American Oriental Bioengineering (American Oriental Bioengineering) COGS-to-Revenue : 0.83 (As of Sep. 2013)

American Oriental Bioengineering COGS-to-Revenue Chart

American Oriental Bioengineering Annual Data
	Trend	Dec03	Dec04	Dec05	Dec06	Dec07	Dec08	Dec09	Dec10	Dec11	Dec12
COGS-to-Revenue		Get a 7-Day Free Trial					0.34	0.44	0.48	0.53	0.69

American Oriental Bioengineering Quarterly Data
	Dec08	Mar09	Jun09	Sep09	Dec09	Mar10	Jun10	Sep10	Dec10	Mar11	Jun11	Sep11	Dec11	Mar12	Jun12	Sep12	Dec12	Mar13	Jun13	Sep13
COGS-to-Revenue	Get a 7-Day Free Trial															0.78	0.57	0.79	0.75	0.83

American Oriental Bioengineering COGS-to-Revenue Calculation

American Oriental Bioengineering's COGS to Revenue for the fiscal year that ended in Dec. 2012 is calculated as

American Oriental Bioengineering's COGS to Revenue for the quarter that ended in Sep. 2013 is calculated as

* For Operating Data section: All numbers are indicated by the unit behind each term and all currency related amount are in USD.
* For other sections: All numbers are in millions except for per share data, ratio, and percentage. All currency related amount are indicated in the company's associated stock exchange currency.

American Oriental Bioengineering  (OTCPK:AOBI) COGS-to-Revenue Explanation

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

American Oriental Bioengineering's Gross Margin % for the three months ended in Sep. 2013 is calculated as:

* For Operating Data section: All numbers are indicated by the unit behind each term and all currency related amount are in USD.
* For other sections: All numbers are in millions except for per share data, ratio, and percentage. All currency related amount are indicated in the company's associated stock exchange currency.

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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