Belo (FRA:BES) COGS-to-Revenue : 0.37 (As of Sep. 2013)

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What is Belo COGS-to-Revenue?

Belo's Cost of Goods Sold for the three months ended in Sep. 2013 was €46.1 Mil. Its Revenue for the three months ended in Sep. 2013 was €124.3 Mil.

Belo's COGS to Revenue for the three months ended in Sep. 2013 was 0.37.

Cost of Goods Sold is directly linked to profitability of the company through Gross Margin. Belo's Gross Margin % for the three months ended in Sep. 2013 was 62.93%.

Belo COGS-to-Revenue Historical Data

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

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Belo COGS-to-Revenue Chart

Belo Annual Data

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COGS-to-Revenue

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0.35

0.39

0.34

0.35

0.32

Belo Quarterly Data
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COGS-to-Revenue	Get a 7-Day Free Trial															0.33	0.31	0.36	0.35	0.37

Belo COGS-to-Revenue Calculation

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

COGS to Revenue	=	Cost of Goods Sold	/	Revenue
	=	176.165	/	544.616
	=	0.32

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

COGS to Revenue	=	Cost of Goods Sold	/	Revenue
	=	46.088	/	124.312
	=	0.37

Belo (FRA:BES) COGS-to-Revenue Explanation

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

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

Gross Margin %	=	1	-	COGS to Revenue
	=	1	-	Cost of Goods Sold / Revenue
	=	1	-	46.088 / 124.312
	=	62.93 %

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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Belo Corporation, a Delaware corporation, began as a Texas newspaper company in 1842. The company operates as a television company in the United States. It owns 20 television stations that reach more than 14 percent of U.S. television households, including ABC, CBS, NBC, FOX, CW and MyNetwork TV affiliates, and their associated websites, in 15 markets across the United States. The Company also has three local and two regional news channels, Texas Cable News and NorthWest Cable News. It also operates more than 20 websites several interactive alliances and a broad range of Internet-based products. The Company derives revenues from the sale of airtime on its television stations, advertising space on the Company's Internet websites and retransmission of its programming by cable, satellite, telephone and wireless companies.

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