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SunOpta (STKL) Change in Inventory (2016 - 2018)

SunOpta filings provide 6 years of Change in Inventory readings, the most recent being -$15.1 million for Q4 2018.

  • For the quarter ending Q4 2018, Change in Inventory rose 17.19% year-over-year to -$15.1 million, compared with a TTM value of $16.0 million through Dec 2018, up 158.35%, and an annual FY2018 reading of $16.0 million, up 158.35% over the prior year.
  • Change in Inventory hit -$15.1 million in Q4 2018 for SunOpta, down from -$3.8 million in the prior quarter.
  • The five-year high for Change in Inventory was $53.3 million in Q1 2016, with the low at -$26.4 million in Q2 2017.
  • Median Change in Inventory over the past 5 years was -$5.1 million (2016), compared with a mean of $3.2 million.
  • The sharpest move saw Change in Inventory plummeted 437.79% in 2014, then soared 307.64% in 2015.
  • Year by year, Change in Inventory stood at -$9.9 million in 2014, then skyrocketed by 66.08% to -$3.4 million in 2015, then plummeted by 453.67% to -$18.7 million in 2016, then rose by 1.96% to -$18.3 million in 2017, then increased by 17.19% to -$15.1 million in 2018.
  • According to Business Quant data, Change in Inventory over the past three periods came in at -$15.1 million, -$3.8 million, and $53.3 million for Q4 2018, Q3 2018, and Q2 2018 respectively.