Inventory-to-Revenue for the three months ended in Mar. 2011 was 0.05.

Interplay Entertainment Days Inventory Historical Data

The historical data trend for Interplay Entertainment's Days Inventory can be seen below:

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Interplay Entertainment Days Inventory Chart

Interplay Entertainment Annual Data

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17.49

205.31

30.42

36.00

35.38

Interplay Entertainment Quarterly Data
	Jun06	Sep06	Dec06	Mar07	Jun07	Sep07	Dec07	Mar08	Jun08	Sep08	Dec08	Mar09	Jun09	Sep09	Dec09	Mar10	Jun10	Sep10	Dec10	Mar11
Days Inventory	Get a 7-Day Free Trial															131.17	33.80	68.97	29.13	31.94

Competitive Comparison of Interplay Entertainment's Days Inventory

For the Software - Application subindustry, Interplay Entertainment'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.

Interplay Entertainment's Days Inventory Distribution in the Software Industry

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

* The bar in red indicates where Interplay Entertainment's Days Inventory falls into.

Interplay Entertainment Days Inventory Calculation

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

Interplay Entertainment's Days Inventory for the fiscal year that ended in Dec. 2010 is calculated as

	Days Inventory (A: Dec. 2010 )
=	Average Total Inventories					/	Cost of Goods Sold	*	Days in Period
=	( (Total Inventories (A: Dec. 2009 )	+	Total Inventories (A: Dec. 2010 ))	/	count )	/	Cost of Goods Sold (A: Dec. 2010 )	*	Days in Period
=	( (0.028	+	0.01)	/	2 )	/	0.196	*	365
=	0.019					/	0.196	*	365
=	35.38

Interplay Entertainment's Days Inventory for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2011 is calculated as:

	Days Inventory (Q: Mar. 2011 )
=	Average Total Inventories					/	Cost of Goods Sold	*	Days in Period
=	( (Total Inventories (Q: Dec. 2010 )	+	Total Inventories (Q: Mar. 2011 ))	/	count )	/	Cost of Goods Sold (Q: Mar. 2011 )	*	Days in Period
=	( (0.01	+	0.011)	/	2 )	/	0.03	*	365 / 4
=	0.0105					/	0.03	*	365 / 4
=	31.94

Interplay Entertainment (OTCPK:IPLY) 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.

Interplay Entertainment's Inventory Turnover for the three months ended in Mar. 2011 is calculated as

Inventory Turnover	=	Cost of Goods Sold	/	Average Total Inventories
	=	0.03	/	0.0105
	=	2.86

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.

Interplay Entertainment's Inventory to Revenue for the three months ended in Mar. 2011 is calculated as

Inventory-to-Revenue	=	Average Total Inventories	/	Revenue
	=	0.0105	/	0.205
	=	0.05

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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