Inventory Eligibility

Meaning

Specific criteria define which parts of a company’s stock can be used to calculate the borrowing base for a loan. This inventory eligibility excludes items that the lender deems too risky or difficult to liquidate in a default scenario. Standard exclusions include slow-moving goods, damaged products, and materials located at third-party sites without a signed access agreement.

Quality Standard

Physical condition and marketability are the primary factors in the assessment. Items that are nearing their expiration date or have become technologically obsolete do not meet the standards for inventory eligibility. Lenders want to ensure that every unit of stock in the borrowing base can be sold quickly for a predictable price.

Valuation Haircut

Discounts are applied to the book value of the eligible items to provide a safety margin. A lender might only lend fifty percent of the cost of raw materials while lending eighty percent of the value of finished goods. This differentiation accounts for the fact that finished products are easier to sell than piles of unprocessed components.

Exclusion Category

Certain types of stock are automatically removed from the calculation regardless of their condition. Work in progress is almost always denied inventory eligibility because a partially assembled product is difficult for a lender to finish and sell. Packaging materials and promotional items also fall into this category because they have little value to anyone other than the borrower.

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