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Essential Utilities (STU:A2A) Days Inventory : 30.65 (As of Mar. 2024)


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What is Essential Utilities Days Inventory?

Days Inventory is also known as Days Sales of Inventory (DSI). Essential Utilities's Average Total Inventories for the three months ended in Mar. 2024 was €82 Mil. Essential Utilities's Cost of Goods Sold for the three months ended in Mar. 2024 was €245 Mil. Hence, Essential Utilities's Days Inventory for the three months ended in Mar. 2024 was 30.65.

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

STU:A2A' s Days Inventory Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 14.87   Med: 18.31   Max: 61.45
Current: 46.65

During the past 13 years, Essential Utilities's highest Days Inventory was 61.45. The lowest was 14.87. And the median was 18.31.

STU:A2A's Days Inventory is ranked worse than
75.05% of 461 companies
in the Utilities - Regulated industry
Industry Median: 23.46 vs STU:A2A: 46.65

Essential Utilities's Days Inventory declined from Mar. 2023 (34.46) to Mar. 2024 (30.65).

Inventory Turnover measures how fast the company turns over its inventory within a year. Essential Utilities's Inventory Turnover for the three months ended in Mar. 2024 was 2.98.

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. Essential Utilities's Inventory-to-Revenue for the three months ended in Mar. 2024 was 0.15.


Essential Utilities Days Inventory Historical Data

The historical data trend for Essential Utilities'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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Essential Utilities Days Inventory Chart

Essential Utilities 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 18.55 20.64 33.56 45.41 62.61

Essential Utilities Quarterly Data
Jun19 Sep19 Dec19 Mar20 Jun20 Sep20 Dec20 Mar21 Jun21 Sep21 Dec21 Mar22 Jun22 Sep22 Dec22 Mar23 Jun23 Sep23 Dec23 Mar24
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 34.46 53.46 65.35 56.99 30.65

Competitive Comparison of Essential Utilities's Days Inventory

For the Utilities - Regulated Water subindustry, Essential Utilities'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.


Essential Utilities's Days Inventory Distribution in the Utilities - Regulated Industry

For the Utilities - Regulated industry and Utilities sector, Essential Utilities's Days Inventory distribution charts can be found below:

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



Essential Utilities Days Inventory Calculation

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

Essential Utilities'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
=( (188.55 + 103.316) / 2 ) / 850.815*365
=145.933 / 850.815*365
=62.61

Essential Utilities's Days Inventory for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2024 is calculated as:

Days Inventory (Q: Mar. 2024 )
=Average Total Inventories / Cost of Goods Sold*Days in Period
=( (Total Inventories (Q: Dec. 2023 ) + Total Inventories (Q: Mar. 2024 )) / count ) / Cost of Goods Sold (Q: Mar. 2024 )*Days in Period
=( (103.316 + 61.452) / 2 ) / 245.249*365 / 4
=82.384 / 245.249*365 / 4
=30.65

* 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.


Essential Utilities  (STU:A2A) 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.

Essential Utilities's Inventory Turnover for the three months ended in Mar. 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.

Essential Utilities's Inventory to Revenue for the three months ended in Mar. 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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Essential Utilities (STU:A2A) Business Description

Traded in Other Exchanges
Address
762 West Lancaster Avenue, Bryn Mawr, PA, USA, 19010-3489
Essential Utilities is a Pennsylvania-based holding company for U.S. water, wastewater, and natural gas distribution utilities. The company's water business serves 3 million people in eight states. Nearly three fourths of its water earnings come from Pennsylvania, primarily suburban Philadelphia. Its Peoples subsidiary serves more than 700,000 gas distribution customers in Pennsylvania and Kentucky. Essential exited its noncore competitive water and energy services businesses.

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