SCANA (SCG) Days Inventory : 45.55 (As of Sep. 2018)

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What is SCANA Days Inventory?

Days Inventory is also known as Days Sales of Inventory (DSI). SCANA's Average Total Inventories for the three months ended in Sep. 2018 was $288 Mil. SCANA's Cost of Goods Sold for the three months ended in Sep. 2018 was $576 Mil. Hence, SCANA's Days Inventory for the three months ended in Sep. 2018 was 45.55.

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

SCG's Days Inventory is not ranked ^*
in the Utilities - Regulated industry.
Industry Median: 23.03
* Ranked among companies with meaningful Days Inventory only.

SCANA's Days Inventory increased from Sep. 2017 (44.68) to Sep. 2018 (45.55). It might indicate that SCANA's sales slowed down.

Inventory Turnover measures how fast the company turns over its inventory within a year. SCANA's Inventory Turnover for the three months ended in Sep. 2018 was 2.00.

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. SCANA's Inventory-to-Revenue for the three months ended in Sep. 2018 was 0.31.

SCANA Days Inventory Historical Data

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

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SCANA Days Inventory Chart

SCANA Annual Data

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49.12

39.67

45.26

44.94

42.30

SCANA Quarterly Data
	Dec13	Mar14	Jun14	Sep14	Dec14	Mar15	Jun15	Sep15	Dec15	Mar16	Jun16	Sep16	Dec16	Mar17	Jun17	Sep17	Dec17	Mar18	Jun18	Sep18
Days Inventory	Get a 7-Day Free Trial															44.68	38.26	32.80	45.63	45.55

Competitive Comparison of SCANA's Days Inventory

For the Utilities - Regulated Electric subindustry, SCANA's Days Inventory, along with its competitors' market caps and Days Inventory data, can be viewed below:

* Competitive companies are chosen from companies within the same industry, with headquarter located in same country, with closest market capitalization; x-axis shows the market cap, and y-axis shows the term value; the bigger the dot, the larger the market cap. Note that "N/A" values will not show up in the chart.

SCANA's Days Inventory Distribution in the Utilities - Regulated Industry

For the Utilities - Regulated industry and Utilities sector, SCANA's Days Inventory distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where SCANA's Days Inventory falls into.

SCANA Days Inventory Calculation

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

SCANA's Days Inventory for the fiscal year that ended in Dec. 2017 is calculated as

	Days Inventory (A: Dec. 2017 )
=	Average Total Inventories					/	Cost of Goods Sold	*	Days in Period
=	( (Total Inventories (A: Dec. 2016 )	+	Total Inventories (A: Dec. 2017 ))	/	count )	/	Cost of Goods Sold (A: Dec. 2017 )	*	Days in Period
=	( (291	+	304)	/	2 )	/	2567	*	365
=	297.5					/	2567	*	365
=	42.30

SCANA's Days Inventory for the quarter that ended in Sep. 2018 is calculated as:

	Days Inventory (Q: Sep. 2018 )
=	Average Total Inventories					/	Cost of Goods Sold	*	Days in Period
=	( (Total Inventories (Q: Jun. 2018 )	+	Total Inventories (Q: Sep. 2018 ))	/	count )	/	Cost of Goods Sold (Q: Sep. 2018 )	*	Days in Period
=	( (286	+	289)	/	2 )	/	576	*	365 / 4
=	287.5					/	576	*	365 / 4
=	45.55

SCANA (NYSE:SCG) 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.

SCANA's Inventory Turnover for the three months ended in Sep. 2018 is calculated as

Inventory Turnover	=	Cost of Goods Sold	/	Average Total Inventories
	=	576	/	287.5
	=	2.00

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.

SCANA's Inventory to Revenue for the three months ended in Sep. 2018 is calculated as

Inventory-to-Revenue	=	Average Total Inventories	/	Revenue
	=	287.5	/	926
	=	0.31

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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SCANA (SCG) Business Description

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Address

Website

http://www.scana.com

Scana is a holding company engaged primarily in generating, transmitting, and distributing electricity in South Carolina. It also distributes and sells natural gas in portions of North Carolina and South Carolina. Its two utilities serve more than 1 million customers. Through a wholly owned subsidiary, Scana markets natural gas to approximately 450,000 retail customers in Georgia.

Executives

James A Bennett	director	FIRST CITIZENS BANK, 1230 MAIN STREET, 9TH FLOOR, COLUMBIA SC 20201
D Maybank Hagood	director	WILLIAM M. BIRD AND CO., INC., P.O. BOX 20040, CHARLESTON SC 29413
John E. Bachman	director	77 EXETER STREET, 1809, BOSTON MA 02116
James W Roquemore	director	C/O SCBT FINANCIAL CORPORATION, 520 GERVAIS STREET, COLUMBIA SC 29201
Sharon A Decker	director	4100 COCA COLA PLAZA, CHARLOTTE NC 28211
Gregory E Aliff	director	1720 NORTH FIRST STREET, SAN JOSE CA 95112
Alfredo Trujillo	director
James M Micali	director	C/O SONOCO PRODUCTS COMPANY, 1 NORTH SECOND STREET, HARTSVILLE SC 29550
Sharon K Jenkins	officer: Senior VP - Marketing