Acino Holding AG (LTS:0QM8) Inventories, Raw Materials & Components: CHF44.42 Mil (As of Dec. 2013)

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What is Acino Holding AG Inventories, Raw Materials & Components?

Acino Holding AG LTS:0QM8 Inventories, Raw Materials & Components is CHF44.42 Mil as of Dec. 2013.

Acino Holding AG's inventories, raw materials & components for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2013 was CHF44.42 Mil.

Acino Holding AG's quarterly raw materials increased from Dec. 2011 (CHF0.00 Mil) to Dec. 2012 (CHF45.99 Mil) but then declined from Dec. 2012 (CHF45.99 Mil) to Dec. 2013 (CHF44.42 Mil).

Acino Holding AG's annual raw materials increased from Dec. 2011 (CHF0.00 Mil) to Dec. 2012 (CHF45.99 Mil) but then declined from Dec. 2012 (CHF45.99 Mil) to Dec. 2013 (CHF44.42 Mil).

Acino Holding AG Inventories, Raw Materials & Components Historical Data

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Acino Holding AG Inventories, Raw Materials & Components Chart

Acino Holding AG Annual Data
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Inventories, Raw Materials & Components
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Acino Holding AG Semi-Annual Data
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Acino Holding AG Inventories, Raw Materials & Components Calculation

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What does a Inventories, Raw Materials & Components of CHF44.42 Mil mean?
Acino Holding AG (LTS:0QM8) has a Inventories, Raw Materials & Components of CHF44.42 Mil as of Dec. 2013. Raw materials are the components a company uses for its main products. View historical data on Acino Holding AG and its competitors.
Is Acino Holding AG's Inventories, Raw Materials & Components too high?
Acino Holding AG's current Inventories, Raw Materials & Components is CHF44.42 Mil.
How does Acino Holding AG's Inventories, Raw Materials & Components compare to competitors?
Acino Holding AG's Inventories, Raw Materials & Components of CHF44.42 Mil can be compared against companies in the Drug Manufacturers industry. See the competitive comparison table and distribution chart on this page for a detailed peer-by-peer breakdown.
What is a good Inventories, Raw Materials & Components for a Drug Manufacturers company?
A good Inventories, Raw Materials & Components depends on the Drug Manufacturers industry context. However, Inventories, Raw Materials & Components should not be evaluated in isolation — investors should consider it alongside profitability, growth, and financial strength metrics. Use the industry distribution chart on this page to see where any company falls relative to its peers.
What does a high Inventories, Raw Materials & Components mean?
A high Inventories, Raw Materials & Components can signal that a stock is expensive relative to its fundamentals. Raw materials are the components a company uses for its main products. View historical data on Acino Holding AG and its competitors. Acino Holding AG's current Inventories, Raw Materials & Components is CHF44.42 Mil. However, context matters — high-growth companies often justify higher valuations. Always evaluate alongside other metrics like GF Score™ and GF Value™.
Is Acino Holding AG stock overvalued right now?
Acino Holding AG (LTS:0QM8) has a current Inventories, Raw Materials & Components of CHF44.42 Mil. The current Inventories, Raw Materials & Components is CHF44.42 Mil. Investors should evaluate multiple metrics — including profitability, growth, and financial strength — before making a decision.
How is Inventories, Raw Materials & Components calculated?
Inventories, Raw Materials & Components is calculated from a company's financial statements. For Acino Holding AG (LTS:0QM8), the current Inventories, Raw Materials & Components is CHF44.42 Mil as of Dec. 2013. GuruFocus calculates this using data sourced from SEC filings and annual reports. See the calculation section and 30-year financial data on this page for the full breakdown.

Acino Holding AG Business Description

Acino Holding AG is a Switzerland-based company engaged in the pharmaceutical industry. The Company develops, manufactures, and markets pharmaceuticals in novel drug delivery forms internationally. It is divided into four segments Business to Consumer (BtC); Business to Business (BtB); Technology marketing (TM); and Production (Prod). The BtC segment comprises all direct marketing activities. Under the company's "Acino Switzerland" brand and, with the promise of Swiss quality, the company sells its products in emerging markets around the globe. This reporting segment includes the business purchased from Mepha/Cephalon in the Middle East, Africa, Latin America and Asia. The BtB segment comprises Acino's business with its internally developed products, for which the company also owns the intellectual property rights. Acino develops and produces high-quality medicines with proven active ingredients and modern drug delivery systems and grants licenses for them to leading pharmaceutical and generic pharmaceutical companies worldwide. The technology marketing segment comprises a broad spectrum of fully integrated contract services, including procurement, contract development, production and packaging for companies in the life sciences industry. On behalf of these customers, Acino develops a comprehensive product pipeline on the basis of its special technological know-how. This includes both new types of medicines as well as projects with innovative drug delivery systems for established active ingredients. The production segment is responsible for the manufacturing of products and the supplying of the other three segments, and generates turnover through the reimbursement of its services. The manufacturing costs of products are credited to the production segment at standard prices along with remuneration in the form of a mark-up for materials and production costs.