Interplay Entertainment (Interplay Entertainment) Inventory Turnover : 2.86 (As of Mar. 2011)

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What is Interplay Entertainment 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. Interplay Entertainment's Cost of Goods Sold for the three months ended in Mar. 2011 was $0.03 Mil. Interplay Entertainment's Average Total Inventories for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2011 was $0.01 Mil. Interplay Entertainment's Inventory Turnover for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2011 was 2.86.

Days Inventory indicates the number of days of goods in sales that a company has in the inventory. Interplay Entertainment's Days Inventory for the three months ended in Mar. 2011 was 31.94.

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. Interplay Entertainment's Inventory-to-Revenue for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2011 was 0.05.

Interplay Entertainment Inventory Turnover Historical Data

The historical data trend for Interplay Entertainment's Inventory Turnover can be seen below:

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Interplay Entertainment Inventory Turnover Chart

Interplay Entertainment Annual Data

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20.88

1.78

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10.14

10.32

Interplay Entertainment Quarterly Data
	Jun06	Sep06	Dec06	Mar07	Jun07	Sep07	Dec07	Mar08	Jun08	Sep08	Dec08	Mar09	Jun09	Sep09	Dec09	Mar10	Jun10	Sep10	Dec10	Mar11
Inventory Turnover	Get a 7-Day Free Trial															0.70	2.70	1.32	3.13	2.86

Interplay Entertainment Inventory Turnover Calculation

Interplay Entertainment's Inventory Turnover for the fiscal year that ended in Dec. 2010 is calculated as

	Inventory Turnover (A: Dec. 2010 )
=	Cost of Goods Sold	/	Average Total Inventories
=	Cost of Goods Sold (A: Dec. 2010 )	/ (	(Total Inventories (A: Dec. 2009 )	+	Total Inventories (A: Dec. 2010 ))	/	count )
=	0.196	/ (	(0.028	+	0.01)	/	2 )
=	0.196	/	0.019
=	10.32

Interplay Entertainment's Inventory Turnover for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2011 is calculated as

	Inventory Turnover (Q: Mar. 2011 )
=	Cost of Goods Sold	/	Average Total Inventories
=	Cost of Goods Sold (Q: Mar. 2011 )	/ (	(Total Inventories (Q: Dec. 2010 )	+	Total Inventories (Q: Mar. 2011 ))	/	count )
=	0.03	/ (	(0.01	+	0.011)	/	2 )
=	0.03	/	0.0105
=	2.86

Interplay Entertainment (OTCPK:IPLY) 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.

Interplay Entertainment's Days Inventory for the three months ended in Mar. 2011 is calculated as:

Days Inventory	=	Average Total Inventories (Q: Mar. 2011 )	/	Cost of Goods Sold (Q: Mar. 2011 )	*	Days in Period
	=	0.0105	/	0.03	*	365 / 4
	=	31.94

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.

Interplay Entertainment's Inventory to Revenue for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2011 is calculated as

Inventory-to-Revenue	=	Average Total Inventories (Q: Mar. 2011 )	/	Revenue (Q: Mar. 2011 )
	=	0.0105	/	0.205
	=	0.05

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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