Commerce Energy Group (Commerce Energy Group) Cost of Goods Sold : $247.8 Mil (TTM As of Apr. 2009)

Commerce Energy Group Cost of Goods Sold Chart

Commerce Energy Group Annual Data
	Trend	Jul00	Jul01	Jul02	Jul03	Jul04	Jul05	Jul06	Jul07	Jul08
Cost of Goods Sold		Get a 7-Day Free Trial				191.18	225.67	218.29	314.37	403.11

Commerce Energy Group Quarterly Data
	Jul04	Oct04	Jan05	Apr05	Jul05	Oct05	Jan06	Apr06	Jul06	Oct06	Jan07	Apr07	Jul07	Oct07	Jan08	Apr08	Jul08	Oct08	Jan09	Apr09
Cost of Goods Sold	Get a 7-Day Free Trial															91.36	133.41	88.54	25.87	-

Commerce Energy 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 Apr. 2009 adds up the quarterly data reported by the company within the most recent 12 months, which was $247.8 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.

Commerce Energy Group  (OTCPK:CMNR) Cost of Goods Sold Explanation

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

Commerce Energy Group's Gross Margin % for the three months ended in Apr. 2009 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:

Commerce Energy Group's Inventory Turnover for the three months ended in Apr. 2009 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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