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Piedmont Natural Gas Co (Piedmont Natural Gas Co) Inventory Turnover : 1.12 (As of Jul. 2016)


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What is Piedmont Natural Gas Co Inventory Turnover?

Inventory Turnover measures how fast the company turns over its inventory within a year. It is calculated as Cost of Goods Sold divided by Total Inventories. Piedmont Natural Gas Co's Cost of Goods Sold for the three months ended in Jul. 2016 was $43 Mil. Piedmont Natural Gas Co's Average Total Inventories for the quarter that ended in Jul. 2016 was $38 Mil. Piedmont Natural Gas Co's Inventory Turnover for the quarter that ended in Jul. 2016 was 1.12.

Days Inventory indicates the number of days of goods in sales that a company has in the inventory. Piedmont Natural Gas Co's Days Inventory for the three months ended in Jul. 2016 was 81.15.

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. Piedmont Natural Gas Co's Inventory-to-Revenue for the quarter that ended in Jul. 2016 was 0.24.


Piedmont Natural Gas Co Inventory Turnover Historical Data

The historical data trend for Piedmont Natural Gas Co's Inventory Turnover 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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Piedmont Natural Gas Co Inventory Turnover Chart

Piedmont Natural Gas Co Annual Data
Trend Oct06 Oct07 Oct08 Oct09 Oct10 Oct11 Oct12 Oct13 Oct14 Oct15
Inventory Turnover
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Piedmont Natural Gas Co Quarterly Data
Oct11 Jan12 Apr12 Jul12 Oct12 Jan13 Apr13 Jul13 Oct13 Jan14 Apr14 Jul14 Oct14 Jan15 Apr15 Jul15 Oct15 Jan16 Apr16 Jul16
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Piedmont Natural Gas Co Inventory Turnover Calculation

Piedmont Natural Gas Co's Inventory Turnover for the fiscal year that ended in Oct. 2015 is calculated as

Inventory Turnover (A: Oct. 2015 )
=Cost of Goods Sold / Average Total Inventories
=Cost of Goods Sold (A: Oct. 2015 ) / ((Total Inventories (A: Oct. 2014 ) + Total Inventories (A: Oct. 2015 )) / count )
=644.424 / ((85.733 + 69.491) / 2 )
=644.424 / 77.612
=8.30

Piedmont Natural Gas Co's Inventory Turnover for the quarter that ended in Jul. 2016 is calculated as

Inventory Turnover (Q: Jul. 2016 )
=Cost of Goods Sold / Average Total Inventories
=Cost of Goods Sold (Q: Jul. 2016 ) / ((Total Inventories (Q: Apr. 2016 ) + Total Inventories (Q: Jul. 2016 )) / count )
=43.035 / ((33.337 + 43.205) / 2 )
=43.035 / 38.271
=1.12

* 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.


Piedmont Natural Gas Co  (NYSE:PNY) Inventory Turnover Explanation

Inventory Turnover measures how fast the company turns over its inventory within a year. A higher Inventory Turnover means the company has light inventory. Therefore the company spends less money on storage, write downs, and obsolete inventory. If the inventory is too light, it may affect sales because the company may not have enough to meet demand.

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

Piedmont Natural Gas Co's Days Inventory for the three months ended in Jul. 2016 is calculated as:

Days Inventory =Average Total Inventories (Q: Jul. 2016 )/Cost of Goods Sold (Q: Jul. 2016 )*Days in Period
=38.271/43.035*365 / 4
=81.15

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.

Piedmont Natural Gas Co's Inventory to Revenue for the quarter that ended in Jul. 2016 is calculated as

Inventory-to-Revenue=Average Total Inventories (Q: Jul. 2016 ) / Revenue (Q: Jul. 2016 )
=38.271 / 157.806
=0.24

* 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

Usually retailers pile up their inventories at holiday seasons to meet the stronger demand. Therefore, the inventory of a particular quarter of a year should not be used to calculate Inventory Turnover. An average inventory is a better indication.


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Piedmont Natural Gas Co (Piedmont Natural Gas Co) Business Description

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Piedmont Natural Gas Co Inc was incorporated in New York in 1950 and began operations in 1951. In 1994, it merged into a newly formed North Carolina corporation with the same name for the purpose of changing its state of incorporation to North Carolina. The Company is an energy services company whose business is distribution of natural gas to residential, commercial, industrial and power generation clients in portions of North Carolina, South Carolina and Tennessee, including customers served by municipalities who are its wholesale customers. The Company is invested in joint venture, energy-related businesses, including unregulated retail natural gas marketing, regulated interstate natural gas transportation and storage and regulated intrastate natural gas transportation. It provides service from resource centers in Anderson, Greenville and Spartanburg in South Carolina and Charlotte, Salisbury, Greensboro, Winston-Salem, High Point, Burlington, Hickory, Indian Trail, Spruce Pine, Reidsville, Fayetteville, New Bern, Wilmington, Tarboro, Elizabeth City, Rockingham and Goldsboro in North Carolina. In North Carolina, it also provides natural gas service to Greenville, Rocky Mount and Wilson. In Tennessee, its service area is the metropolitan area of Nashville, including wholesale natural gas service to Gallatin and Smyrna. The Company has three reportable business segments, regulated utility, regulated non-utility activities and unregulated non-utility activities. The regulated utility segment includes operating a safe and reliable natural gas distribution system and the ability to recover the costs and expenses of the business in the rates charged to customers. The regulated non-utility activities segment consists of equity method investments in regulated energy-related joint ventures that are held by the Company's wholly-owned subsidiaries. The unregulated non-utility activities segment consists of its equity method investment in an unregulated energy-related joint venture that is held by a wholly-owned subsidiary. The regulated utility competes with other energy products, such as electricity and propane, in the residential and commercial customer markets. Natural gas for power generation competes with other fuel sources for the generation of electricity, including coal, nuclear and renewable resources. Additionally, as with industrial customers, the Company competes with other pipeline providers to serve the power generation plants.
Executives
Frank H Yoho officer: Senior Vice President 5430 LBJ FREEWAY, SUITE 1800, DALLAS TX 75240
Thomas E Skains director, officer: Chairman, President and CEO 214 N TRYON STREET, CHARLOTTE NC 28202
Phillip D Wright director 17988 EDISON AVE., CHESTERFIELD MO 63005
Holding Frank B Jr director 4300 SIX FORKS ROAD, RALEIGH NC 27609
Vicki W Mcelreath director PO BOX 33068, CHARLOTTE NC 28233
Minor M Shaw director PO BOX 6721, C/O MICCO CORP, GREENVILLE SC 29606
John W Harris director PO BOX 26532, RICHMOND VA 23261
Kim R Cocklin officer: Vice President C/O ATMOS ENERGY CORPORATION, PO BOX 650205, DALLAS TX 75256

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