Screen Service (LTS:0GMN) Days Inventory : 360.23 (As of Sep. 2013)

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What is Screen Service Days Inventory?

Days Inventory is also known as Days Sales of Inventory (DSI). Screen Service's Average Total Inventories for the six months ended in Sep. 2013 was €17.62 Mil. Screen Service's Cost of Goods Sold for the six months ended in Sep. 2013 was €17.85 Mil. Hence, Screen Service's Days Inventory for the six months ended in Sep. 2013 was 180.11.

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

LTS:0GMN's Days Inventory is not ranked ^*
in the Hardware industry.
Industry Median: 100.16
* Ranked among companies with meaningful Days Inventory only.

Screen Service's Days Inventory increased from Sep. 2011 (273.41) to Sep. 2013 (360.23). It might indicate that Screen Service's sales slowed down.

Inventory Turnover measures how fast the company turns over its inventory within a year. Screen Service's Inventory Turnover for the six months ended in Sep. 2013 was 1.01.

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. Screen Service's Inventory-to-Revenue for the six months ended in Sep. 2013 was 0.87.

Screen Service Days Inventory Historical Data

The historical data trend for Screen Service's Days Inventory can be seen below:

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Screen Service Days Inventory Chart

Screen Service Annual Data

Trend

Sep06

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Sep08

Sep09

Sep10

Sep11

Sep12

Sep13

Days Inventory

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276.56

276.06

273.41

305.52

360.23

Screen Service Semi-Annual Data
	Sep06	Sep07	Sep08	Sep09	Sep10	Sep11	Sep12	Sep13
Days Inventory	Get a 7-Day Free Trial			276.56	276.06	273.41	305.52	360.23

Competitive Comparison of Screen Service's Days Inventory

For the Communication Equipment subindustry, Screen Service'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.

Screen Service's Days Inventory Distribution in the Hardware Industry

For the Hardware industry and Technology sector, Screen Service's Days Inventory distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Screen Service's Days Inventory falls into.

Screen Service Days Inventory Calculation

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

Screen Service's Days Inventory for the fiscal year that ended in Sep. 2013 is calculated as

	Days Inventory (A: Sep. 2013 )
=	Average Total Inventories					/	Cost of Goods Sold	*	Days in Period
=	( (Total Inventories (A: Sep. 2012 )	+	Total Inventories (A: Sep. 2013 ))	/	count )	/	Cost of Goods Sold (A: Sep. 2013 )	*	Days in Period
=	( (20.372	+	14.863)	/	2 )	/	17.851	*	365
=	17.6175					/	17.851	*	365
=	360.23

Screen Service's Days Inventory for the quarter that ended in Sep. 2013 is calculated as:

	Days Inventory (Q: Sep. 2013 )
=	Average Total Inventories					/	Cost of Goods Sold	*	Days in Period
=	( (Total Inventories (Q: Sep. 2012 )	+	Total Inventories (Q: Sep. 2013 ))	/	count )	/	Cost of Goods Sold (Q: Sep. 2013 )	*	Days in Period
=	( (20.372	+	14.863)	/	2 )	/	17.851	*	365 / 2
=	17.6175					/	17.851	*	365 / 2
=	180.11

Screen Service (LTS:0GMN) 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.

Screen Service's Inventory Turnover for the six months ended in Sep. 2013 is calculated as

Inventory Turnover	=	Cost of Goods Sold	/	Average Total Inventories
	=	17.851	/	17.6175
	=	1.01

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.

Screen Service's Inventory to Revenue for the six months ended in Sep. 2013 is calculated as

Inventory-to-Revenue	=	Average Total Inventories	/	Revenue
	=	17.6175	/	20.143
	=	0.87

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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Screen Service, an Italy-based telecommunication Company provides products and services to broadcasters and mobile operators. Its products include analog and digital transmitters and transposers, encoders, decoders, remote control systems and modulators.

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