Pacer International, (FRA:PA1) Cost of Goods Sold : €566.4 Mil (TTM As of Dec. 2013)

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What is Pacer International, Cost of Goods Sold?

Pacer International,'s cost of goods sold for the three months ended in Dec. 2013 was €147.9 Mil. Its cost of goods sold for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Dec. 2013 was €566.4 Mil.

Cost of Goods Sold is directly linked to profitability of the company through Gross Margin. Pacer International,'s Gross Margin % for the three months ended in Dec. 2013 was 22.05%.

Cost of Goods Sold is also directly linked to Inventory Turnover.

Pacer International, Cost of Goods Sold Historical Data

The historical data trend for Pacer International,'s Cost of Goods Sold can be seen below:

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Pacer International, Cost of Goods Sold Chart

Pacer International, Annual Data

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Cost of Goods Sold

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971.24

1,027.18

1,006.62

900.30

550.35

Pacer International, Quarterly Data
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Cost of Goods Sold	Get a 7-Day Free Trial															221.59	137.34	137.35	143.77	147.90

Pacer International, 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 Dec. 2013 adds up the quarterly data reported by the company within the most recent 12 months, which was €566.4 Mil.

Pacer International, (FRA:PA1) Cost of Goods Sold Explanation

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

Pacer International,'s Gross Margin % for the three months ended in Dec. 2013 is calculated as:

Gross Margin %	=	(Revenue	-	Cost of Goods Sold)	/	Revenue
	=	(189.727	-	147.898)	/	189.727
	=	22.05 %

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:

Pacer International,'s Inventory Turnover for the three months ended in Dec. 2013 is calculated as:

Inventory Turnover	=	Cost of Goods Sold	/	Average Total Inventories
	=	147.898	/	0
	=	N/A

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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Pacer International, (FRA:PA1) Business Description

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Pacer International, Inc., is an asset-light transportation and global logistics services provider. The Company provide its services from two operating segments, an intermodal segment, which provides intermodal transportation services mainly to beneficial cargo owners, transportation intermediaries and steamship lines who use intermodal transportation, and the logistics segment, which provides highway brokerage, supply chain management services, international freight forwarding, ocean shipping, and warehousing and distribution services to a wide variety of end-user customers. Intermodal segment offers full service door-to-door intermodal services to its customers, which include end-user customers, transportation intermediaries, such as intermodal marketing companies, and steamship lines. The Company logistics segment consists of: Highway brokerage services; International freight forwarding and NVOCC services; Warehousing and Distribution services; and Supply Chain Management services. The Company provides transportation and logistics services to many Fortune 500 and multi-national companies as well as to numerous other shippers and transportation third parties. The Company has direct sales and customer service representatives in its intermodal and logistics segments that sell and support its portfolio of services to a diverse customer base which includes beneficial cargo owners, steamship lines, truckload carriers, truck brokers, freight forwarders and other third party transportation service providers such as intermodal marketing companies, third-party logistics companies, and shippers' agents. The Company's main competitors are J.B. Hunt Transport, Schneider National, the Hub Group, C.H. Robinson, the supply chain solutions divisions of Ryder and Menlo Worldwide, Expeditors International and UTi Worldwide, Inc. The Company's facilities and operations are subject to federal, state and local environmental, hazardous materials transportation and occupational health and safety requirements, including those relating to the handling, labeling, shipping and transportation of hazardous materials, discharges of substances into the air, water and land, the handling, storage and disposal of wastes and the cleanup of properties affected by pollutants.

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