Metro Global Media (Metro Global Media) Cost of Goods Sold : $16.42 Mil (TTM As of Nov. 2001)

Metro Global Media Cost of Goods Sold Chart

Metro Global Media Annual Data
	Trend	May92	May93	May94	May95	May96	May97	May98	May99	May00	May01
Cost of Goods Sold		Get a 7-Day Free Trial					10.50	11.50	30.70	18.02	16.94

Metro Global Media Quarterly Data
	Feb97	May97	Aug97	Nov97	Feb98	May98	Aug98	Nov98	Feb99	May99	Aug99	Nov99	Feb00	May00	Aug00	Nov00	Feb01	May01	Aug01	Nov01
Cost of Goods Sold	Get a 7-Day Free Trial															3.84	4.53	4.77	3.56	3.56

Metro Global Media 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 Nov. 2001 adds up the quarterly data reported by the company within the most recent 12 months, which was $16.42 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.

Metro Global Media  (GREY:MGMA) Cost of Goods Sold Explanation

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

Metro Global Media's Gross Margin % for the three months ended in Nov. 2001 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:

Metro Global Media's Inventory Turnover for the three months ended in Nov. 2001 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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