Nippon Paper Group, (TSE:3893) COGS-to-Revenue : 0.78 (As of Dec. 2012)

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What is Nippon Paper Group, COGS-to-Revenue?

Nippon Paper Group,'s Cost of Goods Sold for the three months ended in Dec. 2012 was 円206,461 Mil. Its Revenue for the three months ended in Dec. 2012 was 円263,786 Mil.

Nippon Paper Group,'s COGS to Revenue for the three months ended in Dec. 2012 was 0.78.

Cost of Goods Sold is directly linked to profitability of the company through Gross Margin. Nippon Paper Group,'s Gross Margin % for the three months ended in Dec. 2012 was 21.73%.

Nippon Paper Group, COGS-to-Revenue Historical Data

The historical data trend for Nippon Paper Group,'s COGS-to-Revenue can be seen below:

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Nippon Paper Group, COGS-to-Revenue Chart

Nippon Paper Group, Annual Data

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0.80

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0.77

0.78

0.77

Nippon Paper Group, Quarterly Data
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COGS-to-Revenue	Get a 7-Day Free Trial			0.77	0.76	0.78	0.78	0.78

Nippon Paper Group, COGS-to-Revenue Calculation

Nippon Paper Group,'s COGS to Revenue for the fiscal year that ended in Mar. 2012 is calculated as

COGS to Revenue	=	Cost of Goods Sold	/	Revenue
	=	803653	/	1042436
	=	0.77

Nippon Paper Group,'s COGS to Revenue for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2012 is calculated as

COGS to Revenue	=	Cost of Goods Sold	/	Revenue
	=	206461	/	263786
	=	0.78

Nippon Paper Group, (TSE:3893) COGS-to-Revenue Explanation

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

Nippon Paper Group,'s Gross Margin % for the three months ended in Dec. 2012 is calculated as:

Gross Margin %	=	1	-	COGS to Revenue
	=	1	-	Cost of Goods Sold / Revenue
	=	1	-	206461 / 263786
	=	21.73 %

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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