Federal Screw Works (Federal Screw Works) Total Inventories : $17.23 Mil (As of Dec. 2004)

Federal Screw Works Total Inventories Chart

Federal Screw Works Annual Data
	Trend	Jun95	Jun96	Jun97	Jun98	Jun99	Jun00	Jun01	Jun02	Jun03	Jun04
Total Inventories		Get a 7-Day Free Trial					15.01	17.09	17.53	14.57	15.73

Federal Screw Works Quarterly Data
	Mar00	Jun00	Sep00	Dec00	Mar01	Jun01	Sep01	Dec01	Mar02	Jun02	Sep02	Dec02	Mar03	Jun03	Sep03	Dec03	Mar04	Jun04	Sep04	Dec04
Total Inventories	Get a 7-Day Free Trial															15.09	15.06	15.73	16.01	17.23

Federal Screw Works 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.

Federal Screw Works  (OTCPK:FSCR) 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.

Federal Screw Works's Net-Net Working Capital Per Share for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2004 is

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

Federal Screw Works's Days Inventory for the three months ended in Dec. 2004 is calculated as:

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

Federal Screw Works's Inventory Turnover for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2004 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.

Federal Screw Works's Inventory to Revenue for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2004 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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