Shoppers Drug Mart (FRA:SDZ) Total Inventories : €1,578 Mil (As of Dec. 2013)

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What is Shoppers Drug Mart Total Inventories?

Shoppers Drug Mart's total inventories for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2013 was €1,578 Mil. Shoppers Drug Mart's average total inventories from the quarter that ended in Sep. 2013 to the quarter that ended in Dec. 2013 was €1,587 Mil.

In Ben Graham's calculation of Net-Net Working Capital, inventory is only considered worth half of its book value. Shoppers Drug Mart's Net-Net Working Capital per share for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2013 was €-5.09.

Days Inventory indicates the number of days of goods in sales that a company has in the inventory. Shoppers Drug Mart's Days Inventory for the three months ended in Dec. 2013 was 125.70.

Inventory Turnover measures how fast the company turns over its inventory within a year. Shoppers Drug Mart's Inventory Turnover for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2013 was 0.73.

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. Shoppers Drug Mart's Inventory-to-Revenue for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2013 was 0.84.

Shoppers Drug Mart Total Inventories Historical Data

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1,206.01

1,468.00

1,516.51

1,654.02

1,577.76

Shoppers Drug Mart Quarterly Data
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Total Inventories	Get a 7-Day Free Trial															1,654.02	1,574.35	1,535.79	1,595.53	1,577.76

Shoppers Drug Mart 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.

Shoppers Drug Mart (FRA:SDZ) 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.

Shoppers Drug Mart'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)
=	(45.485	+	0.75 * 370.614	+	0.5 * 1577.756	-	2133.351
-	0	-	0)	/	200.400
=	-5.09

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

Shoppers Drug Mart's Days Inventory for the three 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
	=	1586.6425	/	1151.787	*	365 / 4
	=	125.70

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

Shoppers Drug Mart'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 )
	=	1151.787	/	1586.6425
	=	0.73

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.

Shoppers Drug Mart'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 )
	=	1586.6425	/	1884.716
	=	0.84

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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Shoppers Drug Mart Corporation was founded in 1962. The Company is the licensor of full-service retail drug stores operating under the name Shoppers Drug Mart (Pharmaprix in QuÃ©bec). The stores are owned and operated by the Company's licensed Associate-owners who have helped build a brand that is synonymous with exceptional service, value and trust. The Company also licenses or owns more than 55 medical clinic pharmacies operating under the name Shoppers Simply Pharmacy (Pharmaprix Simplement SantÃ© in QuÃ©bec) and six luxury beauty destinations operating as Murale. The Company owns and operates 62 Shoppers Home Health Care stores, which are engaged in the sale and service of assisted-living devices, medical equipment, home-care products and durable mobility equipment to institutional and retail customers. In addition to its retail store network, the Company owns Shoppers Drug Mart Specialty Health Network Inc., a provider of specialty drug distribution, pharmacy and comprehensive patient support services, and MediSystem Technologies Inc., a provider of pharmaceutical products and services to long-term care facilities.

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