ACE Hardware Huge Inventory Iceberg Ahead
Investors have been buying an inventory growth story and lower ROE since FY12. As ACE’s inventory growth has always exceeded its sales growth since FY11, there might be inventory write-offs or aggressive discounts given in the future to reduce its excessively high c.200 inventory days (as at end-FY15). Furthermore, due to its high inventory, the.
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