1st Holdings, (TSE:3644) COGS-to-Revenue : 0.22 (As of May. 2013)

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What is 1st Holdings, COGS-to-Revenue?

1st Holdings,'s Cost of Goods Sold for the three months ended in May. 2013 was 円680 Mil. Its Revenue for the three months ended in May. 2013 was 円3,082 Mil.

1st Holdings,'s COGS to Revenue for the three months ended in May. 2013 was 0.22.

Cost of Goods Sold is directly linked to profitability of the company through Gross Margin. 1st Holdings,'s Gross Margin % for the three months ended in May. 2013 was 77.93%.

1st Holdings, COGS-to-Revenue Historical Data

The historical data trend for 1st Holdings,'s COGS-to-Revenue can be seen below:

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1st Holdings, COGS-to-Revenue Chart

1st Holdings, Annual Data

Trend

Feb10

Feb11

Feb12

COGS-to-Revenue

0.19

0.17

0.21

1st Holdings, Quarterly Data
	Feb11	May11	Aug11	Nov11	Feb12	May12	Aug12	Nov12	Feb13	May13
COGS-to-Revenue	Get a 7-Day Free Trial					0.20	0.21	0.24	0.24	0.22

1st Holdings, COGS-to-Revenue Calculation

1st Holdings,'s COGS to Revenue for the fiscal year that ended in Feb. 2012 is calculated as

COGS to Revenue	=	Cost of Goods Sold	/	Revenue
	=	2480.801	/	11990.447
	=	0.21

1st Holdings,'s COGS to Revenue for the quarter that ended in May. 2013 is calculated as

COGS to Revenue	=	Cost of Goods Sold	/	Revenue
	=	680.364	/	3082.141
	=	0.22

1st Holdings, (TSE:3644) COGS-to-Revenue Explanation

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

1st Holdings,'s Gross Margin % for the three months ended in May. 2013 is calculated as:

Gross Margin %	=	1	-	COGS to Revenue
	=	1	-	Cost of Goods Sold / Revenue
	=	1	-	680.364 / 3082.141
	=	77.93 %

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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1st Holdings, Inc. provides valuable creative software.

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