Smiths Group (Smiths Group) Cost of Goods Sold : $2,456 Mil (TTM As of Jan. 2024)

Smiths Group Cost of Goods Sold Chart

Smiths Group Annual Data
	Trend	Jul14	Jul15	Jul16	Jul17	Jul18	Jul19	Jul20	Jul21	Jul22	Jul23
Cost of Goods Sold		Get a 7-Day Free Trial					1,779.58	2,030.50	2,059.39	1,924.46	2,472.94

Smiths Group Semi-Annual Data
	Jul14	Jan15	Jul15	Jan16	Jul16	Jan17	Jul17	Jan18	Jul18	Jan19	Jul19	Jan20	Jul20	Jan21	Jul21	Jan22	Jul22	Jan23	Jul23	Jan24
Cost of Goods Sold	Get a 7-Day Free Trial															997.29	1,041.97	1,156.67	1,255.16	1,200.76

Smiths Group Cost of Goods Sold Calculation

Cost of Goods Sold is the aggregate cost of goods produced and sold, and services rendered during the reporting period. It excludes Total Operating Expense, such as Depreciation, Depletion and Amortization and Selling, General, & Admin. Expense.

Cost of Goods Sold for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Jan. 2024 adds up the semi-annually data reported by the company within the most recent 12 months, which was $2,456 Mil.

* For Operating Data section: All numbers are indicated by the unit behind each term and all currency related amount are in USD.
* For other sections: All numbers are in millions except for per share data, ratio, and percentage. All currency related amount are indicated in the company's associated stock exchange currency.

Smiths Group  (OTCPK:SMGKF) Cost of Goods Sold Explanation

Cost of Goods Sold is directly linked to profitability of the company through Gross Margin.

Smiths Group's Gross Margin % for the six months ended in Jan. 2024 is calculated as:

* For Operating Data section: All numbers are indicated by the unit behind each term and all currency related amount are in USD.
* For other sections: All numbers are in millions except for per share data, ratio, and percentage. All currency related amount are indicated in the company's associated stock exchange currency.

A company that has a moat can usually maintain or even expand their Gross Margin. A company can increase its Gross Margin in two ways. It can increase the prices of the goods it sells and keeps its Cost of Goods Sold unchanged. Or it can keep the sales price unchanged and squeeze its suppliers to reduce the Cost of Goods Sold. Warren Buffett believes businesses with the power to raise prices have moats.

Cost of Goods Sold is also directly linked to another concept called Inventory Turnover:

Smiths Group's Inventory Turnover for the six months ended in Jan. 2024 is calculated as:

* For Operating Data section: All numbers are indicated by the unit behind each term and all currency related amount are in USD.
* For other sections: All numbers are in millions except for per share data, ratio, and percentage. All currency related amount are indicated in the company's associated stock exchange currency.

Inventory Turnover measures how fast the company turns over its inventory within a year. A higher inventory turnover means the company has light inventory. Therefore the company spends less money on storage, write downs, and obsolete inventory. If the inventory is too light, it may affect sales because the company may not have enough to meet demand.

Usually retailers pile up their inventories at holiday seasons to meet the stronger demand. Therefore, the inventory of a particular quarter of a year should not be used to calculate inventory turnover. An average inventory is a better indication.

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