In: Accounting
Inventory Turnover and Days’ Sales in Inventory – W. Glass & Company reported the following information in its recent annual report:
| 
 2015  | 
 2016  | 
|
| 
 Cost of goods sold  | 
 $4,000,000  | 
 $4,600,000  | 
| 
 Beginning inventory  | 
 $900,000  | 
 860,000  | 
| 
 Ending inventory  | 
 860,000  | 
 640,000  | 
Calculate the company’s inventory turnover and days’ sales in inventory for both years.
Inventory turnover = Cost of goods sold / Average inventory
Days’ sales in inventory = 365 / Inventory turnover
2015:
Inventory turnover = $4,000,000 / [($900,000 + $860,000) / 2] = 4.55
Days’ sales in inventory = 365 / 4.55 = 80.3 days
2016:
Inventory turnover = $4,600,000 / [($860,000 + $640,000) / 2] = 6.13
Days’ sales in inventory = 365 / 6.13 = 59.5 days