Ninetowns Internet Technology Group Co (FRA:NQU) Total Inventories : €0.47 Mil (As of Dec. 2013)

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What is Ninetowns Internet Technology Group Co Total Inventories?

Ninetowns Internet Technology Group Co's total inventories for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2013 was €0.47 Mil. Ninetowns Internet Technology Group Co's average total inventories from the quarter that ended in Dec. 2012 to the quarter that ended in Dec. 2013 was €0.45 Mil.

In Ben Graham's calculation of Net-Net Working Capital, inventory is only considered worth half of its book value. Ninetowns Internet Technology Group Co's Net-Net Working Capital per share for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2013 was €0.18.

Days Inventory indicates the number of days of goods in sales that a company has in the inventory. Ninetowns Internet Technology Group Co's Days Inventory for the six months ended in Dec. 2013 was 17.05.

Inventory Turnover measures how fast the company turns over its inventory within a year. Ninetowns Internet Technology Group Co's Inventory Turnover for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2013 was 10.71.

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. Ninetowns Internet Technology Group Co's Inventory-to-Revenue for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2013 was 0.03.

Ninetowns Internet Technology Group Co Total Inventories Historical Data

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Ninetowns Internet Technology Group Co Annual Data

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Total Inventories	Get a 7-Day Free Trial								0.24	0.25	0.38	0.43	0.47

Ninetowns Internet Technology Group Co 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.

Ninetowns Internet Technology Group Co (FRA:NQU) 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.

Ninetowns Internet Technology Group Co's Net-Net Working Capital Per Share for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2013 is

	Net-Net Working Capital Per Share (Q: Dec. 2013 )
=	(Cash And Cash Equivalents	+	0.75 * Accounts Receivable	+	0.5 * Total Inventories	-	Total Liabilities
-	Preferred Stock	-	Minority Interest)	/	Shares Outstanding (EOP)
=	(53.254	+	0.75 * 0.977	+	0.5 * 0.472	-	41.147
-	0	-	6.022)	/	38.7918
=	0.18

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

Ninetowns Internet Technology Group Co's Days Inventory for the six months ended in Dec. 2013 is calculated as:

Days Inventory	=	Average Total Inventories (Q: Dec. 2013 )	/	Cost of Goods Sold (Q: Dec. 2013 )	*	Days in Period
	=	0.4515	/	4.834	*	365 / 2
	=	17.05

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

Ninetowns Internet Technology Group Co's Inventory Turnover for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2013 is calculated as

Inventory Turnover	=	Cost of Goods Sold (Q: Dec. 2013 )	/	Average Total Inventories (Q: Dec. 2013 )
	=	4.834	/	0.4515
	=	10.71

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.

Ninetowns Internet Technology Group Co's Inventory to Revenue for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2013 is calculated as

Inventory-to-Revenue	=	Average Total Inventories (Q: Dec. 2013 )	/	Revenue (Q: Dec. 2013 )
	=	0.4515	/	12.962
	=	0.03

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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Ninetowns Internet Technology Group Co Ltd was incorporated in the Cayman Islands as a limited liability company on February 8, 2002 as "Ninetowns Digital World Trade Technology Holdings Limited". It changed its name to "Ninetowns Digital World Trade One Technology Holdings Limited" on June 14, 2002 and then to "Ninetowns Digital World Trade Holdings Limited" on April 7, 2003. The Company is a PRC software company that enables enterprises and trade-related PRC government agencies to streamline the import/export process in China. Its enterprise software products consist of standardized, easy-to-install applications that simplify the declaration and approval process for international trade enterprises in China. Its enterprise software automates and facilitates the processing of the required import/export declarations and approvals in a cost-efficient, user-friendly and legally-compliant manner over the Internet, utilizing an electronic infrastructure it helped build that links together numerous branch offices of the PRC Inspections Administration. Through its software development services, it assists in the development and maintenance of the software systems used to process electronic filings by the PRC Inspections Administration and the data exchange platforms which serve as the interface between such systems and its enterprise software users.

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