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According to [[College Accounting: A Practical Approach by Slater (13th edition)‎]],
 
According to [[College Accounting: A Practical Approach by Slater (13th edition)‎]],
 
:[[Inventory turnover ratio]]. An asset management ratio that indicates how quickly inventory moves off the shelf and therefore how well a company sells its product.
 
:[[Inventory turnover ratio]]. An asset management ratio that indicates how quickly inventory moves off the shelf and therefore how well a company sells its product.
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According to [[Financial Management Theory and Practice by Eugene F. Brigham and Michael C. Ehrhardt (13th edition)]],
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:[[Inventory turnover ratio]]. Sales divided by inventories.
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According to [[Fundamentals of Financial Management by Eugene F. Brigham and Joel F. Houston (15th edition)]],
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:[[Inventory turnover ratio]]. This ratio is calculated by dividing sales by inventories. It indicates how many times inventory is turned over during the year.
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According to [[Managerial Accounting by Braun, Tietz (5th edition)]],
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:[[Inventory turnover ratio]]. Ratio of cost of goods sold to average inventory. It indicates how rapidly inventory is sold, 850, 860 Investing activities. Activities that involve buying or selling long-term assets, such as buying or selling property, plant, or equipment; buying or selling stock in other companies (if the stock is meant to be held for the long term); or loaning money to other companies with the goal of earning interest income from the loan.
  
 
==Related concepts==
 
==Related concepts==
 
*[[Accounting]] (alternatively known as [[accountancy]]) is management of [[financial data]], information, and knowledge about [[financial transaction]]s of [[legal entity|legal entiti]]es. [[Accountancy]] tends to include [[bookkeeping]] and, depending on a particilar enterprise, may also include [[quatitative analysis]] of [[financial data]] in the [[bookkeeping system]] and/or [[business intelligence]].
 
*[[Accounting]] (alternatively known as [[accountancy]]) is management of [[financial data]], information, and knowledge about [[financial transaction]]s of [[legal entity|legal entiti]]es. [[Accountancy]] tends to include [[bookkeeping]] and, depending on a particilar enterprise, may also include [[quatitative analysis]] of [[financial data]] in the [[bookkeeping system]] and/or [[business intelligence]].
  
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*[[Principles of Accounting]].  
 
*[[Principles of Accounting]].  
  
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Latest revision as of 11:37, 15 July 2020

Inventory turnover ratio (or, simply, inventory turnover) is an asset management ratio that indicates how quickly inventory moves off the shelf and therefore how well a company sells its product.


Definitions

According to College Accounting: A Practical Approach by Slater (13th edition)‎,

Inventory turnover ratio. An asset management ratio that indicates how quickly inventory moves off the shelf and therefore how well a company sells its product.

According to Financial Management Theory and Practice by Eugene F. Brigham and Michael C. Ehrhardt (13th edition),

Inventory turnover ratio. Sales divided by inventories.

According to Fundamentals of Financial Management by Eugene F. Brigham and Joel F. Houston (15th edition),

Inventory turnover ratio. This ratio is calculated by dividing sales by inventories. It indicates how many times inventory is turned over during the year.

According to Managerial Accounting by Braun, Tietz (5th edition),

Inventory turnover ratio. Ratio of cost of goods sold to average inventory. It indicates how rapidly inventory is sold, 850, 860 Investing activities. Activities that involve buying or selling long-term assets, such as buying or selling property, plant, or equipment; buying or selling stock in other companies (if the stock is meant to be held for the long term); or loaning money to other companies with the goal of earning interest income from the loan.

Related concepts

Related lectures