Merck KGaA (WBO:MRCK) COGS-to-Revenue : 0.40 (As of Mar. 2025)

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What is Merck KGaA COGS-to-Revenue?

Merck KGaA's Cost of Goods Sold for the three months ended in Mar. 2025 was €2,135 Mil. Its Revenue for the three months ended in Mar. 2025 was €5,280 Mil.

Merck KGaA's COGS to Revenue for the three months ended in Mar. 2025 was 0.40.

Cost of Goods Sold is directly linked to profitability of the company through Gross Margin. Merck KGaA's Gross Margin % for the three months ended in Mar. 2025 was 59.56%.

Merck KGaA COGS-to-Revenue Historical Data

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

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Merck KGaA COGS-to-Revenue Chart

Merck KGaA Annual Data

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COGS-to-Revenue

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0.39

0.37

0.38

0.41

Merck KGaA Quarterly Data
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Merck KGaA COGS-to-Revenue Calculation

Merck KGaA's COGS to Revenue for the fiscal year that ended in Dec. 2024 is calculated as

COGS to Revenue	=	Cost of Goods Sold	/	Revenue
	=	8671	/	21156
	=	0.41

Merck KGaA's COGS to Revenue for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2025 is calculated as

COGS to Revenue	=	Cost of Goods Sold	/	Revenue
	=	2135	/	5280
	=	0.40

Merck KGaA (WBO:MRCK) COGS-to-Revenue Explanation

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

Merck KGaA's Gross Margin % for the three months ended in Mar. 2025 is calculated as:

Gross Margin %	=	1	-	COGS to Revenue
	=	1	-	Cost of Goods Sold / Revenue
	=	1	-	2135 / 5280
	=	59.56 %

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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Merck KGaA operates in three main segments: Life Science, Electronics, and Healthcare. The Life Science segment provides laboratory consumables and instruments to researchers in academia and applied fields, including the biopharmaceutical industry. The Electronics segment offers specialty materials to manufacture a variety of products, such as semiconductors and flat-screen televisions. In the healthcare segment, Merck develops, manufactures, and sells branded pharmaceuticals with significant therapeutic concentrations in oncology, multiple sclerosis, and fertility. In 1995, the E. Merck KG family publicly sold part of the company, resulting in the current 30% public ownership of the firm.

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