HiWave Technologies (LSE:HIW) COGS-to-Revenue : 0.39 (As of Sep. 2012)

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What is HiWave Technologies COGS-to-Revenue?

HiWave Technologies's Cost of Goods Sold for the six months ended in Sep. 2012 was £0.25 Mil. Its Revenue for the six months ended in Sep. 2012 was £0.63 Mil.

HiWave Technologies's COGS to Revenue for the six months ended in Sep. 2012 was 0.39.

Cost of Goods Sold is directly linked to profitability of the company through Gross Margin. HiWave Technologies's Gross Margin % for the six months ended in Sep. 2012 was 60.70%.

HiWave Technologies COGS-to-Revenue Historical Data

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

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HiWave Technologies COGS-to-Revenue Chart

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0.03

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0.30

0.34

HiWave Technologies Semi-Annual Data
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COGS-to-Revenue	Get a 7-Day Free Trial															0.08	0.22	0.29	0.29	0.39

HiWave Technologies COGS-to-Revenue Calculation

HiWave Technologies's COGS to Revenue for the fiscal year that ended in Sep. 2012 is calculated as

COGS to Revenue	=	Cost of Goods Sold	/	Revenue
	=	0.421	/	1.225
	=	0.34

HiWave Technologies's COGS to Revenue for the quarter that ended in Sep. 2012 is calculated as

COGS to Revenue	=	Cost of Goods Sold	/	Revenue
	=	0.248	/	0.631
	=	0.39

HiWave Technologies (LSE:HIW) COGS-to-Revenue Explanation

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

HiWave Technologies's Gross Margin % for the six months ended in Sep. 2012 is calculated as:

Gross Margin %	=	1	-	COGS to Revenue
	=	1	-	Cost of Goods Sold / Revenue
	=	1	-	0.248 / 0.631
	=	60.70 %

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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