SDI Group (LSE:SDI) Days Inventory : 194.95 (As of Oct. 2023)

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What is SDI Group Days Inventory?

Days Inventory is also known as Days Sales of Inventory (DSI). SDI Group's Average Total Inventories for the six months ended in Oct. 2023 was £12.72 Mil. SDI Group's Cost of Goods Sold for the six months ended in Oct. 2023 was £11.91 Mil. Hence, SDI Group's Days Inventory for the six months ended in Oct. 2023 was 194.95.

The historical rank and industry rank for SDI Group's Days Inventory or its related term are showing as below:

LSE:SDI' s Days Inventory Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 124.69 Med: 142.82 Max: 182.87
Current: 182.87

During the past 13 years, SDI Group's highest Days Inventory was 182.87. The lowest was 124.69. And the median was 142.82.

LSE:SDI's Days Inventory is ranked worse than
77.09% of 2409 companies
in the Hardware industry
Industry Median: 101.86 vs LSE:SDI: 182.87

SDI Group's Days Inventory increased from Oct. 2022 (150.01) to Oct. 2023 (194.95). It might indicate that SDI Group's sales slowed down.

Inventory Turnover measures how fast the company turns over its inventory within a year. SDI Group's Inventory Turnover for the six months ended in Oct. 2023 was 0.94.

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. SDI Group's Inventory-to-Revenue for the six months ended in Oct. 2023 was 0.39.

SDI Group Days Inventory Historical Data

The historical data trend for SDI Group's Days Inventory can be seen below:

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SDI Group Days Inventory Chart

SDI Group Annual Data

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Apr14

Apr15

Apr16

Apr17

Apr18

Apr19

Apr20

Apr21

Apr22

Apr23

Days Inventory

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144.28

145.65

146.33

135.19

152.83

SDI Group Semi-Annual Data
	Apr14	Oct14	Apr15	Oct15	Apr16	Oct16	Apr17	Oct17	Apr18	Oct18	Apr19	Oct19	Apr20	Oct20	Apr21	Oct21	Apr22	Oct22	Apr23	Oct23
Days Inventory	Get a 7-Day Free Trial															135.38	140.76	150.01	178.85	194.95

Competitive Comparison of SDI Group's Days Inventory

For the Scientific & Technical Instruments subindustry, SDI Group's Days Inventory, along with its competitors' market caps and Days Inventory data, can be viewed below:

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SDI Group's Days Inventory Distribution in the Hardware Industry

For the Hardware industry and Technology sector, SDI Group's Days Inventory distribution charts can be found below:

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SDI Group Days Inventory Calculation

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

SDI Group's Days Inventory for the fiscal year that ended in Apr. 2023 is calculated as

	Days Inventory (A: Apr. 2023 )
=	Average Total Inventories					/	Cost of Goods Sold	*	Days in Period
=	( (Total Inventories (A: Apr. 2022 )	+	Total Inventories (A: Apr. 2023 ))	/	count )	/	Cost of Goods Sold (A: Apr. 2023 )	*	Days in Period
=	( (7.273	+	13.504)	/	2 )	/	24.81	*	365
=	10.3885					/	24.81	*	365
=	152.83

SDI Group's Days Inventory for the quarter that ended in Oct. 2023 is calculated as:

	Days Inventory (Q: Oct. 2023 )
=	Average Total Inventories					/	Cost of Goods Sold	*	Days in Period
=	( (Total Inventories (Q: Apr. 2023 )	+	Total Inventories (Q: Oct. 2023 ))	/	count )	/	Cost of Goods Sold (Q: Oct. 2023 )	*	Days in Period
=	( (13.504	+	11.937)	/	2 )	/	11.908	*	365 / 2
=	12.7205					/	11.908	*	365 / 2
=	194.95

SDI Group (LSE:SDI) Days Inventory Explanation

Days Inventory indicates the liquidity of the inventory. Generally, a lower Days Inventory is preferred as it indicates a shorter duration to clear off the inventory. An increase of the ratio may indicate the company's sales slowed. Similar ratios related to Days Inventory are:

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

SDI Group's Inventory Turnover for the six months ended in Oct. 2023 is calculated as

Inventory Turnover	=	Cost of Goods Sold	/	Average Total Inventories
	=	11.908	/	12.7205
	=	0.94

2. 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.

SDI Group's Inventory to Revenue for the six months ended in Oct. 2023 is calculated as

Inventory-to-Revenue	=	Average Total Inventories	/	Revenue
	=	12.7205	/	32.215
	=	0.39

Be Aware

A lot of business are seasonable. It makes more sense to compare Days Inventory from the same period in the previous year instead of from the previous quarter.

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SDI Group PLC designs and manufactures scientific and technology products for use by the life science, healthcare, astronomy, consumer manufacturing and art conservation markets through Synoptics, the Artemis, the Opus instruments, and Astles Control systems brands. The Digital Imaging segment incorporates the Synoptics brands Syngene, Synbiosis, Synoptics Health and Fistreem, the Atik brands Atik Cameras, Opus and Quantum Scientific Imaging, and the Graticules Optics business. The Sensors & Control segment combines our Sentek, Astles Control Systems, Applied Thermal Control, Thermal Exchange, MPB Industries and Chell Instruments businesses. It operates in the UK, Europe, America, Rest of Asia, and Rest of the world segments. It derives most of its revenues from America segment.