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Capital (LSE:CAPD) Days Inventory : 129.86 (As of Dec. 2023)


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What is Capital Days Inventory?

Days Inventory is also known as Days Sales of Inventory (DSI). Capital's Average Total Inventories for the six months ended in Dec. 2023 was £49.6 Mil. Capital's Cost of Goods Sold for the six months ended in Dec. 2023 was £69.7 Mil. Hence, Capital's Days Inventory for the six months ended in Dec. 2023 was 129.86.

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

LSE:CAPD' s Days Inventory Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 92.62   Med: 103.05   Max: 132.15
Current: 132.15

During the past 13 years, Capital's highest Days Inventory was 132.15. The lowest was 92.62. And the median was 103.05.

LSE:CAPD's Days Inventory is ranked worse than
72.64% of 658 companies
in the Metals & Mining industry
Industry Median: 87.15 vs LSE:CAPD: 132.15

Capital's Days Inventory increased from Dec. 2022 (126.90) to Dec. 2023 (129.86). It might indicate that Capital's sales slowed down.

Inventory Turnover measures how fast the company turns over its inventory within a year. Capital's Inventory Turnover for the six months ended in Dec. 2023 was 1.41.

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. Capital's Inventory-to-Revenue for the six months ended in Dec. 2023 was 0.38.


Capital Days Inventory Historical Data

The historical data trend for Capital's Days Inventory 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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Capital Days Inventory Chart

Capital Annual Data
Trend Dec14 Dec15 Dec16 Dec17 Dec18 Dec19 Dec20 Dec21 Dec22 Dec23
Days Inventory
Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 98.04 97.29 94.46 109.42 130.79

Capital Semi-Annual Data
Jun14 Dec14 Jun15 Dec15 Jun16 Dec16 Jun17 Dec17 Jun18 Dec18 Jun19 Dec19 Jun20 Dec20 Jun21 Dec21 Jun22 Dec22 Jun23 Dec23
Days Inventory Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 96.07 102.66 126.90 136.14 129.86

Competitive Comparison of Capital's Days Inventory

For the Other Industrial Metals & Mining subindustry, Capital'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.


Capital's Days Inventory Distribution in the Metals & Mining Industry

For the Metals & Mining industry and Basic Materials sector, Capital's Days Inventory distribution charts can be found below:

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



Capital Days Inventory Calculation

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

Capital's Days Inventory for the fiscal year that ended in Dec. 2023 is calculated as

Days Inventory (A: Dec. 2023 )
=Average Total Inventories / Cost of Goods Sold*Days in Period
=( (Total Inventories (A: Dec. 2022 ) + Total Inventories (A: Dec. 2023 )) / count ) / Cost of Goods Sold (A: Dec. 2023 )*Days in Period
=( (48.189 + 48.918) / 2 ) / 135.504*365
=48.5535 / 135.504*365
=130.79

Capital's Days Inventory for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 is calculated as:

Days Inventory (Q: Dec. 2023 )
=Average Total Inventories / Cost of Goods Sold*Days in Period
=( (Total Inventories (Q: Jun. 2023 ) + Total Inventories (Q: Dec. 2023 )) / count ) / Cost of Goods Sold (Q: Dec. 2023 )*Days in Period
=( (50.255 + 48.918) / 2 ) / 69.685*365 / 2
=49.5865 / 69.685*365 / 2
=129.86

* 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.


Capital  (LSE:CAPD) 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.

Capital's Inventory Turnover for the six months ended in Dec. 2023 is calculated as

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.

Capital's Inventory to Revenue for the six months ended in Dec. 2023 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

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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Capital (LSE:CAPD) Business Description

Traded in Other Exchanges
Address
10/11 Park Place, 9th Floor, London, GBR, SW1A 1LP
Capital Ltd is a drilling services contractor. The company is engaged in providing exploration, grade control, technical, blast hole, and other drilling services and solutions to mining and exploration companies from the exploration phase of the mining cycle through to production. It operates through two geographical segments namely, Africa and the Rest of the world. Africa segment provides drilling services and the Rest of the world provides drilling services and related logistics, equipment rental, and information technology support services. The company derives the majority of revenue from the African region.

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