Foster Wheeler AG (FRA:FWI) Total Inventories : €0 Mil (As of Sep. 2014)

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What is Foster Wheeler AG Total Inventories?

Foster Wheeler AG's total inventories for the quarter that ended in Sep. 2014 was €0 Mil. Foster Wheeler AG's average total inventories from the quarter that ended in Jun. 2014 to the quarter that ended in Sep. 2014 was €0 Mil.

In Ben Graham's calculation of Net-Net Working Capital, inventory is only considered worth half of its book value. Foster Wheeler AG's Net-Net Working Capital per share for the quarter that ended in Sep. 2014 was €-5.98.

Days Inventory indicates the number of days of goods in sales that a company has in the inventory. Foster Wheeler AG's Days Inventory for the three months ended in Sep. 2014 was 0.00.

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

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. Foster Wheeler AG's Inventory-to-Revenue for the quarter that ended in Sep. 2014 was 0.00.

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Foster Wheeler AG 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.

Foster Wheeler AG (FRA:FWI) 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.

Foster Wheeler AG's Net-Net Working Capital Per Share for the quarter that ended in Sep. 2014 is

	Net-Net Working Capital Per Share (Q: Sep. 2014 )
=	(Cash And Cash Equivalents	+	0.75 * Accounts Receivable	+	0.5 * Total Inventories	-	Total Liabilities
-	Preferred Stock	-	Minority Interest)	/	Shares Outstanding (EOP)
=	(347.383	+	0.75 * 481.792	+	0.5 * 0	-	1290.181
-	0	-	17.649)	/	100.127
=	-5.98

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

Foster Wheeler AG's Days Inventory for the three months ended in Sep. 2014 is calculated as:

Days Inventory	=	Average Total Inventories (Q: Sep. 2014 )	/	Cost of Goods Sold (Q: Sep. 2014 )	*	Days in Period
	=	0	/	565.679	*	365 / 4
	=	0.00

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

Foster Wheeler AG's Inventory Turnover for the quarter that ended in Sep. 2014 is calculated as

Inventory Turnover	=	Cost of Goods Sold (Q: Sep. 2014 )	/	Average Total Inventories (Q: Sep. 2014 )
	=	565.679	/	0
	=	N/A

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.

Foster Wheeler AG's Inventory to Revenue for the quarter that ended in Sep. 2014 is calculated as

Inventory-to-Revenue	=	Average Total Inventories (Q: Sep. 2014 )	/	Revenue (Q: Sep. 2014 )
	=	0	/	667.143
	=	0.00

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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Foster Wheeler AG was formed in 1927. The Company, with its subsidiaries, is a provider of construction and engineering services. The Company serves the oil and gas, oil refining, chemical and petrochemical, environmental, power generation, and power plant operation and maintenance industries. The Company operates through two business groups: its Global Engineering and Construction Group (Global E&C Group) and its Global Power Group. The Global E&C Group operates and designs, engineers, and constructs onshore and offshore upstream oil and gas processing facilities, natural gas liquefaction facilities and receiving terminals, gas-to-liquids facilities, oil refining, pharmaceutical and biotechnology facilities and related infrastructure, power generation and distribution facilities, and gasification facilities. The group provides engineering, project management and construction management services, and also designs facilities in new or developing market sectors, such as carbon capture and storage, solid fuel-fired integrated gasification combined-cycle power plants, coal-to-liquids, coal-to-chemicals and biofuels. The Global E&C Group additionally performs environmental remediation services. The Global Power Group designs, manufactures and installs steam generators and auxiliary equipment for electric power generating stations, district heating and power plants and industrial facilities. It offers new and retrofit nitrogen-oxide reduction systems, and provides site services related to these products, including construction and erection, maintenance engineering, plant upgrading, and life extensions. The Global Power Group conducts research and development in the areas of combustion, solid, fluid, and gas dynamics, heat transfer, materials, and solid mechanics. Further, this group owns and operates independent power production and waste-to-energy facilities, as well as power generation facilities for the process and petrochemical industries. Companies that compete with Global E&C Group include but are not limited to the following: Bechtel Corporation; Chicago Bridge & Iron Company N.V.; Chiyoda Corporation; Fluor Corporation; Jacobs Engineering Group Inc.; JGC Corporation; KBR, Inc.; Saipem S.p.A.; Technip; TÃ©cnicas Reunidas, SA; and WorleyParsons Ltd. Companies that compete with Global Power Group include but are not limited to the following: Alstom Power S.A.; Andritz Group AG; The Babcock & Wilcox Company; Babcock Power Inc.; Dongfang Boiler Works (a subsidiary of Dong Fang Electric Corporation); Doosan-Babcock; Harbin Boiler Co., Ltd.; Hitachi, Ltd.; Metso Corporation; Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Ltd.; and Shanghai Boiler Works Ltd. The operations are subject to certain federal, state and local environmental, occupational health and product safety laws.

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