Vodafone Group (Vodafone Group) Cost of Goods Sold

: $32,653 Mil (TTM As of Sep. 2023)

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Vodafone Group's cost of goods sold for the six months ended in Sep. 2023 was $16,304 Mil. Its cost of goods sold for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Sep. 2023 was $32,653 Mil.

Cost of Goods Sold is directly linked to profitability of the company through Gross Margin. Vodafone Group's Gross Margin % for the six months ended in Sep. 2023 was 30.36%.

Cost of Goods Sold is also directly linked to Inventory Turnover. Vodafone Group's Inventory Turnover for the six months ended in Sep. 2023 was 15.52.

Vodafone Group Cost of Goods Sold Historical Data

The historical data trend for Vodafone Group's Cost of Goods Sold can be seen below:

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Vodafone Group Annual Data

Trend

Mar14

Mar15

Mar16

Mar17

Mar18

Mar19

Mar20

Mar21

Mar22

Mar23

Cost of Goods Sold

34,079.10

33,902.76

35,816.67

33,671.81

33,029.98

Vodafone Group Semi-Annual Data
	Mar14	Sep14	Mar15	Sep15	Mar16	Sep16	Mar17	Sep17	Mar18	Sep18	Mar19	Sep19	Mar20	Sep20	Mar21	Sep21	Mar22	Sep22	Mar23	Sep23
Cost of Goods Sold																17,761.18	17,045.15	15,425.74	16,349.04	16,304.16

Vodafone 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 Sep. 2023 adds up the semi-annually data reported by the company within the most recent 12 months, which was $32,653 Mil.

Vodafone Group (NAS:VOD) Cost of Goods Sold Explanation

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

Vodafone Group's Gross Margin % for the six months ended in Sep. 2023 is calculated as:

Gross Margin %	=	(Revenue	-	Cost of Goods Sold)	/	Revenue
	=	(23411.953	-	16304.162)	/	23411.953
	=	30.36 %

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:

Vodafone Group's Inventory Turnover for the six months ended in Sep. 2023 is calculated as:

Inventory Turnover	=	Cost of Goods Sold	/	Average Total Inventories
	=	16304.162	/	1050.198
	=	15.52

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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Vodafone Group (Vodafone Group) Business Description

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Address

Vodafone House, The Connection, Newbury, Berkshire, GBR, RG14 2FN

Website

https://www.vodafone.com

Vodafone operates mobile and fixed-line networks and businesses in more than 20 countries. Its largest market is Germany, where it is the second mobile operator after Deutsche Telekom and owns a cable network after acquiring Kabel Deutschland in 2013 and Liberty Global Germany in 2019. In the U.K. and Italy, it acts as a mobile operator, while in Spain it offers converged services after the acquisition of cable operator Ono in 2014. Vodafone also has operations in several Central European and African countries, which combined represent around one third of revenue.