Vasamed (Vasamed) COGS-to-Revenue : 0.70 (As of Sep. 2006)

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What is Vasamed COGS-to-Revenue?

Vasamed's Cost of Goods Sold for the three months ended in Sep. 2006 was $0.36 Mil. Its Revenue for the three months ended in Sep. 2006 was $0.51 Mil.

Vasamed's COGS to Revenue for the three months ended in Sep. 2006 was 0.70.

Cost of Goods Sold is directly linked to profitability of the company through Gross Margin. Vasamed's Gross Margin % for the three months ended in Sep. 2006 was 30.41%.

Vasamed COGS-to-Revenue Historical Data

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

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Vasamed COGS-to-Revenue Chart

Vasamed Annual Data

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COGS-to-Revenue

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0.27

0.85

1.30

1.05

Vasamed Quarterly Data
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COGS-to-Revenue	Get a 7-Day Free Trial															0.87	0.82	0.88	0.89	0.70

Vasamed COGS-to-Revenue Calculation

Vasamed's COGS to Revenue for the fiscal year that ended in Dec. 2005 is calculated as

COGS to Revenue	=	Cost of Goods Sold	/	Revenue
	=	1.455	/	1.386
	=	1.05

Vasamed's COGS to Revenue for the quarter that ended in Sep. 2006 is calculated as

COGS to Revenue	=	Cost of Goods Sold	/	Revenue
	=	0.357	/	0.513
	=	0.70

Vasamed (OTCPK:VSMD) COGS-to-Revenue Explanation

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

Vasamed's Gross Margin % for the three months ended in Sep. 2006 is calculated as:

Gross Margin %	=	1	-	COGS to Revenue
	=	1	-	Cost of Goods Sold / Revenue
	=	1	-	0.357 / 0.513
	=	30.41 %

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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7615 Golden Triangle Drive, Suite A, Eden Prairie, MN, USA, 55344-3733

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Vasamed Inc develops, manufactures and markets low-cost, non-invasive peripheral and cardiovascular diagnostic systems for hemodynamic assessment.

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