FRMB (Forum Mobile) COGS-to-Revenue : 0.94 (As of Jun. 2006)

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What is Forum Mobile COGS-to-Revenue?

Forum Mobile's Cost of Goods Sold for the three months ended in Jun. 2006 was $5.45 Mil. Its Revenue for the three months ended in Jun. 2006 was $5.79 Mil.

Forum Mobile's COGS to Revenue for the three months ended in Jun. 2006 was 0.94.

Cost of Goods Sold is directly linked to profitability of the company through Gross Margin. Forum Mobile's Gross Margin % for the three months ended in Jun. 2006 was 5.82%.

Forum Mobile COGS-to-Revenue Historical Data

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

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Forum Mobile COGS-to-Revenue Chart

Forum Mobile Annual Data

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COGS-to-Revenue

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0.71

0.65

0.80

Forum Mobile Quarterly Data
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COGS-to-Revenue	Get a 7-Day Free Trial															0.71	0.79	0.95	0.77	0.94

Forum Mobile COGS-to-Revenue Calculation

Forum Mobile's COGS to Revenue for the fiscal year that ended in Dec. 2005 is calculated as

COGS to Revenue	=	Cost of Goods Sold	/	Revenue
	=	22.301	/	27.841
	=	0.80

Forum Mobile's COGS to Revenue for the quarter that ended in Jun. 2006 is calculated as

COGS to Revenue	=	Cost of Goods Sold	/	Revenue
	=	5.449	/	5.786
	=	0.94

Forum Mobile (OTCPK:FRMB) COGS-to-Revenue Explanation

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

Forum Mobile's Gross Margin % for the three months ended in Jun. 2006 is calculated as:

Gross Margin %	=	1	-	COGS to Revenue
	=	1	-	Cost of Goods Sold / Revenue
	=	1	-	5.449 / 5.786
	=	5.82 %

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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http://www.forum-mobile.com

Forum Mobile Inc is a global Mobile Virtual Network Enabler (MVNE) based in the USA. It specializes in MVNE, Mobile Services, Telecom, and cloud services. The company is active in a variety of complimentary fields such as private banking, business development and consulting and provides hosting and trading platforms. Geographically the business activities are operated through United States.

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