Syngenta AG (Syngenta AG) COGS-to-Revenue : 0.57 (As of Dec. 2018)

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What is Syngenta AG COGS-to-Revenue?

Syngenta AG's Cost of Goods Sold for the six months ended in Dec. 2018 was $3,551 Mil. Its Revenue for the six months ended in Dec. 2018 was $6,274 Mil.

Syngenta AG's COGS to Revenue for the six months ended in Dec. 2018 was 0.57.

Cost of Goods Sold is directly linked to profitability of the company through Gross Margin. Syngenta AG's Gross Margin % for the six months ended in Dec. 2018 was 43.40%.

Syngenta AG COGS-to-Revenue Historical Data

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Syngenta AG COGS-to-Revenue Chart

Syngenta AG Annual Data

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COGS-to-Revenue

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0.54

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0.51

0.54

Syngenta AG Semi-Annual Data
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COGS-to-Revenue	Get a 7-Day Free Trial															0.52	0.50	0.53	0.52	0.57

Syngenta AG COGS-to-Revenue Calculation

Syngenta AG's COGS to Revenue for the fiscal year that ended in Dec. 2018 is calculated as

COGS to Revenue	=	Cost of Goods Sold	/	Revenue
	=	7288	/	13523
	=	0.54

Syngenta AG's COGS to Revenue for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2018 is calculated as

COGS to Revenue	=	Cost of Goods Sold	/	Revenue
	=	3551	/	6274
	=	0.57

Syngenta AG (NYSE:SYT) COGS-to-Revenue Explanation

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

Syngenta AG's Gross Margin % for the six months ended in Dec. 2018 is calculated as:

Gross Margin %	=	1	-	COGS to Revenue
	=	1	-	Cost of Goods Sold / Revenue
	=	1	-	3551 / 6274
	=	43.40 %

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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Formed in 2000 from spin-offs of Novartis' crop-protection and seeds business and AstraZeneca's agrochemical business, Syngenta is a global producer of crop chemicals and seeds. The Swiss company is a leading manufacturer of crop-protection products, making multiple herbicides, insecticides, and fungicides used on a wide variety of crops. Syngenta's seeds business trails rivals, but the company is investing heavily in research and development in an effort to close the technology gap in genetically modified seeds.