Global Water Technologies (Global Water Technologies) Total Inventories : $0.00 Mil (As of Mar. 2002)

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What is Global Water Technologies Total Inventories?

Global Water Technologies's total inventories for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2002 was $0.00 Mil. Global Water Technologies's average total inventories from the quarter that ended in Dec. 2001 to the quarter that ended in Mar. 2002 was $0.87 Mil.

In Ben Graham's calculation of Net-Net Working Capital, inventory is only considered worth half of its book value. Global Water Technologies's Net-Net Working Capital per share for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2002 was $-587.84.

Days Inventory indicates the number of days of goods in sales that a company has in the inventory. Global Water Technologies's Days Inventory for the three months ended in Mar. 2002 was 3.45.

Inventory Turnover measures how fast the company turns over its inventory within a year. Global Water Technologies's Inventory Turnover for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2002 was 26.46.

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. Global Water Technologies's Inventory-to-Revenue for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2002 was 0.03.

Global Water Technologies Total Inventories Historical Data

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Global Water Technologies Total Inventories Chart

Global Water Technologies Annual Data

Trend

Dec01

Total Inventories

1.75

Global Water Technologies Quarterly Data
	Jun01	Sep01	Dec01	Mar02
Total Inventories	-	-	1.75	-

Global Water Technologies 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.

Global Water Technologies (OTCPK:GWTR) 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.

Global Water Technologies's Net-Net Working Capital Per Share for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2002 is

	Net-Net Working Capital Per Share (Q: Mar. 2002 )
=	(Cash And Cash Equivalents	+	0.75 * Accounts Receivable	+	0.5 * Total Inventories	-	Total Liabilities
-	Preferred Stock	-	Minority Interest)	/	Shares Outstanding (EOP)
=	(1.207	+	0.75 * 26.426	+	0.5 * 0	-	59.283
-	0	-	0)	/	0.06508
=	-587.84

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

Global Water Technologies's Days Inventory for the three months ended in Mar. 2002 is calculated as:

Days Inventory	=	Average Total Inventories (Q: Mar. 2002 )	/	Cost of Goods Sold (Q: Mar. 2002 )	*	Days in Period
	=	0.8725	/	23.088	*	365 / 4
	=	3.45

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

Global Water Technologies's Inventory Turnover for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2002 is calculated as

Inventory Turnover	=	Cost of Goods Sold (Q: Mar. 2002 )	/	Average Total Inventories (Q: Mar. 2002 )
	=	23.088	/	0.8725
	=	26.46

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.

Global Water Technologies's Inventory to Revenue for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2002 is calculated as

Inventory-to-Revenue	=	Average Total Inventories (Q: Mar. 2002 )	/	Revenue (Q: Mar. 2002 )
	=	0.8725	/	25.1
	=	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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Global Water Technologies Inc is involved in the development and commercialization of new technologies to improve efficiency in drinking water systems and sales of water treatment products and services. It also develops smart water grid solutions.

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