Valiant Petroleum (LSE:VPP) COGS-to-Revenue : 0.49 (As of Jun. 2012)

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What is Valiant Petroleum COGS-to-Revenue?

Valiant Petroleum's Cost of Goods Sold for the six months ended in Jun. 2012 was £29.5 Mil. Its Revenue for the six months ended in Jun. 2012 was £60.5 Mil.

Valiant Petroleum's COGS to Revenue for the six months ended in Jun. 2012 was 0.49.

Cost of Goods Sold is directly linked to profitability of the company through Gross Margin. Valiant Petroleum's Gross Margin % for the six months ended in Jun. 2012 was 51.33%.

Valiant Petroleum COGS-to-Revenue Historical Data

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

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Valiant Petroleum COGS-to-Revenue Chart

Valiant Petroleum Annual Data

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COGS-to-Revenue

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0.64

0.54

0.45

Valiant Petroleum Semi-Annual Data
	Mar08	Jun09	Dec09	Jun10	Dec10	Jun11	Dec11	Jun12
COGS-to-Revenue	Get a 7-Day Free Trial			0.57	0.53	0.40	0.50	0.49

Valiant Petroleum COGS-to-Revenue Calculation

Valiant Petroleum's COGS to Revenue for the fiscal year that ended in Dec. 2011 is calculated as

COGS to Revenue	=	Cost of Goods Sold	/	Revenue
	=	92.211	/	203.942
	=	0.45

Valiant Petroleum's COGS to Revenue for the quarter that ended in Jun. 2012 is calculated as

COGS to Revenue	=	Cost of Goods Sold	/	Revenue
	=	29.47	/	60.546
	=	0.49

Valiant Petroleum (LSE:VPP) COGS-to-Revenue Explanation

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

Valiant Petroleum's Gross Margin % for the six months ended in Jun. 2012 is calculated as:

Gross Margin %	=	1	-	COGS to Revenue
	=	1	-	Cost of Goods Sold / Revenue
	=	1	-	29.47 / 60.546
	=	51.33 %

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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