Smiths News (AQSE:CNCT.GB) COGS-to-Revenue : 0.93 (As of Aug. 2024)

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What is Smiths News COGS-to-Revenue?

Smiths News's Cost of Goods Sold for the six months ended in Aug. 2024 was £526 Mil. Its Revenue for the six months ended in Aug. 2024 was £564 Mil.

Smiths News's COGS to Revenue for the six months ended in Aug. 2024 was 0.93.

Cost of Goods Sold is directly linked to profitability of the company through Gross Margin. Smiths News's Gross Margin % for the six months ended in Aug. 2024 was 6.79%.

Smiths News COGS-to-Revenue Historical Data

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

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Smiths News COGS-to-Revenue Chart

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0.94

0.93

Smiths News Semi-Annual Data
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COGS-to-Revenue	Get a 7-Day Free Trial															0.93	0.93	0.94	0.94	0.93

Smiths News COGS-to-Revenue Calculation

Smiths News's COGS to Revenue for the fiscal year that ended in Aug. 2024 is calculated as

COGS to Revenue	=	Cost of Goods Sold	/	Revenue
	=	1030.5	/	1103.7
	=	0.93

Smiths News's COGS to Revenue for the quarter that ended in Aug. 2024 is calculated as

COGS to Revenue	=	Cost of Goods Sold	/	Revenue
	=	525.6	/	563.9
	=	0.93

Smiths News (AQSE:CNCT.GB) COGS-to-Revenue Explanation

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

Smiths News's Gross Margin % for the six months ended in Aug. 2024 is calculated as:

Gross Margin %	=	1	-	COGS to Revenue
	=	1	-	Cost of Goods Sold / Revenue
	=	1	-	525.6 / 563.9
	=	6.79 %

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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Rowan House, Cherry Orchard North, Kembrey Park, Swindon, Wiltshire, GBR, SN2 8UH

Website

https://www.smithsnews.co.uk

Smiths News PLC is a UK-based wholesale distributor of published content. The group is one of the UK's foremost publishers of newspapers and magazines, and it also operates as a book distributor through bookstores and an online platform serving the needs of academics and public libraries. Geographically, it derives a majority of revenue from the United Kingdom. Its segments include Smiths News Core; Dawson Media Direct (DMD); Instore and others.

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