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Riverbed Technology (FRA:UHH) Inventory-to-Revenue : 0.06 (As of Dec. 2014)


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What is Riverbed Technology Inventory-to-Revenue?

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. Riverbed Technology's Average Total Inventories for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2014 was €12.8 Mil. Riverbed Technology's Revenue for the three months ended in Dec. 2014 was €229.8 Mil. Riverbed Technology's Inventory-to-Revenue for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2014 was 0.06.

Riverbed Technology's Inventory-to-Revenue for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2014 declined from Sep. 2014 (0.06) to Sep. 2014 (0.06)

A decrease in the Inventory-to-Revenue from one quarter to next indicates that one of these is occurring:

1. investment in inventory is shrinking in relation to revenue
2. revenue are increasing
No matter which situation is causing the reduction in the Inventory-to-Revenue, either one suggests that business's inventory levels and its cash flow are effectively managed.

Days Inventory indicates the number of days of goods in sales that a company has in the inventory. Riverbed Technology's Days Inventory for the three months ended in Dec. 2014 was 19.81.

Inventory Turnover measures how fast the company turns over its inventory within a year. Riverbed Technology's Inventory Turnover for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2014 was 4.61.


Riverbed Technology Inventory-to-Revenue Historical Data

The historical data trend for Riverbed Technology's Inventory-to-Revenue 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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Riverbed Technology Inventory-to-Revenue Chart

Riverbed Technology Annual Data
Trend Dec05 Dec06 Dec07 Dec08 Dec09 Dec10 Dec11 Dec12 Dec13 Dec14
Inventory-to-Revenue
Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 0.02 0.02 0.02 0.02 0.02

Riverbed Technology Quarterly Data
Mar10 Jun10 Sep10 Dec10 Mar11 Jun11 Sep11 Dec11 Mar12 Jun12 Sep12 Dec12 Mar13 Jun13 Sep13 Dec13 Mar14 Jun14 Sep14 Dec14
Inventory-to-Revenue 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 0.10 0.09 0.07 0.06 0.06

Competitive Comparison of Riverbed Technology's Inventory-to-Revenue

For the Communication Equipment subindustry, Riverbed Technology's Inventory-to-Revenue, along with its competitors' market caps and Inventory-to-Revenue 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.


Riverbed Technology's Inventory-to-Revenue Distribution in the Hardware Industry

For the Hardware industry and Technology sector, Riverbed Technology's Inventory-to-Revenue distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Riverbed Technology's Inventory-to-Revenue falls into.



Riverbed Technology Inventory-to-Revenue Calculation

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.

Riverbed Technology's Inventory-to-Revenue for the fiscal year that ended in Dec. 2014 is calculated as

Inventory-to-Revenue (A: Dec. 2014 )
=Average Total Inventories / Revenue
=( (Total Inventories (A: Dec. 2013 ) + Total Inventories (A: Dec. 2014 )) / count ) / Revenue (A: Dec. 2014 )
=( (18.268 + 11.991) / 2 ) / 883.348
=15.1295 / 883.348
=0.02

Riverbed Technology's Inventory-to-Revenue for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2014 is calculated as

Inventory-to-Revenue (Q: Dec. 2014 )
=Average Total Inventories / Revenue
=( (Total Inventories (Q: Sep. 2014 ) + Total Inventories (Q: Dec. 2014 )) / count ) / Revenue (Q: Dec. 2014 )
=( (13.593 + 11.991) / 2 ) / 229.831
=12.792 / 229.831
=0.06

* 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.


Riverbed Technology  (FRA:UHH) Inventory-to-Revenue Explanation

An increase in Inventory-to-Revenue from one quarter to the next indicates that one of the following is happening:

1. investment in inventory is growing more rapidly than revenue
2. revenue are dropping
No matter which situation is causing the problem, an increase in the Inventory-to-Revenue may signal an oncoming cash flow problem.

Likewise, a decrease in the Inventory-to-Revenue from one quarter to next indicates that one of these is occurring:

1. investment in inventory is shrinking in relation to revenue
2. revenue are increasing
No matter which situation is causing the reduction in the Inventory-to-Revenue, either one suggests that business's inventory levels and its cash flow are effectively managed.

More Related Terms:

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

Riverbed Technology's Days Inventory for the three months ended in Dec. 2014 is calculated as:

Days Inventory=Average Total Inventories (Q: Dec. 2014 )/Cost of Goods Sold (Q: Dec. 2014 )*Days in Period
=12.792/58.91*365 / 4
=19.81

2. Inventory Turnover measures how fast the company turns over its inventory within a year.

Riverbed Technology's Inventory Turnover for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2014 is calculated as

Inventory Turnover=Cost of Goods Sold (Q: Dec. 2014 ) / Average Total Inventories (Q: Dec. 2014 )
=58.91 / 12.792
=4.61

* 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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Riverbed Technology (FRA:UHH) Business Description

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Riverbed Technology Inc was incorporated in Delaware on May 23, 2002. The Company provides application performance infrastructure. It offers a platform to give enterprises visibility to deliver, control, and optimize IT resources across the hybrid enterprise. The Company's Application Performance Platform is a set of solutions that help ensure applications perform as expected, data is always available when needed, and performance issues are diagnosed and cured before end users even notice. The platform delivers application performance infrastructure solutions with a focus on two key areas: Application Acceleration and Performance Management. Wide area network (WAN) optimization for application acceleration includes Riverbed SteelHead - WAN optimization solution, and Riverbed SteelFusion (formerly Granite) - branch converged infrastructure; and Riverbed SteelApp- application delivery controller (ADC). Riverbed SteelCentral - a performance management suite that combines its application-aware network performance management and application performance management control suite. The SteelCentral product line combines its former Cascade products and the products acquired from OPNET Technologies, Inc (OPNET). These solutions can be flexibly delivered as appliances, software, and services. The Company's customers include manufacturing, finance, technology, government, architecture, engineering and construction, professional services, utilities, healthcare and pharmaceuticals, media and retail industries. The Company sells its products and support through channel partners and its field sales force. It outsources manufacturing of all hardware products. Its primary competitors include Cisco Systems, Blue Coat Systems, Citrix Systems, and F5 Networks, Netscout Systems, Computer Associates (NetQos) and Compuware. It also faces competition from a large number of smaller private companies and new market entrants. Its registered trademarks in the U.S. include, but are not limited to, Riverbed, SteelHead, RiOS, Cascade OPNET, SteelFusion, SteelCentral, AppResponse, AppInternals and Wireshark.Its patent portfolio includes 195 issued U.S. patents and 46 issued foreign patents. The Company's products and services are subject to a variety of government regulations, including export controls, import controls, environmental laws, laws relating to the use of conflict minerals, and required certifications.

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