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LPA Group (LSE:LPA) Days Inventory : 110.12 (As of Sep. 2024)


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What is LPA Group Days Inventory?

Days Inventory is also known as Days Sales of Inventory (DSI). LPA Group's Average Total Inventories for the six months ended in Sep. 2024 was £5.32 Mil. LPA Group's Cost of Goods Sold for the six months ended in Sep. 2024 was £8.82 Mil. Hence, LPA Group's Days Inventory for the six months ended in Sep. 2024 was 110.12.

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

LSE:LPA' s Days Inventory Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 68.56   Med: 90.73   Max: 113.34
Current: 100.64

During the past 13 years, LPA Group's highest Days Inventory was 113.34. The lowest was 68.56. And the median was 90.73.

LSE:LPA's Days Inventory is ranked better than
60.7% of 2921 companies
in the Industrial Products industry
Industry Median: 121.56 vs LSE:LPA: 100.64

LPA Group's Days Inventory increased from Sep. 2023 (87.63) to Sep. 2024 (110.12). It might indicate that LPA Group's sales slowed down.

Inventory Turnover measures how fast the company turns over its inventory within a year. LPA Group's Inventory Turnover for the six months ended in Sep. 2024 was 1.66.

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. LPA Group's Inventory-to-Revenue for the six months ended in Sep. 2024 was 0.44.


LPA Group Days Inventory Historical Data

The historical data trend for LPA Group'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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LPA Group Days Inventory Chart

LPA Group Annual Data
Trend Sep15 Sep16 Sep17 Sep18 Sep19 Sep20 Sep21 Sep22 Sep23 Sep24
Days Inventory
Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 88.78 108.69 113.34 96.37 101.53

LPA Group Semi-Annual Data
Mar15 Sep15 Mar16 Sep16 Mar17 Sep17 Mar18 Sep18 Mar19 Sep19 Mar20 Sep20 Mar21 Sep21 Mar22 Sep22 Mar23 Sep23 Mar24 Sep24
Days Inventory Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 110.50 115.28 87.63 90.74 110.12

Competitive Comparison of LPA Group's Days Inventory

For the Electrical Equipment & Parts subindustry, LPA Group'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.


LPA Group's Days Inventory Distribution in the Industrial Products Industry

For the Industrial Products industry and Industrials sector, LPA Group's Days Inventory distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where LPA Group's Days Inventory falls into.


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LPA Group Days Inventory Calculation

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

LPA Group's Days Inventory for the fiscal year that ended in Sep. 2024 is calculated as

Days Inventory (A: Sep. 2024 )
=Average Total Inventories / Cost of Goods Sold*Days in Period
=( (Total Inventories (A: Sep. 2023 ) + Total Inventories (A: Sep. 2024 )) / count ) / Cost of Goods Sold (A: Sep. 2024 )*Days in Period
=( (4.303 + 5.749) / 2 ) / 18.068*365
=5.026 / 18.068*365
=101.53

LPA Group's Days Inventory for the quarter that ended in Sep. 2024 is calculated as:

Days Inventory (Q: Sep. 2024 )
=Average Total Inventories / Cost of Goods Sold*Days in Period
=( (Total Inventories (Q: Mar. 2024 ) + Total Inventories (Q: Sep. 2024 )) / count ) / Cost of Goods Sold (Q: Sep. 2024 )*Days in Period
=( (4.894 + 5.749) / 2 ) / 8.819*365 / 2
=5.3215 / 8.819*365 / 2
=110.12

* 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.


LPA Group  (LSE:LPA) 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.

LPA Group's Inventory Turnover for the six months ended in Sep. 2024 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.

LPA Group's Inventory to Revenue for the six months ended in Sep. 2024 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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LPA Group Business Description

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Address
Light and Power House, Shire Hill, Saffron Walden, Essex, GBR, CB11 3AQ
LPA Group PLC is a designer, manufacturer, and supplier of LED lighting, industrial electrical, electro mechanical systems, and is a distributor of engineered components. The Group comprises three divisions: LPA Connection Systems (electro-mechanical), LPA Lighting Systems (lighting & electronics) and LPA Channel Electric (engineered component distribution), which collectively design, manufacture and market industrial electrical and electronic products. It operates across three market segments: Rail; Aerospace & Defence and Other Its geographic markets are the United Kingdom, Rest of Europe, Rest of World. The majority of revenue originates in the United Kingdom.

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