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Inventory Turnover Ratio
Overview
The inventory turnover ratio measures how many times a business sells and replaces its stock of
goods in a given period of time. This ratio looks at cost of goods sold relative to average inventory
in the period.
This ratio indicates how efficient a business is at clearing its inventories.
Formula
Interpretation
To calculate this ratio, average inventory is calculated as:
Average Inventory = (Inventory
ending
+ Inventory
beginning
)/2
For example, a company has cost of goods sold of $3 million for the fiscal year. On December 31
st
,
the company’s inventory was $350,000. On January 1
st
, inventory was $260,000. Therefore, the
company’s inventory turnover ratio would be = 3,000,000 / ((35,000 + 26,000) / 2) = 9.84. This
number means that the company sold its entire stock of inventory 9.84 times in the fiscal year.
Additionally, like the accounts receivable turnover ratio, the inventory turnover ratio can be
manipulated to give inventory turnover days – the average number of days it takes to sell an entire
stock of goods.
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