Advanced Digital Broadcast Holding (XSWX:ADBN) Inventory Turnover : 5.48 (As of Jun. 2014)

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What is Advanced Digital Broadcast Holding 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. Advanced Digital Broadcast Holding's Cost of Goods Sold for the six months ended in Jun. 2014 was CHF100.4 Mil. Advanced Digital Broadcast Holding's Average Total Inventories for the quarter that ended in Jun. 2014 was CHF18.3 Mil. Advanced Digital Broadcast Holding's Inventory Turnover for the quarter that ended in Jun. 2014 was 5.48.

Days Inventory indicates the number of days of goods in sales that a company has in the inventory. Advanced Digital Broadcast Holding's Days Inventory for the six months ended in Jun. 2014 was 33.32.

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. Advanced Digital Broadcast Holding's Inventory-to-Revenue for the quarter that ended in Jun. 2014 was 0.13.

Advanced Digital Broadcast Holding Inventory Turnover Historical Data

The historical data trend for Advanced Digital Broadcast Holding's Inventory Turnover can be seen below:

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Advanced Digital Broadcast Holding Inventory Turnover Chart

Advanced Digital Broadcast Holding Annual Data

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9.98

6.78

6.72

9.08

8.31

Advanced Digital Broadcast Holding Semi-Annual Data
	Dec09	Jun10	Dec10	Jun11	Dec11	Jun12	Dec12	Jun13	Dec13	Jun14
Inventory Turnover	Get a 7-Day Free Trial					4.50	4.00	3.63	3.36	5.48

Advanced Digital Broadcast Holding Inventory Turnover Calculation

Advanced Digital Broadcast Holding's Inventory Turnover for the fiscal year that ended in Dec. 2013 is calculated as

	Inventory Turnover (A: Dec. 2013 )
=	Cost of Goods Sold	/	Average Total Inventories
=	Cost of Goods Sold (A: Dec. 2013 )	/ (	(Total Inventories (A: Dec. 2012 )	+	Total Inventories (A: Dec. 2013 ))	/	count )
=	236.576	/ (	(36.907	+	19.997)	/	2 )
=	236.576	/	28.452
=	8.31

Advanced Digital Broadcast Holding's Inventory Turnover for the quarter that ended in Jun. 2014 is calculated as

	Inventory Turnover (Q: Jun. 2014 )
=	Cost of Goods Sold	/	Average Total Inventories
=	Cost of Goods Sold (Q: Jun. 2014 )	/ (	(Total Inventories (Q: Dec. 2013 )	+	Total Inventories (Q: Jun. 2014 ))	/	count )
=	100.368	/ (	(19.997	+	16.657)	/	2 )
=	100.368	/	18.327
=	5.48

Advanced Digital Broadcast Holding (XSWX:ADBN) 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.

Advanced Digital Broadcast Holding's Days Inventory for the six months ended in Jun. 2014 is calculated as:

Days Inventory	=	Average Total Inventories (Q: Jun. 2014 )	/	Cost of Goods Sold (Q: Jun. 2014 )	*	Days in Period
	=	18.327	/	100.368	*	365 / 2
	=	33.32

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.

Advanced Digital Broadcast Holding's Inventory to Revenue for the quarter that ended in Jun. 2014 is calculated as

Inventory-to-Revenue	=	Average Total Inventories (Q: Jun. 2014 )	/	Revenue (Q: Jun. 2014 )
	=	18.327	/	144.315
	=	0.13

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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Advanced Digital Broadcast Holding SA was incorporated on July 26, 2004 in the Canton of Geneva. The Company is engaged in the development and sale of equipment, services and software for the digital television and broadband data communication industry, and relies on third party contract manufacturers for the production of equipment. In 2005, the Company made an initial public offering. It develops and delivers diverse products to the worldwide digital television industry, supplying digital set-top boxes across all television transmission platforms such as cable, IPTV, satellite and terrestrial. Its customers include digital television operators, consumer electronics manufacturers and retail distributors of digital set-top boxes. The Company is in system integration, incorporating the industry's middleware, conditional access and hardware technologies and provide technically superior products, service and support, in as short time as possible.

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