MNSF (Mansfelder Metals) Total Inventories : $12.1 Mil (As of Sep. 2007)

Mansfelder Metals Total Inventories Chart

Mansfelder Metals Annual Data
	Trend	Jul97	Jul98	Jul99	Jul00	Jul01	Jul02	Jul03	Jul04	Jul05	Dec06
Total Inventories		Get a 7-Day Free Trial					0.23	0.07	-	8.62	15.21

Mansfelder Metals Quarterly Data
	Oct02	Jan03	Apr03	Jul03	Oct03	Jan04	Apr04	Jul04	Oct04	Jan05	Apr05	Jul05	Oct05	Mar06	Jun06	Sep06	Dec06	Mar07	Jun07	Sep07
Total Inventories	Get a 7-Day Free Trial															12.81	15.21	14.91	12.83	12.15

Mansfelder Metals 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.

Mansfelder Metals  (OTCPK:MNSF) 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.

Mansfelder Metals's Net-Net Working Capital Per Share for the quarter that ended in Sep. 2007 is

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

Mansfelder Metals's Days Inventory for the three months ended in Sep. 2007 is calculated as:

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

Mansfelder Metals's Inventory Turnover for the quarter that ended in Sep. 2007 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.

Mansfelder Metals's Inventory to Revenue for the quarter that ended in Sep. 2007 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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