Interplay Entertainment (Interplay Entertainment) Cost of Goods Sold : $0.21 Mil (TTM As of Mar. 2011)

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What is Interplay Entertainment Cost of Goods Sold?

Interplay Entertainment's cost of goods sold for the three months ended in Mar. 2011 was $0.03 Mil. Its cost of goods sold for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Mar. 2011 was $0.21 Mil.

Cost of Goods Sold is directly linked to profitability of the company through Gross Margin. Interplay Entertainment's Gross Margin % for the three months ended in Mar. 2011 was 85.37%.

Cost of Goods Sold is also directly linked to Inventory Turnover. Interplay Entertainment's Inventory Turnover for the three months ended in Mar. 2011 was 2.86.

Interplay Entertainment Cost of Goods Sold Historical Data

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

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Interplay Entertainment Cost of Goods Sold Chart

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Interplay Entertainment Quarterly Data
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Interplay Entertainment 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. 2011 adds up the quarterly data reported by the company within the most recent 12 months, which was $0.21 Mil.

Interplay Entertainment (OTCPK:IPLY) Cost of Goods Sold Explanation

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

Interplay Entertainment's Gross Margin % for the three months ended in Mar. 2011 is calculated as:

Gross Margin %	=	(Revenue	-	Cost of Goods Sold)	/	Revenue
	=	(0.205	-	0.03)	/	0.205
	=	85.37 %

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:

Interplay Entertainment's Inventory Turnover for the three months ended in Mar. 2011 is calculated as:

Inventory Turnover	=	Cost of Goods Sold	/	Average Total Inventories
	=	0.03	/	0.0105
	=	2.86

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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