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STEC, (FRA:XTC) Inventory-to-Revenue : 1.80 (As of Jun. 2013)


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What is STEC, 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. STEC,'s Average Total Inventories for the quarter that ended in Jun. 2013 was €31.97 Mil. STEC,'s Revenue for the three months ended in Jun. 2013 was €17.78 Mil. STEC,'s Inventory-to-Revenue for the quarter that ended in Jun. 2013 was 1.80.

STEC,'s Inventory-to-Revenue for the quarter that ended in Jun. 2013 declined from Mar. 2013 (1.89) to Mar. 2013 (1.80)

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. STEC,'s Days Inventory for the three months ended in Jun. 2013 was 227.87.

Inventory Turnover measures how fast the company turns over its inventory within a year. STEC,'s Inventory Turnover for the quarter that ended in Jun. 2013 was 0.40.


STEC, Inventory-to-Revenue Historical Data

The historical data trend for STEC,'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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STEC, Inventory-to-Revenue Chart

STEC, Annual Data
Trend Dec03 Dec04 Dec05 Dec06 Dec07 Dec08 Dec09 Dec10 Dec11 Dec12
Inventory-to-Revenue
Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 0.21 0.16 0.23 0.24 0.30

STEC, Quarterly Data
Sep08 Dec08 Mar09 Jun09 Sep09 Dec09 Mar10 Jun10 Sep10 Dec10 Mar11 Jun11 Sep11 Dec11 Mar12 Jun12 Sep12 Dec12 Mar13 Jun13
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 0.86 0.95 1.24 1.89 1.80

Competitive Comparison of STEC,'s Inventory-to-Revenue

For the Computer Hardware subindustry, STEC,'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.


STEC,'s Inventory-to-Revenue Distribution in the Hardware Industry

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

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



STEC, 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.

STEC,'s Inventory-to-Revenue for the fiscal year that ended in Dec. 2012 is calculated as

Inventory-to-Revenue (A: Dec. 2012 )
=Average Total Inventories / Revenue
=( (Total Inventories (A: Dec. 2011 ) + Total Inventories (A: Dec. 2012 )) / count ) / Revenue (A: Dec. 2012 )
=( (44.558 + 31.821) / 2 ) / 128.251
=38.1895 / 128.251
=0.30

STEC,'s Inventory-to-Revenue for the quarter that ended in Jun. 2013 is calculated as

Inventory-to-Revenue (Q: Jun. 2013 )
=Average Total Inventories / Revenue
=( (Total Inventories (Q: Mar. 2013 ) + Total Inventories (Q: Jun. 2013 )) / count ) / Revenue (Q: Jun. 2013 )
=( (32.493 + 31.451) / 2 ) / 17.778
=31.972 / 17.778
=1.80

* 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.


STEC,  (FRA:XTC) 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.

STEC,'s Days Inventory for the three months ended in Jun. 2013 is calculated as:

Days Inventory=Average Total Inventories (Q: Jun. 2013 )/Cost of Goods Sold (Q: Jun. 2013 )*Days in Period
=31.972/12.803*365 / 4
=227.87

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

STEC,'s Inventory Turnover for the quarter that ended in Jun. 2013 is calculated as

Inventory Turnover=Cost of Goods Sold (Q: Jun. 2013 ) / Average Total Inventories (Q: Jun. 2013 )
=12.803 / 31.972
=0.40

* 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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STEC, (FRA:XTC) Business Description

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STEC, Inc., was incorporated in 1990 in the state of California. It provides enterprise-class Flash solid-state drives that are designed to increase the performance of enterprise-storage systems and servers that companies use to retain and access their critical data. Its products are designed for storage systems and servers that run applications requiring a high level of input/output operations per second ('IOPS') performance, capacity, reliability and low latency. The Company designs and develops its SSD controllers, enhance them with proprietary firmware and combine them with third-party Flash memory to form high-performance SSDs which provide a level of IOPS performance not currently possible with traditional hard disk drives ('HDDs'). The Company sells its SSDs to global storage and server original equipment manufacturers ('OEMs') which integrate them into storage systems and servers used by enterprises in a variety of industries including financial services, government, transportation, defense and aerospace, and transaction processing. It also manufactures small form factor Flash SSDs, cards and modules, as well as custom high density dynamic random access memory ('DRAM') modules for networking, communications and industrial applications. The Company markets its products to OEMs, leveraging its comprehensive design capabilities to offer custom storage solutions to address their specific needs. A major area of its Flash-based product investment has been applied to SSD technology. It also offers both monolithic DRAM modules and DRAM modules based on its proprietary stacking technology. The Company also offers both monolithic DRAM modules and DRAM modules based on its proprietary stacking technology. The Company's ZeusIOPS SSDs are high performance enterprise-class data storage solutions. Its MACH-class SSDs are small form factor, high throughput storage solutions for mission-critical systems in a variety of industries. The Company's Industrial Grade Advanced Technology Attachment ('ATA') PC Cards are viable alternatives to HDDs due to their high reliability and low cost per useable megabyte. CompactFlash products provide full PC Card ATA functionality but are only one-fourth the size of a standard PC Card. Its flash module products include USB and Serial ATA interfaces and are targeted toward embedded systems where device footprint and low power are critical design parameters. The Company's Secure Digital ('SD') Flash Memory Cards are small, removable and non-volatile flash memory with a high performance interface. Its USB flash drive built upon an industrial-grade flash controller technology has capacity of 1GB to 8GB, its USB Flash Drive couples convenience and portability with performance and reliability. The Company offers DRAM products, including dual in-line memory modules ('DIMMs'), small-outline DIMMs, mini-registered DIMMs, very low profile registered DIMMs ('VLP RDIMMs') and Fully-Buffered DIMMs ('FB-DIMMs'). Its pat

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