Advanced Digital Broadcast Holding (XSWX:ADBN) Days Inventory : 33.32 (As of Jun. 2014)

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What is Advanced Digital Broadcast Holding Days Inventory?

Days Inventory is also known as Days Sales of Inventory (DSI). Advanced Digital Broadcast Holding's Average Total Inventories for the six months ended in Jun. 2014 was CHF18.3 Mil. Advanced Digital Broadcast Holding's Cost of Goods Sold for the six months ended in Jun. 2014 was CHF100.4 Mil. Hence, Advanced Digital Broadcast Holding's Days Inventory for the six months ended in Jun. 2014 was 33.32.

The historical rank and industry rank for Advanced Digital Broadcast Holding's Days Inventory or its related term are showing as below:

XSWX:ADBN's Days Inventory is not ranked ^*
in the Hardware industry.
Industry Median: 101.78
* Ranked among companies with meaningful Days Inventory only.

Advanced Digital Broadcast Holding's Days Inventory declined from Jun. 2013 (50.30) to Jun. 2014 (33.32).

Inventory Turnover measures how fast the company turns over its inventory within a year. Advanced Digital Broadcast Holding's Inventory Turnover for the six months ended in Jun. 2014 was 5.48.

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. Advanced Digital Broadcast Holding's Inventory-to-Revenue for the six months ended in Jun. 2014 was 0.13.

Advanced Digital Broadcast Holding Days Inventory Historical Data

The historical data trend for Advanced Digital Broadcast Holding's Days Inventory can be seen below:

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Advanced Digital Broadcast Holding Days Inventory Chart

Advanced Digital Broadcast Holding Annual Data

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36.59

53.82

54.33

40.21

43.90

Advanced Digital Broadcast Holding Semi-Annual Data
	Dec09	Jun10	Dec10	Jun11	Dec11	Jun12	Dec12	Jun13	Dec13	Jun14
Days Inventory	Get a 7-Day Free Trial					40.56	45.63	50.30	54.39	33.32

Competitive Comparison of Advanced Digital Broadcast Holding's Days Inventory

For the Communication Equipment subindustry, Advanced Digital Broadcast Holding's Days Inventory, along with its competitors' market caps and Days Inventory data, can be viewed below:

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Advanced Digital Broadcast Holding's Days Inventory Distribution in the Hardware Industry

For the Hardware industry and Technology sector, Advanced Digital Broadcast Holding's Days Inventory distribution charts can be found below:

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Advanced Digital Broadcast Holding Days Inventory Calculation

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

Advanced Digital Broadcast Holding's Days Inventory for the fiscal year that ended in Dec. 2013 is calculated as

	Days Inventory (A: Dec. 2013 )
=	Average Total Inventories					/	Cost of Goods Sold	*	Days in Period
=	( (Total Inventories (A: Dec. 2012 )	+	Total Inventories (A: Dec. 2013 ))	/	count )	/	Cost of Goods Sold (A: Dec. 2013 )	*	Days in Period
=	( (36.907	+	19.997)	/	2 )	/	236.576	*	365
=	28.452					/	236.576	*	365
=	43.90

Advanced Digital Broadcast Holding's Days Inventory for the quarter that ended in Jun. 2014 is calculated as:

	Days Inventory (Q: Jun. 2014 )
=	Average Total Inventories					/	Cost of Goods Sold	*	Days in Period
=	( (Total Inventories (Q: Dec. 2013 )	+	Total Inventories (Q: Jun. 2014 ))	/	count )	/	Cost of Goods Sold (Q: Jun. 2014 )	*	Days in Period
=	( (19.997	+	16.657)	/	2 )	/	100.368	*	365 / 2
=	18.327					/	100.368	*	365 / 2
=	33.32

Advanced Digital Broadcast Holding (XSWX:ADBN) 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.

Advanced Digital Broadcast Holding's Inventory Turnover for the six months ended in Jun. 2014 is calculated as

Inventory Turnover	=	Cost of Goods Sold	/	Average Total Inventories
	=	100.368	/	18.327
	=	5.48

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.

Advanced Digital Broadcast Holding's Inventory to Revenue for the six months ended in Jun. 2014 is calculated as

Inventory-to-Revenue	=	Average Total Inventories	/	Revenue
	=	18.327	/	144.315
	=	0.13

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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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Advanced Digital Broadcast Holding (XSWX:ADBN) Business Description

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Advanced Digital Broadcast Holding SA was incorporated on July 26, 2004 in the Canton of Geneva. The Company is engaged in the development and sale of equipment, services and software for the digital television and broadband data communication industry, and relies on third party contract manufacturers for the production of equipment. In 2005, the Company made an initial public offering. It develops and delivers diverse products to the worldwide digital television industry, supplying digital set-top boxes across all television transmission platforms such as cable, IPTV, satellite and terrestrial. Its customers include digital television operators, consumer electronics manufacturers and retail distributors of digital set-top boxes. The Company is in system integration, incorporating the industry's middleware, conditional access and hardware technologies and provide technically superior products, service and support, in as short time as possible.

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