Student Transportation (Student Transportation) Inventory-to-Revenue : 0.03 (As of Dec. 2017)

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What is Student Transportation 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. Student Transportation's Average Total Inventories for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2017 was $4.8 Mil. Student Transportation's Revenue for the three months ended in Dec. 2017 was $193.9 Mil. Student Transportation's Inventory-to-Revenue for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2017 was 0.03.

Student Transportation's Inventory-to-Revenue for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2017 declined from Sep. 2017 (0.04) to Sep. 2017 (0.03)

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. Student Transportation's Days Inventory for the three months ended in Dec. 2017 was 3.06.

Inventory Turnover measures how fast the company turns over its inventory within a year. Student Transportation's Inventory Turnover for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2017 was 29.85.

Student Transportation Inventory-to-Revenue Historical Data

The historical data trend for Student Transportation's Inventory-to-Revenue can be seen below:

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Student Transportation Inventory-to-Revenue Chart

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Inventory-to-Revenue	Get a 7-Day Free Trial															0.03	0.02	0.03	0.04	0.03

Competitive Comparison of Student Transportation's Inventory-to-Revenue

For the Railroads subindustry, Student Transportation's Inventory-to-Revenue, along with its competitors' market caps and Inventory-to-Revenue data, can be viewed below:

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Student Transportation's Inventory-to-Revenue Distribution in the Transportation Industry

For the Transportation industry and Industrials sector, Student Transportation's Inventory-to-Revenue distribution charts can be found below:

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Student Transportation Inventory-to-Revenue Calculation

Student Transportation's Inventory-to-Revenue for the fiscal year that ended in Jun. 2017 is calculated as

	Inventory-to-Revenue (A: Jun. 2017 )
=	Average Total Inventories					/	Revenue
=	( (Total Inventories (A: Jun. 2016 )	+	Total Inventories (A: Jun. 2017 ))	/	count )	/	Revenue (A: Jun. 2017 )
=	( (4.415	+	4.56)	/	2 )	/	637.317
=	4.4875					/	637.317
=	0.01

Student Transportation's Inventory-to-Revenue for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2017 is calculated as

	Inventory-to-Revenue (Q: Dec. 2017 )
=	Average Total Inventories					/	Revenue
=	( (Total Inventories (Q: Sep. 2017 )	+	Total Inventories (Q: Dec. 2017 ))	/	count )	/	Revenue (Q: Dec. 2017 )
=	( (4.684	+	4.916)	/	2 )	/	193.856
=	4.8					/	193.856
=	0.02

Student Transportation (NAS:STB) 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:

More Related Terms:

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

Student Transportation's Days Inventory for the three months ended in Dec. 2017 is calculated as:

Days Inventory	=	Average Total Inventories (Q: Dec. 2017 )	/	Cost of Goods Sold (Q: Dec. 2017 )	*	Days in Period
	=	4.8	/	143.294	*	365 / 4
	=	3.06

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

Student Transportation's Inventory Turnover for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2017 is calculated as

Inventory Turnover	=	Cost of Goods Sold (Q: Dec. 2017 )	/	Average Total Inventories (Q: Dec. 2017 )
	=	143.294	/	4.8
	=	29.85

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Student Transportation Inc is a Canadian company which provides school transportation and management services to public and private schools in both the United States and Canada. Services provided by the company are managed transportation which covers driver recruiting and training, safety, vehicle maintenance, insurance and routing/scheduling, special needs transportation with specially equipped buses and bus routes to specialized schools, charter services for special events and extracurricular activities, Direct-To-Parent school bus service. The company operates its business in two segments namely transportation segment and an oil and gas segment in US and Canada. The majority of the company's revenue comes from transportation business in the US.