The AES (The AES) COGS-to-Revenue

: 0.83 (As of Dec. 2023)

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The AES's Cost of Goods Sold for the three months ended in Dec. 2023 was $2,474.00 Mil. Its Revenue for the three months ended in Dec. 2023 was $2,968.00 Mil.

The AES's COGS to Revenue for the three months ended in Dec. 2023 was 0.83.

Cost of Goods Sold is directly linked to profitability of the company through Gross Margin. The AES's Gross Margin % for the three months ended in Dec. 2023 was 16.64%.

The AES COGS-to-Revenue Historical Data

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

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The AES Annual Data

Trend

Dec14

Dec15

Dec16

Dec17

Dec18

Dec19

Dec20

Dec21

Dec22

Dec23

COGS-to-Revenue

0.77

0.72

0.76

0.80

The AES Quarterly Data
	Mar19	Jun19	Sep19	Dec19	Mar20	Jun20	Sep20	Dec20	Mar21	Jun21	Sep21	Dec21	Mar22	Jun22	Sep22	Dec22	Mar23	Jun23	Sep23	Dec23
COGS-to-Revenue																0.82	0.82	0.84	0.73	0.83

The AES COGS-to-Revenue Calculation

The AES's COGS to Revenue for the fiscal year that ended in Dec. 2023 is calculated as

COGS to Revenue	=	Cost of Goods Sold	/	Revenue
	=	10164	/	12668
	=	0.80

The AES's COGS to Revenue for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 is calculated as

COGS to Revenue	=	Cost of Goods Sold	/	Revenue
	=	2474	/	2968
	=	0.83

The AES (NYSE:AESC) COGS-to-Revenue Explanation

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

The AES's Gross Margin % for the three months ended in Dec. 2023 is calculated as:

Gross Margin %	=	1	-	COGS to Revenue
	=	1	-	Cost of Goods Sold / Revenue
	=	1	-	2474 / 2968
	=	16.64 %

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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The AES (The AES) Business Description

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Address

4300 Wilson Boulevard, 11th Floor, Arlington, VA, USA, 22203

Website

https://www.aes.com

AES is a global power company. Its current generation portfolio as of year-end 2022 consists of over 32 gigawatts of generation including renewable energy (46%), gas (32%), coal (20%), and oil (2%). AES has majority ownership and operates six electric utilities distributing power to 2.6 million customers.