Dixons Retail's total inventories for the quarter that ended in Apr. 2014 was £684 Mil. Dixons Retail's average total inventories from the quarter that ended in Oct. 2013 to the quarter that ended in Apr. 2014 was £825 Mil.
In Ben Graham's calculation of Net-Net Working Capital, inventory is only considered worth half of its book value. Dixons Retail's Net-Net Working Capital per share for the quarter that ended in Apr. 2014 was £-0.45.
Days Inventory indicates the number of days of goods in sales that a company has in the inventory.
Dixons Retail's Days Inventory for the
six
months ended in Apr. 2014 was 22.54.
Inventory Turnover measures how fast the company turns over its inventory within a year.
Dixons Retail's Inventory Turnover for the quarter that ended in Apr. 2014 was 8.10.
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.
Dixons Retail's Inventory-to-Revenue for the quarter that ended in Apr. 2014 was 0.22.
Dixons Retail Total Inventories Historical Data
The historical data trend for Dixons Retail's Total Inventories can be seen below:
* 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.
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.
Dixons Retail (LSE:DXNS) 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.
Dixons Retail's Net-Net Working Capital Per Share for the quarter that ended in Apr. 2014 is
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.
Dixons Retail's Inventory to Revenue for the quarter that ended in Apr. 2014 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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Dixons Retail PLC is an electrical retailer and service company which sell consumer electronics, personal computers, domestic appliances, photographic equipment, communication products and related services. The Group's reportable segments are; UK & Ireland comprises of electrical and computing retail chains as well as business to business activities. The division is engaged in multi-channel retail sales, associated peripherals and services and related financial and after sales services and also in business to business sales of computer hardware and software; Nordics operates in Norway, Sweden, Finland, Denmark, Iceland, Greenland and the Faroe Islands. The division engages in multi-channel retail sales and provided related product support services to its customers; Other International comprises operations in Italy, Greece, the Czech Republic, Slovakia, Turkey and the business to be closed in Spain which is excluded from underlying results. The Other International division engages in retail sales and provides related product support services to its customers in all of its markets; and Pure play e-commerce comprises pure play online retailers and operates in all of the countries in which the other divisions operate and across Europe.
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