S&P Global (SPGI) Inventory Average (2009 - 2012)

S&P Global (SPGI) has reported Inventory Average for 4 consecutive years, with $277.0 million the latest figure, recorded in Q3 2012.

• For the quarter ending Q3 2012, Inventory Average fell 11.36% year-over-year to $277.0 million; the trailing twelve-month figure through Sep 2012 stood at $277.0 million (down 11.36% YoY), and the FY2011 full-year result was $269.0 million, down 6.63% from the prior year.
• Inventory Average fell to $277.0 million in Q3 2012 per SPGI's latest filing, from $294.5 million in the prior quarter.
• Across five years, Inventory Average topped out at $388.1 million in Q2 2009 and bottomed at $274.0 million in Q4 2011.
• Historically, Inventory Average has averaged $317.0 million across 4 years, with a median of $312.5 million in 2011.
• The sharpest annual moves came in 2010 and 2011: Inventory Average dropped 17.95% in 2010, then retreated 0.12% in 2011.
• Over 4 years, Inventory Average stood at $320.1 million in 2009, then decreased by 10.95% to $285.0 million in 2010, then decreased by 3.88% to $274.0 million in 2011, then grew by 1.09% to $277.0 million in 2012.
• According to Business Quant data, Inventory Average over the past three periods registered $277.0 million, $294.5 million, and $278.0 million for Q3 2012, Q2 2012, and Q1 2012 respectively.