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Ciena (MIL:1CIEN) Days Inventory : 165.39 (As of Jan. 2024)


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What is Ciena Days Inventory?

Days Inventory is also known as Days Sales of Inventory (DSI). Ciena's Average Total Inventories for the three months ended in Jan. 2024 was €950 Mil. Ciena's Cost of Goods Sold for the three months ended in Jan. 2024 was €524 Mil. Hence, Ciena's Days Inventory for the three months ended in Jan. 2024 was 165.39.

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

MIL:1CIEN' s Days Inventory Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 51.04   Med: 63.17   Max: 162.16
Current: 162.16

During the past 13 years, Ciena's highest Days Inventory was 162.16. The lowest was 51.04. And the median was 63.17.

MIL:1CIEN's Days Inventory is ranked worse than
72.02% of 2409 companies
in the Hardware industry
Industry Median: 102.02 vs MIL:1CIEN: 162.16

Ciena's Days Inventory declined from Jan. 2023 (168.16) to Jan. 2024 (165.39).

Warning Sign:

If a company builds up inventory, it may mean it is having difficulties selling its goods.

Inventory Turnover measures how fast the company turns over its inventory within a year. Ciena's Inventory Turnover for the three months ended in Jan. 2024 was 0.55.

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. Ciena's Inventory-to-Revenue for the three months ended in Jan. 2024 was 1.00.


Ciena Days Inventory Historical Data

The historical data trend for Ciena'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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Ciena Days Inventory Chart

Ciena Annual Data
Trend Oct14 Oct15 Oct16 Oct17 Oct18 Oct19 Oct20 Oct21 Oct22 Oct23
Days Inventory
Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 53.75 69.08 68.61 111.37 150.32

Ciena Quarterly Data
Apr19 Jul19 Oct19 Jan20 Apr20 Jul20 Oct20 Jan21 Apr21 Jul21 Oct21 Jan22 Apr22 Jul22 Oct22 Jan23 Apr23 Jul23 Oct23 Jan24
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 168.16 162.48 169.57 155.29 165.39

Competitive Comparison of Ciena's Days Inventory

For the Communication Equipment subindustry, Ciena'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.


Ciena's Days Inventory Distribution in the Hardware Industry

For the Hardware industry and Technology sector, Ciena's Days Inventory distribution charts can be found below:

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



Ciena Days Inventory Calculation

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

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

Days Inventory (A: Oct. 2023 )
=Average Total Inventories / Cost of Goods Sold*Days in Period
=( (Total Inventories (A: Oct. 2022 ) + Total Inventories (A: Oct. 2023 )) / count ) / Cost of Goods Sold (A: Oct. 2023 )*Days in Period
=( (960.931 + 995.144) / 2 ) / 2374.79*365
=978.0375 / 2374.79*365
=150.32

Ciena's Days Inventory for the quarter that ended in Jan. 2024 is calculated as:

Days Inventory (Q: Jan. 2024 )
=Average Total Inventories / Cost of Goods Sold*Days in Period
=( (Total Inventories (Q: Oct. 2023 ) + Total Inventories (Q: Jan. 2024 )) / count ) / Cost of Goods Sold (Q: Jan. 2024 )*Days in Period
=( (995.144 + 904.125) / 2 ) / 523.946*365 / 4
=949.6345 / 523.946*365 / 4
=165.39

* 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.


Ciena  (MIL:1CIEN) 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.

Ciena's Inventory Turnover for the three months ended in Jan. 2024 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.

Ciena's Inventory to Revenue for the three months ended in Jan. 2024 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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Ciena (MIL:1CIEN) Business Description

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Address
7035 Ridge Road, Hanover, MD, USA, 21076
Ciena Corp is a network and technology company. It provides network hardware, software, and services that support the transport, switching, aggregation, service delivery, and management of video, data, and voice traffic on communications networks. It serves various industries such as communication services providers, web-scale providers, cable operators, government, and large enterprises world-wide. The business activities function through Networking Platforms; Platform Software and Services; Blue Planet Automation Software, and Global Services segments. Geographically, its presence is seen in the markets of the United States, Canada, the Caribbean, Latin America, Europe, the Middle East, Africa, the Asia Pacific, Japan, and India. The maximum revenue is generated from Americas.

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