Core Insights - The analysis focuses on the inventory status of 14 representative listed companies in the daily chemical skincare sector for the year 2024, highlighting trends in inventory scale and turnover efficiency [1][2]. Inventory Scale and Proportion - Over half of the selected skincare companies experienced growth in inventory scale in 2024, with Chuang'er Biological showing the highest year-on-year increase of 62.44%, reaching an inventory scale of 0.35 billion [2][3]. - Other companies with significant inventory growth include Kesi Co. (0.97 billion, up 47.96%), Jinbo Biological (0.97 billion, up 45.68%), and Fulejia (1.6 billion, up 30.26%) [2][3]. - Water Sheep Co. has the highest inventory proportion relative to total assets at approximately 19.52% in 2024, indicating a notable increase from 19.32% in 2023 [4]. Inventory Turnover Efficiency - Among the analyzed companies, only Marubi and Qingsong Co. showed improvement in inventory turnover efficiency, while the remaining eight companies experienced an increase in inventory turnover days, indicating a decline in efficiency [1][5]. - Jinbo Biological, Huaxi Biological, and Beitaini reported inventory turnover days exceeding 270 days (approximately 9 months), with turnover days of 307.93 and 254.45 respectively for Jinbo and Huaxi [1][5]. - Eight out of the 14 companies improved their inventory turnover efficiency, while companies like Fulejia, Kesi Co., Marubi, Huaxi, Water Sheep, and Jiaheng Household experienced a decline in efficiency [7].