Staples (Staples) Total Inventories : $1,870 Mil (As of Jul. 2017)

Staples Total Inventories Chart

Staples Annual Data
	Trend	Jan08	Jan09	Jan10	Jan11	Jan12	Jan13	Jan14	Jan15	Jan16	Jan17
Total Inventories		Get a 7-Day Free Trial					2,314.06	2,328.30	2,144.00	1,791.00	1,737.00

Staples Quarterly Data
	Oct12	Jan13	Apr13	Jul13	Oct13	Jan14	Apr14	Jul14	Oct14	Jan15	Apr15	Jul15	Oct15	Jan16	Apr16	Jul16	Oct16	Jan17	Apr17	Jul17
Total Inventories	Get a 7-Day Free Trial															2,233.00	2,019.00	1,737.00	1,623.00	1,870.00

Staples Total Inventories Calculation

Total Inventories includes the raw materials, work-in-process goods and completely finished goods of a company. It is a portion of a company's current assets.

Staples  (NAS:SPLS) Total Inventories Explanation

Inventory control is an important part of business operation. If a company does not have enough inventory, it may not be able to meet customers' required delivery time. If it has too much inventory, the cost of holding the inventory can be high.

1. In Ben Graham's calculation of Net-Net Working Capital (NNWC), inventory is only considered worth half of its book value.

Staples's Net-Net Working Capital Per Share for the quarter that ended in Jul. 2017 is

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

Staples's Days Inventory for the three months ended in Jul. 2017 is calculated as:

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

Staples's Inventory Turnover for the quarter that ended in Jul. 2017 is calculated as

4. 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.

Staples's Inventory to Revenue for the quarter that ended in Jul. 2017 is calculated as

* 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

Manufacturers with durable competitive advantages have the advantage that the products they sell do not change, and therefore will never become obsolete. Buffett likes this advantage.

When identifying manufacturers with durable competitive advantage, look for inventory and net earnings that rise correspondingly. This indicates that the company is finding profitable ways to increase sales which called for an increase in inventory.

Manufacturers with inventories that spike up and down are indicative of competitive industries subject to boom and bust.

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