Xeikon NV (FRA:PLN2) Inventory Turnover : 0.75 (As of Jun. 2013)

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What is Xeikon NV Inventory Turnover?

Inventory Turnover measures how fast the company turns over its inventory within a year. It is calculated as Cost of Goods Sold divided by Total Inventories. Xeikon NV's Cost of Goods Sold for the six months ended in Jun. 2013 was €17.6 Mil. Xeikon NV's Average Total Inventories for the quarter that ended in Jun. 2013 was €23.5 Mil. Xeikon NV's Inventory Turnover for the quarter that ended in Jun. 2013 was 0.75.

Days Inventory indicates the number of days of goods in sales that a company has in the inventory. Xeikon NV's Days Inventory for the six months ended in Jun. 2013 was 243.63.

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. Xeikon NV's Inventory-to-Revenue for the quarter that ended in Jun. 2013 was 0.41.

Xeikon NV Inventory Turnover Historical Data

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Xeikon NV Inventory Turnover Chart

Xeikon NV Annual Data

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Xeikon NV Semi-Annual Data
	Dec08	Jun09	Dec09	Jun10	Dec10	Jun11	Dec11	Jun12	Dec12	Jun13
Inventory Turnover	Get a 7-Day Free Trial					1.19	0.76	0.81	0.93	0.75

Xeikon NV Inventory Turnover Calculation

Xeikon NV's Inventory Turnover for the fiscal year that ended in Dec. 2012 is calculated as

	Inventory Turnover (A: Dec. 2012 )
=	Cost of Goods Sold	/	Average Total Inventories
=	Cost of Goods Sold (A: Dec. 2012 )	/ (	(Total Inventories (A: Dec. 2011 )	+	Total Inventories (A: Dec. 2012 ))	/	count )
=	44.705	/ (	(25.605	+	23.259)	/	2 )
=	44.705	/	24.432
=	1.83

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

	Inventory Turnover (Q: Jun. 2013 )
=	Cost of Goods Sold	/	Average Total Inventories
=	Cost of Goods Sold (Q: Jun. 2013 )	/ (	(Total Inventories (Q: Dec. 2012 )	+	Total Inventories (Q: Jun. 2013 ))	/	count )
=	17.582	/ (	(23.259	+	23.684)	/	2 )
=	17.582	/	23.4715
=	0.75

Xeikon NV (FRA:PLN2) Inventory Turnover Explanation

Inventory Turnover measures how fast the company turns over its inventory within a year. A higher Inventory Turnover means the company has light inventory. Therefore the company spends less money on storage, write downs, and obsolete inventory. If the inventory is too light, it may affect sales because the company may not have enough to meet demand.

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

Xeikon NV's Days Inventory for the six 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
	=	23.4715	/	17.582	*	365 / 2
	=	243.63

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.

Xeikon NV's Inventory to Revenue for the quarter that ended in Jun. 2013 is calculated as

Inventory-to-Revenue	=	Average Total Inventories (Q: Jun. 2013 )	/	Revenue (Q: Jun. 2013 )
	=	23.4715	/	57.554
	=	0.41

Be Aware

Usually retailers pile up their inventories at holiday seasons to meet the stronger demand. Therefore, the inventory of a particular quarter of a year should not be used to calculate Inventory Turnover. An average inventory is a better indication.

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Xeikon NV provides imaging and printing solutions for the global graphics industry. It provides technology. It designs, develops, and delivers web-fed applications, document, as well as commercial printing. These presses utilize LED-array-based, dry-toner electrophotography, open workflow software and application-specific toners. As an OEM supplier, Xeikon designs and produces platemakers for newspaper offset-printing applications. It also manufactures basysPrint computer-to-plate (CtP) solutions for the commercial-printing market. Xeikon offers digital platemaking systems under the ThermoFlexXbrand name. ThermoFlexX systems provide high-resolution plate exposure including screening, color management, as well as workflow management.

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