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Trina Solar Co (Trina Solar Co) Cost of Goods Sold : $12,982 Mil (TTM As of Mar. 2024)


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What is Trina Solar Co Cost of Goods Sold?

Trina Solar Co's cost of goods sold for the three months ended in Mar. 2024 was $2,159 Mil. Its cost of goods sold for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Mar. 2024 was $12,982 Mil.

Cost of Goods Sold is directly linked to profitability of the company through Gross Margin. Trina Solar Co's Gross Margin % for the three months ended in Mar. 2024 was 14.84%.

Cost of Goods Sold is also directly linked to Inventory Turnover. Trina Solar Co's Inventory Turnover for the three months ended in Mar. 2024 was 0.58.


Trina Solar Co Cost of Goods Sold Historical Data

The historical data trend for Trina Solar Co's Cost of Goods Sold can be seen below:

* 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.

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Trina Solar Co Cost of Goods Sold Chart

Trina Solar Co Annual Data
Trend Dec16 Dec17 Dec18 Dec19 Dec20 Dec21 Dec22 Dec23
Cost of Goods Sold
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Trina Solar Co Quarterly Data
Jun19 Sep19 Dec19 Mar20 Jun20 Sep20 Dec20 Mar21 Jun21 Sep21 Dec21 Mar22 Jun22 Sep22 Dec22 Mar23 Jun23 Sep23 Dec23 Mar24
Cost of Goods Sold Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 2,538.33 3,286.55 3,622.58 3,913.65 2,158.73

Trina Solar Co 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 Mar. 2024 adds up the quarterly data reported by the company within the most recent 12 months, which was $12,982 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.


Trina Solar Co  (NYSE:TSL) Cost of Goods Sold Explanation

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

Trina Solar Co's Gross Margin % for the three months ended in Mar. 2024 is calculated as:

Gross Margin %=(Revenue - Cost of Goods Sold) / Revenue
=(2535.019 - 2158.734) / 2535.019
=14.84 %

* 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:

Trina Solar Co's Inventory Turnover for the three months ended in Mar. 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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Trina Solar Co (Trina Solar Co) Business Description

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Address
No.2 Tianhe Road, Trina PV Industrial Park, Xinbei District, Jiangsu, CHN, 213031
Trina Solar Co Ltd is engaged in manufacturing photovoltaic products, photovoltaic systems and smart energy. The photovoltaic products business includes research and development, manufacture and sales of monocrystalline silicon-based photovoltaic modules; the photovoltaic systems business includes power station business and construction and management of photovoltaic power station projects, among others; smart energy business includes photovoltaic power generation, operation, and management of the photovoltaic power station, research and sales of the smart microgrid and multi-energy systems, and operation of the energy cloud platform, among others.
Executives
Platinum Investment Management Ltd 10 percent owner C/O PLATINUM ASSET MANAGEMENT, LEVEL 8, 7 MACQUARIE PLACE, SYDNEY AUSTRALIA 2000 C3 00000