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Con-way (Con-way) Inventory-to-Revenue : 0.02 (As of Jun. 2015)


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What is Con-way Inventory-to-Revenue?

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. Con-way's Average Total Inventories for the quarter that ended in Jun. 2015 was $22 Mil. Con-way's Revenue for the three months ended in Jun. 2015 was $1,427 Mil. Con-way's Inventory-to-Revenue for the quarter that ended in Jun. 2015 was 0.02.

Con-way's Inventory-to-Revenue for the quarter that ended in Jun. 2015 declined from Mar. 2015 (0.02) to Mar. 2015 (0.02)

A decrease in the Inventory-to-Revenue from one quarter to next indicates that one of these is occurring:

1. investment in inventory is shrinking in relation to revenue
2. revenue are increasing
No matter which situation is causing the reduction in the Inventory-to-Revenue, either one suggests that business's inventory levels and its cash flow are effectively managed.

Days Inventory indicates the number of days of goods in sales that a company has in the inventory. Con-way's Days Inventory for the three months ended in Jun. 2015 was 4.49.

Inventory Turnover measures how fast the company turns over its inventory within a year. Con-way's Inventory Turnover for the quarter that ended in Jun. 2015 was 20.34.


Con-way Inventory-to-Revenue Historical Data

The historical data trend for Con-way's Inventory-to-Revenue 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.

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Con-way Inventory-to-Revenue Chart

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Competitive Comparison of Con-way's Inventory-to-Revenue

For the Trucking subindustry, Con-way's Inventory-to-Revenue, along with its competitors' market caps and Inventory-to-Revenue 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.


Con-way's Inventory-to-Revenue Distribution in the Transportation Industry

For the Transportation industry and Industrials sector, Con-way's Inventory-to-Revenue distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Con-way's Inventory-to-Revenue falls into.



Con-way Inventory-to-Revenue Calculation

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.

Con-way's Inventory-to-Revenue for the fiscal year that ended in Dec. 2014 is calculated as

Inventory-to-Revenue (A: Dec. 2014 )
=Average Total Inventories / Revenue
=( (Total Inventories (A: Dec. 2013 ) + Total Inventories (A: Dec. 2014 )) / count ) / Revenue (A: Dec. 2014 )
=( (23.91 + 23.664) / 2 ) / 5806.069
=23.787 / 5806.069
=0.00

Con-way's Inventory-to-Revenue for the quarter that ended in Jun. 2015 is calculated as

Inventory-to-Revenue (Q: Jun. 2015 )
=Average Total Inventories / Revenue
=( (Total Inventories (Q: Mar. 2015 ) + Total Inventories (Q: Jun. 2015 )) / count ) / Revenue (Q: Jun. 2015 )
=( (21.681 + 22.938) / 2 ) / 1427.314
=22.3095 / 1427.314
=0.02

* 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.


Con-way  (NYSE:CNW) Inventory-to-Revenue Explanation

An increase in Inventory-to-Revenue from one quarter to the next indicates that one of the following is happening:

1. investment in inventory is growing more rapidly than revenue
2. revenue are dropping
No matter which situation is causing the problem, an increase in the Inventory-to-Revenue may signal an oncoming cash flow problem.

Likewise, a decrease in the Inventory-to-Revenue from one quarter to next indicates that one of these is occurring:

1. investment in inventory is shrinking in relation to revenue
2. revenue are increasing
No matter which situation is causing the reduction in the Inventory-to-Revenue, either one suggests that business's inventory levels and its cash flow are effectively managed.

More Related Terms:

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

Con-way's Days Inventory for the three months ended in Jun. 2015 is calculated as:

Days Inventory=Average Total Inventories (Q: Jun. 2015 )/Cost of Goods Sold (Q: Jun. 2015 )*Days in Period
=22.3095/453.759*365 / 4
=4.49

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

Con-way's Inventory Turnover for the quarter that ended in Jun. 2015 is calculated as

Inventory Turnover=Cost of Goods Sold (Q: Jun. 2015 ) / Average Total Inventories (Q: Jun. 2015 )
=453.759 / 22.3095
=20.34

* 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.


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Con-way (Con-way) Business Description

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Con-way Inc was incorporated in Delaware in 1958. The Company and its subsidiaries provide transportation, logistics and supply-chain management services to various manufacturing, industrial and retail customers. Its business units operate in regional, inter-regional and transcontinental less-than-truckload and full-truckload freight transportation, contract logistics and supply-chain management, multimodal freight brokerage, and trailer manufacturing. The Company operates under three reporting segments: Freight, Logistics and Truckload. The Freight segment consists of the operating results of the Con-way Freight business unit. Con-way Freight is a less-than-truckload motor carrier that utilizes a network of freight service centers to provide day-definite regional, inter-regional and transcontinental less-than-truckload freight services throughout North America. LTL carriers transport shipments from multiple shippers utilizing a network of freight service centers combined with a fleet of linehaul and pickup-and-delivery tractors and trailers. LTL shipments weigh between 100 and 15,000 pounds. In 2013, Con-way Freight's average weight per shipment was 1,334 pounds. The Logistics segment consists of the operating results of the Menlo Worldwide Logistics business unit. Menlo develops contract-logistics solutions, which include managing complex distribution networks, and providing supply-chain engineering and consulting, and multimodal freight brokerage services. Menlo's supply-chain management offerings are mainly related to transportation-management and contract-warehousing services. The Truckload segment consists of the operating results of the Con-way Truckload business unit. Con-way Truckload is a full-truckload motor carrier that utilizes a fleet of tractors and trailers to provide short- and long-haul, asset-based transportation services throughout North America. Con-way Truckload provides dry-van transportation services to manufacturing, industrial and retail customers while using single drivers as well as two-person driver teams over long-haul routes, with each trailer containing only one customer's goods. On average, Con-way Truckload transports shipments more than 800 miles from origin to destination. Under its regional service offering, Con-way Truckload transports truckload shipments between 100 and 600 miles, including local-area service for truckload shipments of less than 100 miles. It competes with regional and national LTL companies, some of which are subsidiaries of integrated transportation service providers, domestic and foreign logistics companies, truckload carriers, railroads and private fleets. The Company is subject to various federal, state and local, as well as foreign, laws and regulations that apply to its business activities.
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John C Pope director 810 S. RIDGE RD, LAKE FOREST IL 60045
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William R Corbin director CON-WAY INC., 2211 OLD EARHART ROAD, ANN ARBOR MI 48105
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