Unilever NV (Unilever NV) Total Inventories : $5,232 Mil (As of Jun. 2020)

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What is Unilever NV Total Inventories?

Unilever NV's total inventories for the quarter that ended in Jun. 2020 was $5,232 Mil. Unilever NV's average total inventories from the quarter that ended in Dec. 2019 to the quarter that ended in Jun. 2020 was $4,929 Mil.

In Ben Graham's calculation of Net-Net Working Capital, inventory is only considered worth half of its book value. Unilever NV's Net-Net Working Capital per share for the quarter that ended in Jun. 2020 was $-17.75.

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

Inventory Turnover measures how fast the company turns over its inventory within a year. Unilever NV's Inventory Turnover for the quarter that ended in Jun. 2020 was 0.00.

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. Unilever NV's Inventory-to-Revenue for the quarter that ended in Jun. 2020 was 0.17.

Unilever NV Total Inventories Historical Data

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Unilever NV Annual Data

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Total Inventories

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4,722.22

4,512.66

4,688.76

4,893.06

4,626.67

Unilever NV Semi-Annual Data
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Total Inventories	Get a 7-Day Free Trial															4,960.28	4,893.06	4,957.06	4,626.67	5,231.98

Unilever NV 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.

Unilever NV (NYSE:UN) 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.

Unilever NV's Net-Net Working Capital Per Share for the quarter that ended in Jun. 2020 is

	Net-Net Working Capital Per Share (Q: Jun. 2020 )
=	(Cash And Cash Equivalents	+	0.75 * Accounts Receivable	+	0.5 * Total Inventories	-	Total Liabilities
-	Preferred Stock	-	Minority Interest)	/	Shares Outstanding (EOP)
=	(6628.378	+	0.75 * 7832.207	+	0.5 * 5231.982	-	58731.982
-	0	-	2911.036)	/	2621.3
=	-17.75

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

Unilever NV's Days Inventory for the six months ended in Jun. 2020 is calculated as:

Days Inventory	=	Average Total Inventories (Q: Jun. 2020 )	/	Cost of Goods Sold (Q: Jun. 2020 )	*	Days in Period
	=	4929.3245	/	0	*	365 / 2
	=

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

Unilever NV's Inventory Turnover for the quarter that ended in Jun. 2020 is calculated as

Inventory Turnover	=	Cost of Goods Sold (Q: Jun. 2020 )	/	Average Total Inventories (Q: Jun. 2020 )
	=	0	/	4929.3245
	=	0.00

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.

Unilever NV's Inventory to Revenue for the quarter that ended in Jun. 2020 is calculated as

Inventory-to-Revenue	=	Average Total Inventories (Q: Jun. 2020 )	/	Revenue (Q: Jun. 2020 )
	=	4929.3245	/	28957.207
	=	0.17

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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Netherlands-based Unilever NV and U.K.-based Unilever PLC operate Unilever Group, a diversified household and personal product (60% of 2018 sales by value) and packaged-food and refreshments (40%) company. The firm's brands include Knorr soups and sauces, Hellmann's mayonnaise, Lipton teas, Axe and Dove skin products, and the TRESemme hair-care brand. The firm has been acquisitive in recent years, and high-profile purchases include the mail-order men's grooming business Dollar Shave Club.