Forterra Trust (Forterra Trust) COGS-to-Revenue : 0.59 (As of Sep. 2014)

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What is Forterra Trust COGS-to-Revenue?

Forterra Trust's Cost of Goods Sold for the three months ended in Sep. 2014 was $6.03 Mil. Its Revenue for the three months ended in Sep. 2014 was $10.20 Mil.

Forterra Trust's COGS to Revenue for the three months ended in Sep. 2014 was 0.59.

Cost of Goods Sold is directly linked to profitability of the company through Gross Margin. Forterra Trust's Gross Margin % for the three months ended in Sep. 2014 was 40.87%.

Forterra Trust COGS-to-Revenue Historical Data

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

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Forterra Trust COGS-to-Revenue Chart

Forterra Trust Annual Data

Trend

Dec10

Dec11

Dec12

Dec13

COGS-to-Revenue

0.43

0.38

0.41

0.37

Forterra Trust Quarterly Data
	Dec10	Mar11	Jun11	Sep11	Dec11	Mar12	Jun12	Sep12	Dec12	Mar13	Jun13	Sep13	Dec13	Mar14	Jun14	Sep14
COGS-to-Revenue	Get a 7-Day Free Trial											0.37	0.45	0.43	0.38	0.59

Forterra Trust COGS-to-Revenue Calculation

Forterra Trust's COGS to Revenue for the fiscal year that ended in Dec. 2013 is calculated as

COGS to Revenue	=	Cost of Goods Sold	/	Revenue
	=	22.568	/	61.389
	=	0.37

Forterra Trust's COGS to Revenue for the quarter that ended in Sep. 2014 is calculated as

COGS to Revenue	=	Cost of Goods Sold	/	Revenue
	=	6.031	/	10.2
	=	0.59

Forterra Trust (OTCPK:FRTRY) COGS-to-Revenue Explanation

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

Forterra Trust's Gross Margin % for the three months ended in Sep. 2014 is calculated as:

Gross Margin %	=	1	-	COGS to Revenue
	=	1	-	Cost of Goods Sold / Revenue
	=	1	-	6.031 / 10.2
	=	40.87 %

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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Forterra Trust is an owner, manager and developer of commercial real estate in China with its main objective of delivering comprehensive value to Unitholders.

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