Valens Semiconductor (Valens Semiconductor) Total Inventories : $12.49 Mil (As of Mar. 2024)

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What is Valens Semiconductor Total Inventories?

Valens Semiconductor's total inventories for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2024 was $12.49 Mil. Valens Semiconductor's average total inventories from the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 to the quarter that ended in Mar. 2024 was $13.16 Mil.

In Ben Graham's calculation of Net-Net Working Capital, inventory is only considered worth half of its book value. Valens Semiconductor's Net-Net Working Capital per share for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2024 was $1.33.

Days Inventory indicates the number of days of goods in sales that a company has in the inventory. Valens Semiconductor's Days Inventory for the three months ended in Mar. 2024 was 253.18.

Inventory Turnover measures how fast the company turns over its inventory within a year. Valens Semiconductor's Inventory Turnover for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2024 was 0.36.

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. Valens Semiconductor's Inventory-to-Revenue for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2024 was 1.14.

Valens Semiconductor Total Inventories Historical Data

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Valens Semiconductor Total Inventories Chart

Valens Semiconductor Annual Data

Trend

Dec19

Dec20

Dec21

Dec22

Dec23

Total Inventories

3.16

9.32

23.82

13.84

Valens Semiconductor Quarterly Data
	Dec19	Sep20	Dec20	Mar21	Jun21	Sep21	Dec21	Mar22	Jun22	Sep22	Dec22	Mar23	Jun23	Sep23	Dec23	Mar24
Total Inventories	Get a 7-Day Free Trial											23.57	19.02	16.90	13.84	12.49

Valens Semiconductor 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.

Valens Semiconductor (NYSE:VLN) 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.

Valens Semiconductor's Net-Net Working Capital Per Share for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2024 is

	Net-Net Working Capital Per Share (Q: Mar. 2024 )
=	(Cash And Cash Equivalents	+	0.75 * Accounts Receivable	+	0.5 * Total Inventories	-	Total Liabilities
-	Preferred Stock	-	Minority Interest)	/	Shares Outstanding (EOP)
=	(139.787	+	0.75 * 9.907	+	0.5 * 12.489	-	13.125
-	0	-	0)	/	105.211
=	1.33

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

Valens Semiconductor's Days Inventory for the three months ended in Mar. 2024 is calculated as:

Days Inventory	=	Average Total Inventories (Q: Mar. 2024 )	/	Cost of Goods Sold (Q: Mar. 2024 )	*	Days in Period
	=	13.1625	/	4.744	*	365 / 4
	=	253.18

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

Valens Semiconductor's Inventory Turnover for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2024 is calculated as

Inventory Turnover	=	Cost of Goods Sold (Q: Mar. 2024 )	/	Average Total Inventories (Q: Mar. 2024 )
	=	4.744	/	13.1625
	=	0.36

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.

Valens Semiconductor's Inventory to Revenue for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2024 is calculated as

Inventory-to-Revenue	=	Average Total Inventories (Q: Mar. 2024 )	/	Revenue (Q: Mar. 2024 )
	=	13.1625	/	11.559
	=	1.14

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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Valens Semiconductor Ltd is a provider of semiconductor products, pushing the boundaries of connectivity by enabling long-reach, high-speed video, and data transmission for the audio-video and automotive industries. It operates in two segments: Audio-Video, which includes the company's HDBaseT solutions for the Audio-Video market deliver superior, plug-and-play convergence and distribution of different interfaces, through a single long-distance category cable; and Automotive segment products enable safe and resilient high-speed in-vehicle connectivity for car architectures, realizing the vision of connected and autonomous cars. The company's geographical segments include Israel, China, Hong Kong, the United States, Mexico, Japan, and Others.