Alpha Technologies Group (Alpha Technologies Group) Cost of Goods Sold : $46.22 Mil (TTM As of Jul. 2004)

Alpha Technologies Group Cost of Goods Sold Chart

Alpha Technologies Group Annual Data
	Trend	Oct94	Oct95	Oct96	Oct97	Oct98	Oct99	Oct00	Oct01	Oct02	Oct03
Cost of Goods Sold		Get a 7-Day Free Trial					44.70	43.14	53.94	47.34	41.72

Alpha Technologies Group Quarterly Data
	Oct99	Jan00	Apr00	Jul00	Oct00	Jan01	Apr01	Jul01	Oct01	Jan02	Apr02	Jul02	Oct02	Jan03	Apr03	Jul03	Oct03	Jan04	Apr04	Jul04
Cost of Goods Sold	Get a 7-Day Free Trial															10.47	10.29	10.63	12.63	12.68

Alpha Technologies Group Cost of Goods Sold Calculation

Cost of Goods Sold is the aggregate cost of goods produced and sold, and services rendered during the reporting period. It excludes Total Operating Expense, such as Depreciation, Depletion and Amortization and Selling, General, & Admin. Expense.

Cost of Goods Sold for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Jul. 2004 adds up the quarterly data reported by the company within the most recent 12 months, which was $46.22 Mil.

* For Operating Data section: All numbers are indicated by the unit behind each term and all currency related amount are in USD.
* For other sections: All numbers are in millions except for per share data, ratio, and percentage. All currency related amount are indicated in the company's associated stock exchange currency.

Alpha Technologies Group  (OTCPK:AHAG) Cost of Goods Sold Explanation

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

Alpha Technologies Group's Gross Margin % for the three months ended in Jul. 2004 is calculated as:

* For Operating Data section: All numbers are indicated by the unit behind each term and all currency related amount are in USD.
* For other sections: All numbers are in millions except for per share data, ratio, and percentage. All currency related amount are indicated in the company's associated stock exchange currency.

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.

Cost of Goods Sold is also directly linked to another concept called Inventory Turnover:

Alpha Technologies Group's Inventory Turnover for the three months ended in Jul. 2004 is calculated as:

* For Operating Data section: All numbers are indicated by the unit behind each term and all currency related amount are in USD.
* For other sections: All numbers are in millions except for per share data, ratio, and percentage. All currency related amount are indicated in the company's associated stock exchange currency.

Inventory Turnover measures how fast the company turns over its inventory within a year. A higher inventory turnover means the company has light inventory. Therefore the company spends less money on storage, write downs, and obsolete inventory. If the inventory is too light, it may affect sales because the company may not have enough to meet demand.

Usually retailers pile up their inventories at holiday seasons to meet the stronger demand. Therefore, the inventory of a particular quarter of a year should not be used to calculate inventory turnover. An average inventory is a better indication.

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