rate of inventory turnover
1Inventory turnover — The Inventory Turnover is an equation that equals the cost of goods sold divided by the average inventory. Average inventory equals beginning inventory plus ending inventory divided by 2. Inventory Turnover EquationThe formula for inventory… …
2Inventory turnover — The ratio of annual sales to average inventory which measures the speed that inventory is produced and sold. Low turnover is an unhealthy sign, indicating excess stocks and/or poor sales. The New York Times Financial Glossary * * * inventory… …
3inventory turnover — The ratio of annual sales to average inventory, which measures the speed at which inventory is produced and sold. Low turnover is an unhealthy sign, indicating excess stocks and/or poor sales. Bloomberg Financial Dictionary * * * inventory… …
4Inventory Turnover — A ratio showing how many times a company s inventory is sold and replaced over a period. the The days in the period can then be divided by the inventory turnover formula to calculate the days it takes to sell the inventory on hand or inventory… …
5inventory turnover — stock turnover A ratio that measures the number of times items of stock are used annually. To obtain an accurate measure of stock turnover the following formula is used for each commodity: number of units used per annum/number of units in stock.… …
6rate of stock turnover (stock turn) — the ratio of cost of goods sold over average stock (at cost). This indicates how many times, on average, the entire inventory ( stock) was sold and replaced during the year. Glossary of Business Terms …
7turnover — or turns Terms used to describe the number of operating cycles in a defined period of time or the length of each specific operating cycle. Typical turnover cycles are: the rate at which accounts receivable converts to cash, the rate at which… …
8rate of turnover — turnover ratio The frequency, expressed in annual terms, with which some part of the assets of an organization is turned over (i.e. replaced by others of the same class). In order to calculate how frequently stock is turned over, the total sales… …
9Turnover — Mutual Funds: A measure of trading activity during the previous year, expressed as a percentage of the average total assets of the fund. A turnover ratio of 25% means that the value of trades represented one fourth of the assets of the fund.… …
10inventory — inventoriable, adj. inventorial, adj. inventorially, adv. /in veuhn tawr ee, tohr ee/, n., pl. inventories, v., inventoried, inventorying. n. 1. a complete listing of merchandise or stock on hand, work in progress, raw materials, finished goods… …