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How much cash is tied up in my stock?

Enter your stock value, the slow-moving share and a holding cost you assume, and see the cash sitting in slow stock and what it costs to keep.

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Your stock

What you paid for it, not what you hope to sell it for.
Your own definition, for example items with no sale in six months. Your stock report can tell you.
Your own figure: storage, insurance, shrinkage and the cost of the money tied up, as a share of stock value. We do not know it, so there is no default.
100 means sold at cost, the best case. Enter less if you would discount it.

Result, based on your numbers

Enter the stock value, the slow-moving share and the holding cost you assume. Nothing is shown until you give all three, and nothing is assumed for you.

If stock is tying up your cash

Please note. This is arithmetic on your own inputs and assumptions, not a forecast and not financial advice.

How it is calculated

The working

  • Slow-moving stock = stock value at cost x (slow-moving share / 100). You decide what "slow-moving" means for your business, for example no sale in six months.
  • Yearly holding cost = stock value x (holding cost / 100). The holding cost is YOUR percentage for storage, insurance, shrinkage and the cost of money tied up. The calculator has no default, because it cannot know it.
  • Cash back = slow-moving stock x (what you would recover / 100). 100 means sold at cost, the best case. Enter less if you would have to discount it.
  • Cost not recovered = slow-moving stock - cash back.
  • The result is arithmetic on your numbers. It does not know whether the slow stock will sell, or for how much. It is not a forecast and not advice.

Sources

  1. Arithmetic only; no regulatory source applies. The slow-moving share, the holding cost and the recovery are values you enter.

Rules and rates change. Always confirm against the current official text.

Free lessons that explain it

From the free Zeyto Academy. No account needed.

See stock, cost and the ledger agree

In Zeyto every sale and purchase updates stock and its cost as it happens, and the stock reports and item history show what has moved, so the slow-moving share can come from a report rather than a guess.

Try Zeyto freeSee the live demoSee Reorder Point and Cash Conversion Planner: What to Order, Days of Cash Tied Up, Growth Funding (Offline App), AED 79

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Stock tied up calculator
Publisher
Zeyto (Emeron Infospace FZE)
Address
https://zeyto.app/tools/stock-tied-up-calculator
Zeyto. "Stock tied up calculator", free tool, Emeron Infospace FZE. https://zeyto.app/tools/stock-tied-up-calculator

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Questions

Common questions

How do I find my slow-moving share?
Run a stock report of items with no sales in the period you choose and divide their cost value by your total stock value. In Zeyto, the stock reports and item history are the place to start (the Academy lesson linked below shows them).
What holding cost should I enter?
Your own: add up what it costs you each year to store, insure and lose stock, and the cost of the money tied up, then divide by your stock value. Any default would be a guess, so the box starts empty.
Will clearing the slow stock release this cash?
Only if it sells, and only for what you recover. That is why the recovery percentage is an input. The calculator shows the arithmetic, not an outcome.
Does it store what I type?
No. The numbers stay in your browser. Nothing is sent unless you choose to leave your email for tips. If you do, the form says that the result shown on the page goes with your signup; the other things you typed do not.

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