Allocate Software (LSE:ALLA) COGS-to-Revenue : 0.24 (As of May. 2014)

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What is Allocate Software COGS-to-Revenue?

Allocate Software's Cost of Goods Sold for the six months ended in May. 2014 was £5.56 Mil. Its Revenue for the six months ended in May. 2014 was £22.75 Mil.

Allocate Software's COGS to Revenue for the six months ended in May. 2014 was 0.24.

Cost of Goods Sold is directly linked to profitability of the company through Gross Margin. Allocate Software's Gross Margin % for the six months ended in May. 2014 was 75.54%.

Allocate Software COGS-to-Revenue Historical Data

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

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Allocate Software COGS-to-Revenue Chart

Allocate Software Annual Data

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COGS-to-Revenue

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0.67

0.30

0.28

Allocate Software Semi-Annual Data
	Nov04	May05	Nov05	May06	Nov06	May07	Nov07	May08	Nov08	May09	Nov09	May10	Nov10	May11	Nov11	May12	Nov12	May13	Nov13	May14
COGS-to-Revenue	Get a 7-Day Free Trial															0.26	0.33	0.27	0.34	0.24

Allocate Software COGS-to-Revenue Calculation

Allocate Software's COGS to Revenue for the fiscal year that ended in May. 2014 is calculated as

COGS to Revenue	=	Cost of Goods Sold	/	Revenue
	=	11.374	/	40.022
	=	0.28

Allocate Software's COGS to Revenue for the quarter that ended in May. 2014 is calculated as

COGS to Revenue	=	Cost of Goods Sold	/	Revenue
	=	5.564	/	22.746
	=	0.24

Allocate Software (LSE:ALLA) COGS-to-Revenue Explanation

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

Allocate Software's Gross Margin % for the six months ended in May. 2014 is calculated as:

Gross Margin %	=	1	-	COGS to Revenue
	=	1	-	Cost of Goods Sold / Revenue
	=	1	-	5.564 / 22.746
	=	75.54 %

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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Allocate Software PLC is engaged in the development, sale and support of workforce management solutions, and the provision of related IT services to major healthcare, defence, government and commercial customers. The business of the company is focused principally on the Healthcare market in addition to Defence. Its segments are Licence, Subscriptions, Support, and Services. Licence and Subscriptions segments represent the sale of non-cancellable software licence agreements and subscriptions associated with that software. Support and Services segments represent the provision of installation, consulting, training and product support. It operates in UK, Europe, USA and Australia.

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