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Dixons Retail (LSE:DXNS) Inventory-to-Revenue : 0.22 (As of Apr. 2014)


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What is Dixons Retail 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. Dixons Retail's Average Total Inventories for the quarter that ended in Apr. 2014 was £825 Mil. Dixons Retail's Revenue for the six months ended in Apr. 2014 was £3,786 Mil. Dixons Retail's Inventory-to-Revenue for the quarter that ended in Apr. 2014 was 0.22.

Dixons Retail's Inventory-to-Revenue for the quarter that ended in Apr. 2014 declined from Oct. 2013 (0.27) to Oct. 2013 (0.22)

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. Dixons Retail's Days Inventory for the six months ended in Apr. 2014 was 22.54.

Inventory Turnover measures how fast the company turns over its inventory within a year. Dixons Retail's Inventory Turnover for the quarter that ended in Apr. 2014 was 8.10.


Dixons Retail Inventory-to-Revenue Historical Data

The historical data trend for Dixons Retail'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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Dixons Retail Inventory-to-Revenue Chart

Dixons Retail Annual Data
Trend Apr05 Apr06 Apr07 May08 Apr09 Apr10 Apr11 Apr12 Apr13 Apr14
Inventory-to-Revenue
Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 0.11 0.12 0.11 0.12 0.11

Dixons Retail Semi-Annual Data
Oct07 Oct08 Apr09 Oct09 Apr10 Oct10 Apr11 Oct11 Apr12 Oct12 Apr13 Oct13 Apr14
Inventory-to-Revenue Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 0.19 0.28 0.24 0.27 0.22

Competitive Comparison of Dixons Retail's Inventory-to-Revenue

For the Specialty Retail subindustry, Dixons Retail'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.


Dixons Retail's Inventory-to-Revenue Distribution in the Retail - Cyclical Industry

For the Retail - Cyclical industry and Consumer Cyclical sector, Dixons Retail's Inventory-to-Revenue distribution charts can be found below:

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



Dixons Retail 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.

Dixons Retail's Inventory-to-Revenue for the fiscal year that ended in Apr. 2014 is calculated as

Inventory-to-Revenue (A: Apr. 2014 )
=Average Total Inventories / Revenue
=( (Total Inventories (A: Apr. 2013 ) + Total Inventories (A: Apr. 2014 )) / count ) / Revenue (A: Apr. 2014 )
=( (895.4 + 684.4) / 2 ) / 7217.7
=789.9 / 7217.7
=0.11

Dixons Retail's Inventory-to-Revenue for the quarter that ended in Apr. 2014 is calculated as

Inventory-to-Revenue (Q: Apr. 2014 )
=Average Total Inventories / Revenue
=( (Total Inventories (Q: Oct. 2013 ) + Total Inventories (Q: Apr. 2014 )) / count ) / Revenue (Q: Apr. 2014 )
=( (965.3 + 684.4) / 2 ) / 3786.3
=824.85 / 3786.3
=0.22

* 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.


Dixons Retail  (LSE:DXNS) 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.

Dixons Retail's Days Inventory for the six months ended in Apr. 2014 is calculated as:

Days Inventory=Average Total Inventories (Q: Apr. 2014 )/Cost of Goods Sold (Q: Apr. 2014 )*Days in Period
=824.85/6678.3*365 / 2
=22.54

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

Dixons Retail's Inventory Turnover for the quarter that ended in Apr. 2014 is calculated as

Inventory Turnover=Cost of Goods Sold (Q: Apr. 2014 ) / Average Total Inventories (Q: Apr. 2014 )
=6678.3 / 824.85
=8.10

* 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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Dixons Retail (LSE:DXNS) Business Description

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Dixons Retail PLC is an electrical retailer and service company which sell consumer electronics, personal computers, domestic appliances, photographic equipment, communication products and related services. The Group's reportable segments are; UK & Ireland comprises of electrical and computing retail chains as well as business to business activities. The division is engaged in multi-channel retail sales, associated peripherals and services and related financial and after sales services and also in business to business sales of computer hardware and software; Nordics operates in Norway, Sweden, Finland, Denmark, Iceland, Greenland and the Faroe Islands. The division engages in multi-channel retail sales and provided related product support services to its customers; Other International comprises operations in Italy, Greece, the Czech Republic, Slovakia, Turkey and the business to be closed in Spain which is excluded from underlying results. The Other International division engages in retail sales and provides related product support services to its customers in all of its markets; and Pure play e-commerce comprises pure play online retailers and operates in all of the countries in which the other divisions operate and across Europe.

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