In: Accounting
Average Inventory, Inventory Turnover Ratio, Inventory Turnover in Days
Belt Company had net sales of $1,891,675,000 and cost of goods sold of $1,713,635,000. Belt had the following balances:
| January 1 | December 31 | |
| Inventories | $301,500,000 | $385,000,000 |
Required:
Assume 365 days per year.
1. Calculate the average inventory.
$
2. Calculate the inventory turnover ratio.
Round to two decimal places.
times
3. Calculate the inventory turnover in days.
Round to two decimal places.
days
| Answer = 1 | ||||
| Average Inventory = (Opening inventory + Closing inventory) / 2 | ||||
| Average Inventory = | ||||
| Opening Inventory = | $ 30,15,00,000 | |||
| Add: Closing inventory | $ 38,50,00,000 | |||
| Total | $ 68,65,00,000 | |||
| Divide by | "/" By 2 | |||
| Average Inventory = | $ 34,32,50,000 | |||
| Answer =2) | ||||
| Inventory turnover Ratio = | ||||
| COGS | $ 1,71,36,35,000 | |||
| Divide By = | "/" By | |||
| Average inventory= | $ 34,32,50,000 | |||
| Inventory turnover Ratio = (Times) | $ 4.99 | |||
| Answer = 3) | ||||
| Days in inventory = (Ending inventory / COGS ) X 365 | ||||
| Ending inventory = | $ 38,50,00,000 | |||
| Divide By = | "/" By | |||
| COGS | $ 1,71,36,35,000 | |||
| Equal to = | 0.22 | |||
| Multiply By 365 | "X "By 365 | |||
| Days in inventory = | 82.00 | |||
| Answer = 82 Days | ||||