RPX (RPXC) COGS-to-Revenue : 0.63 (As of Mar. 2018)

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What is RPX COGS-to-Revenue?

RPX's Cost of Goods Sold for the three months ended in Mar. 2018 was $42.2 Mil. Its Revenue for the three months ended in Mar. 2018 was $67.1 Mil.

RPX's COGS to Revenue for the three months ended in Mar. 2018 was 0.63.

Cost of Goods Sold is directly linked to profitability of the company through Gross Margin. RPX's Gross Margin % for the three months ended in Mar. 2018 was 37.08%.

RPX COGS-to-Revenue Historical Data

The historical data trend for RPX's COGS-to-Revenue can be seen below:

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RPX COGS-to-Revenue Chart

RPX Annual Data

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COGS-to-Revenue

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0.47

0.48

0.51

0.59

0.62

RPX Quarterly Data
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COGS-to-Revenue	Get a 7-Day Free Trial															0.59	0.64	0.61	0.60	0.63

RPX COGS-to-Revenue Calculation

RPX's COGS to Revenue for the fiscal year that ended in Dec. 2017 is calculated as

COGS to Revenue	=	Cost of Goods Sold	/	Revenue
	=	203.709	/	330.457
	=	0.62

RPX's COGS to Revenue for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2018 is calculated as

COGS to Revenue	=	Cost of Goods Sold	/	Revenue
	=	42.23	/	67.121
	=	0.63

RPX (NAS:RPXC) COGS-to-Revenue Explanation

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

RPX's Gross Margin % for the three months ended in Mar. 2018 is calculated as:

Gross Margin %	=	1	-	COGS to Revenue
	=	1	-	Cost of Goods Sold / Revenue
	=	1	-	42.23 / 67.121
	=	37.08 %

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.

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RPX (RPXC) Business Description

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http://www.rpxcorp.com

RPX Corp is a U.S.-based company that offers patent aggregation solutions. The company acquires patents and licenses to patents that are already or can possibly be asserted against the company's existing and potential clients, and after that, the company licenses these patents to clients, in a bid to help clients reduce patent litigation risks, obtain cost-effective licenses, and control patent-risk management costs. The firm's revenue primarily stems from the subscription fees paid by clients under agreement, the premiums earned from insurance policies, and management fees. The company generates most of its revenue from the United States, Japan, and Korea.

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