Alibaba Group Holding (Alibaba Group Holding) COGS-to-Revenue

: 0.60 (As of Dec. 2023)

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Alibaba Group Holding's Cost of Goods Sold for the three months ended in Dec. 2023 was $21,878 Mil. Its Revenue for the three months ended in Dec. 2023 was $36,462 Mil.

Alibaba Group Holding's COGS to Revenue for the three months ended in Dec. 2023 was 0.60.

Cost of Goods Sold is directly linked to profitability of the company through Gross Margin. Alibaba Group Holding's Gross Margin % for the three months ended in Dec. 2023 was 40.00%.

Alibaba Group Holding COGS-to-Revenue Historical Data

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

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Alibaba Group Holding Annual Data

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COGS-to-Revenue

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0.55

0.59

0.63

Alibaba Group Holding Quarterly Data
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COGS-to-Revenue	Get a 7-Day Free Trial															0.61	0.67	0.61	0.62	0.60

Alibaba Group Holding COGS-to-Revenue Calculation

Alibaba Group Holding's COGS to Revenue for the fiscal year that ended in Mar. 2023 is calculated as

COGS to Revenue	=	Cost of Goods Sold	/	Revenue
	=	79771.148	/	126062.924
	=	0.63

Alibaba Group Holding's COGS to Revenue for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 is calculated as

COGS to Revenue	=	Cost of Goods Sold	/	Revenue
	=	21878.099	/	36462.284
	=	0.60

Alibaba Group Holding (OTCPK:BABAF) COGS-to-Revenue Explanation

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

Alibaba Group Holding'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	-	21878.099 / 36462.284
	=	40.00 %

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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Address

1 Matheson Street, Causeway Bay, 26th Floor, Tower One, Times Square, Hong Kong, HKG

Website

https://www.alibabagroup.com

Alibaba is the world's largest online and mobile commerce company as measured by gross merchandise volume (CNY 8.3 trillion for the fiscal year ended March 2022). It operates China's online marketplaces, including Taobao (consumer-to-consumer) and Tmall (business-to-consumer). Alibaba's China commerce retail division accounted for 67% of revenue in the year ended March 2022. Additional revenue sources include China commerce wholesale (2%), international commerce retail/wholesale (5%/2%), local consumer services (5%), cloud computing (9%), digital media and entertainment platforms (4%), Cainiao logistics services (5%), and innovation initiatives/other (1%).