Ciena (CIEN) Total Inventories : $845 Mil (As of Jan. 2025)

Ciena Total Inventories Chart

Ciena Annual Data
	Trend	Oct15	Oct16	Oct17	Oct18	Oct19	Oct20	Oct21	Oct22	Oct23	Oct24
Total Inventories		Get a 7-Day Free Trial					344.38	374.27	946.73	1,050.84	820.43

Ciena Quarterly Data
	Apr20	Jul20	Oct20	Jan21	Apr21	Jul21	Oct21	Jan22	Apr22	Jul22	Oct22	Jan23	Apr23	Jul23	Oct23	Jan24	Apr24	Jul24	Oct24	Jan25
Total Inventories	Get a 7-Day Free Trial															984.89	1,022.62	937.40	820.43	845.13

Ciena Total Inventories Calculation

Total Inventories includes the raw materials, work-in-process goods and completely finished goods of a company. It is a portion of a company's current assets.

Ciena  (NYSE:CIEN) Total Inventories Explanation

Inventory control is an important part of business operation. If a company does not have enough inventory, it may not be able to meet customers' required delivery time. If it has too much inventory, the cost of holding the inventory can be high.

1. In Ben Graham's calculation of Net-Net Working Capital (NNWC), inventory is only considered worth half of its book value.

Ciena's Net-Net Working Capital Per Share for the quarter that ended in Jan. 2025 is

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

Ciena's Days Inventory for the three months ended in Jan. 2025 is calculated as:

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

Ciena's Inventory Turnover for the quarter that ended in Jan. 2025 is calculated as

4. 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.

Ciena's Inventory to Revenue for the quarter that ended in Jan. 2025 is calculated as

* 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.

Be Aware

Manufacturers with durable competitive advantages have the advantage that the products they sell do not change, and therefore will never become obsolete. Buffett likes this advantage.

When identifying manufacturers with durable competitive advantage, look for inventory and net earnings that rise correspondingly. This indicates that the company is finding profitable ways to increase sales which called for an increase in inventory.

Manufacturers with inventories that spike up and down are indicative of competitive industries subject to boom and bust.

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