Sentry Technology (Sentry Technology) COGS-to-Revenue : 0.64 (As of Jun. 2011)

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What is Sentry Technology COGS-to-Revenue?

Sentry Technology's Cost of Goods Sold for the three months ended in Jun. 2011 was $1.39 Mil. Its Revenue for the three months ended in Jun. 2011 was $2.18 Mil.

Sentry Technology's COGS to Revenue for the three months ended in Jun. 2011 was 0.64.

Cost of Goods Sold is directly linked to profitability of the company through Gross Margin. Sentry Technology's Gross Margin % for the three months ended in Jun. 2011 was 36.20%.

Sentry Technology COGS-to-Revenue Historical Data

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Sentry Technology COGS-to-Revenue Chart

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0.62

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0.64

0.62

Sentry Technology Quarterly Data
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Sentry Technology COGS-to-Revenue Calculation

Sentry Technology's COGS to Revenue for the fiscal year that ended in Dec. 2010 is calculated as

COGS to Revenue	=	Cost of Goods Sold	/	Revenue
	=	6.114	/	9.914
	=	0.62

Sentry Technology's COGS to Revenue for the quarter that ended in Jun. 2011 is calculated as

COGS to Revenue	=	Cost of Goods Sold	/	Revenue
	=	1.389	/	2.177
	=	0.64

Sentry Technology (OTCPK:SKVY) COGS-to-Revenue Explanation

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

Sentry Technology's Gross Margin % for the three months ended in Jun. 2011 is calculated as:

Gross Margin %	=	1	-	COGS to Revenue
	=	1	-	Cost of Goods Sold / Revenue
	=	1	-	1.389 / 2.177
	=	36.20 %

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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1881 Lakeland Avenue, Ronkonkoma, NY, USA, 11779

Website

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Sentry Technology Corp through its subsidiaries is engaged in designing, manufacturing, selling and installing a complete line of video surveillance systems, Robotic CCTV systems, Electro-Magnetic and Radio Frequency Identification based library management systems, as well as radio frequency and EM electronic article surveillance systems. The company also manufactures travelling, robotic CCTV systems servicing customers in North and South America, Africa and Australia.

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