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Dixons Retail (LSE:DXNS) Days Inventory : 22.54 (As of Apr. 2014)


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What is Dixons Retail Days Inventory?

Days Inventory is also known as Days Sales of Inventory (DSI). Dixons Retail's Average Total Inventories for the six months ended in Apr. 2014 was £825 Mil. Dixons Retail's Cost of Goods Sold for the six months ended in Apr. 2014 was £6,678 Mil. Hence, Dixons Retail's Days Inventory for the six months ended in Apr. 2014 was 22.54.

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

LSE:DXNS' s Days Inventory Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 43.17   Med: 48.48   Max: 57.2
Current: 46.37

During the past 13 years, Dixons Retail's highest Days Inventory was 57.20. The lowest was 43.17. And the median was 48.48.

LSE:DXNS's Days Inventory is not ranked
in the Retail - Cyclical industry.
Industry Median: 109.09 vs LSE:DXNS: 46.37

Dixons Retail's Days Inventory declined from Apr. 2013 (25.75) to Apr. 2014 (22.54).

Inventory Turnover measures how fast the company turns over its inventory within a year. Dixons Retail's Inventory Turnover for the six months ended in Apr. 2014 was 8.10.

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. Dixons Retail's Inventory-to-Revenue for the six months ended in Apr. 2014 was 0.22.


Dixons Retail Days Inventory Historical Data

The historical data trend for Dixons Retail'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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Dixons Retail Days Inventory Chart

Dixons Retail Annual Data
Trend Apr05 Apr06 Apr07 May08 Apr09 Apr10 Apr11 Apr12 Apr13 Apr14
Days Inventory
Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 44.97 44.96 43.68 49.08 43.17

Dixons Retail Semi-Annual Data
Oct07 Oct08 Apr09 Oct09 Apr10 Oct10 Apr11 Oct11 Apr12 Oct12 Apr13 Oct13 Apr14
Days Inventory Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 22.43 - 25.75 - 22.54

Competitive Comparison of Dixons Retail's Days Inventory

For the Specialty Retail subindustry, Dixons Retail'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.


Dixons Retail's Days Inventory Distribution in the Retail - Cyclical Industry

For the Retail - Cyclical industry and Consumer Cyclical sector, Dixons Retail's Days Inventory distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Dixons Retail's Days Inventory falls into.



Dixons Retail Days Inventory Calculation

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

Dixons Retail's Days Inventory for the fiscal year that ended in Apr. 2014 is calculated as

Days Inventory (A: Apr. 2014 )
=Average Total Inventories / Cost of Goods Sold*Days in Period
=( (Total Inventories (A: Apr. 2013 ) + Total Inventories (A: Apr. 2014 )) / count ) / Cost of Goods Sold (A: Apr. 2014 )*Days in Period
=( (895.4 + 684.4) / 2 ) / 6678.3*365
=789.9 / 6678.3*365
=43.17

Dixons Retail's Days Inventory for the quarter that ended in Apr. 2014 is calculated as:

Days Inventory (Q: Apr. 2014 )
=Average Total Inventories / Cost of Goods Sold*Days in Period
=( (Total Inventories (Q: Oct. 2013 ) + Total Inventories (Q: Apr. 2014 )) / count ) / Cost of Goods Sold (Q: Apr. 2014 )*Days in Period
=( (965.3 + 684.4) / 2 ) / 6678.3*365 / 2
=824.85 / 6678.3*365 / 2
=22.54

* 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.


Dixons Retail  (LSE:DXNS) 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.

Dixons Retail's Inventory Turnover for the six months ended in Apr. 2014 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.

Dixons Retail's Inventory to Revenue for the six months ended in Apr. 2014 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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Dixons Retail (LSE:DXNS) Business Description

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Dixons Retail PLC is an electrical retailer and service company which sell consumer electronics, personal computers, domestic appliances, photographic equipment, communication products and related services. The Group's reportable segments are; UK & Ireland comprises of electrical and computing retail chains as well as business to business activities. The division is engaged in multi-channel retail sales, associated peripherals and services and related financial and after sales services and also in business to business sales of computer hardware and software; Nordics operates in Norway, Sweden, Finland, Denmark, Iceland, Greenland and the Faroe Islands. The division engages in multi-channel retail sales and provided related product support services to its customers; Other International comprises operations in Italy, Greece, the Czech Republic, Slovakia, Turkey and the business to be closed in Spain which is excluded from underlying results. The Other International division engages in retail sales and provides related product support services to its customers in all of its markets; and Pure play e-commerce comprises pure play online retailers and operates in all of the countries in which the other divisions operate and across Europe.

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