Molycorp (XSWX:MCP) Days Inventory : 108.80 (As of Jun. 2015)

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What is Molycorp Days Inventory?

Days Inventory is also known as Days Sales of Inventory (DSI). Molycorp's Average Total Inventories for the three months ended in Jun. 2015 was CHF168.4 Mil. Molycorp's Cost of Goods Sold for the three months ended in Jun. 2015 was CHF141.3 Mil. Hence, Molycorp's Days Inventory for the three months ended in Jun. 2015 was 108.80.

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

XSWX:MCP' s Days Inventory Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 108.23 Med: 135.89 Max: 153.74
Current: 109.02

During the past 6 years, Molycorp's highest Days Inventory was 153.74. The lowest was 108.23. And the median was 135.89.

XSWX:MCP's Days Inventory is not ranked
in the Metals & Mining industry.
Industry Median: 88.64 vs XSWX:MCP: 109.02

Molycorp's Days Inventory declined from Jun. 2014 (118.20) to Jun. 2015 (108.80).

Inventory Turnover measures how fast the company turns over its inventory within a year. Molycorp's Inventory Turnover for the three months ended in Jun. 2015 was 0.84.

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. Molycorp's Inventory-to-Revenue for the three months ended in Jun. 2015 was 1.59.

Molycorp Days Inventory Historical Data

The historical data trend for Molycorp's Days Inventory can be seen below:

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Molycorp Days Inventory Chart

Molycorp Annual Data

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Dec10

Dec11

Dec12

Dec13

Dec14

Days Inventory

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156.59

136.69

143.74

137.46

103.64

Molycorp Quarterly Data
	Sep10	Dec10	Mar11	Jun11	Sep11	Dec11	Mar12	Jun12	Sep12	Dec12	Mar13	Jun13	Sep13	Dec13	Mar14	Jun14	Sep14	Dec14	Mar15	Jun15
Days Inventory	Get a 7-Day Free Trial															118.20	111.90	93.38	121.53	108.80

Competitive Comparison of Molycorp's Days Inventory

For the Other Industrial Metals & Mining subindustry, Molycorp's Days Inventory, along with its competitors' market caps and Days Inventory data, can be viewed below:

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

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

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

Molycorp Days Inventory Calculation

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

Molycorp's Days Inventory for the fiscal year that ended in Dec. 2014 is calculated as

	Days Inventory (A: Dec. 2014 )
=	Average Total Inventories					/	Cost of Goods Sold	*	Days in Period
=	( (Total Inventories (A: Dec. 2013 )	+	Total Inventories (A: Dec. 2014 ))	/	count )	/	Cost of Goods Sold (A: Dec. 2014 )	*	Days in Period
=	( (153.454	+	165.141)	/	2 )	/	560.991	*	365
=	159.2975					/	560.991	*	365
=	103.64

Molycorp's Days Inventory for the quarter that ended in Jun. 2015 is calculated as:

	Days Inventory (Q: Jun. 2015 )
=	Average Total Inventories					/	Cost of Goods Sold	*	Days in Period
=	( (Total Inventories (Q: Mar. 2015 )	+	Total Inventories (Q: Jun. 2015 ))	/	count )	/	Cost of Goods Sold (Q: Jun. 2015 )	*	Days in Period
=	( (177.158	+	159.676)	/	2 )	/	141.252	*	365 / 4
=	168.417					/	141.252	*	365 / 4
=	108.80

Molycorp (XSWX:MCP) 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.

Molycorp's Inventory Turnover for the three months ended in Jun. 2015 is calculated as

Inventory Turnover	=	Cost of Goods Sold	/	Average Total Inventories
	=	141.252	/	168.417
	=	0.84

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.

Molycorp's Inventory to Revenue for the three months ended in Jun. 2015 is calculated as

Inventory-to-Revenue	=	Average Total Inventories	/	Revenue
	=	168.417	/	106.112
	=	1.59

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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Molycorp Inc, formerly known as Rare Earth Acquisitions LLC, was formed on March 4, 2010 as a new Delaware corporation. The Company manufactures custom engineered rare earth and rare metal products. Its business is organized into four reportable segments: Resources; Chemicals and Oxides; Magnetic Materials and Alloys; and Rare Metals. The Resources segment includes its operations at the Molycorp Mountain Pass Rare Earth Facility, where it conducts rare earth minerals extraction to produce: rare earth concentrates; REO, including lanthanum, cerium, neodymium, praseodymium, and yttrium; heavy rare earth concentrates, which include samarium, europium, gadolinium, terbium, dysprosium, and others; and SorbXTM, a line of proprietary rare earth-based water treatment products. The Chemicals and Oxides segment includes: production of REO at its operations at Molycorp Silmet; separated heavy rare earth oxides and other custom engineered materials from its facilities in Jiangyin, Jiangsu Province, China; and production of REO, salts of rare earth elements, or REEs, zirconium-based engineered materials and mixed rare earth/zirconium oxides from its facilities in Zibo, Shandong Province, China. The Magnetic Materials and Alloys segment includes: the production of Neo Powders through its wholly-owned manufacturing facilities in Tianjin, China, and Korat, Thailand, under the Molycorp Magnequench brand. This operating segment also includes manufacturing of neodymium and samarium magnet alloys, other specialty alloy products and rare earth metals at its MMA facility, located in Tolleson, Arizona. The Rare Metals segment produces, reclaims, refines and markets high value niche metals and their compounds that include gallium, indium, rhenium, tantalum, and niobium. Applications from products made in this segment include wireless technologies, LED, flat panel display, turbine, solar, catalyst, steel additive, electronics applications, and others. The Company's operations are subject to numerous and detailed international, national, federal, state and local laws, regulations and permits affecting the mining and mineral processing industry, including those pertaining to employee health and safety, environmental permitting and licensing, air quality standards, greenhouse gas, or GHG, emissions, water usage and disposal, pollution, waste management, plant and wildlife protection, handling and disposal of radioactive substances, remediation of soil and groundwater contamination, land use, reclamation and restoration of properties, the discharge of materials into the environment and groundwater quality and availability.

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