African Minerals (LSE:AMI) COGS-to-Revenue : 1.01 (As of Jun. 2014)

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What is African Minerals COGS-to-Revenue?

African Minerals's Cost of Goods Sold for the six months ended in Jun. 2014 was £238.1 Mil. Its Revenue for the six months ended in Jun. 2014 was £235.9 Mil.

African Minerals's COGS to Revenue for the six months ended in Jun. 2014 was 1.01.

Cost of Goods Sold is directly linked to profitability of the company through Gross Margin. African Minerals's Gross Margin % for the six months ended in Jun. 2014 was -0.90%.

African Minerals COGS-to-Revenue Historical Data

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African Minerals COGS-to-Revenue Chart

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0.76

African Minerals Semi-Annual Data
	Jun10	Dec10	Jun11	Dec11	Jun12	Dec12	Jun13	Dec13	Jun14
COGS-to-Revenue	Get a 7-Day Free Trial				-	-	0.73	0.78	1.01

African Minerals COGS-to-Revenue Calculation

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

COGS to Revenue	=	Cost of Goods Sold	/	Revenue
	=	400.404	/	530.151
	=	0.76

African Minerals's COGS to Revenue for the quarter that ended in Jun. 2014 is calculated as

COGS to Revenue	=	Cost of Goods Sold	/	Revenue
	=	238.055	/	235.927
	=	1.01

African Minerals (LSE:AMI) COGS-to-Revenue Explanation

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

African Minerals's Gross Margin % for the six months ended in Jun. 2014 is calculated as:

Gross Margin %	=	1	-	COGS to Revenue
	=	1	-	Cost of Goods Sold / Revenue
	=	1	-	238.055 / 235.927
	=	-0.90 %

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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Stratton House, 5 Stratton Street, London, GBR, W1J 8LA

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African Minerals Ltd is a mineral exploration and development company. It is engaged in the development, design, construction, and operation of iron ore deposit at Tonkolili, Sierra Leone, and its related rail and port infrastructure. In addition, it is also involved in the marketing and sale of the iron ore produced from this project.

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