Comtex News Network (Comtex News Network) COGS-to-Revenue : 0.40 (As of Mar. 2010)

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What is Comtex News Network COGS-to-Revenue?

Comtex News Network's Cost of Goods Sold for the three months ended in Mar. 2010 was $0.76 Mil. Its Revenue for the three months ended in Mar. 2010 was $1.90 Mil.

Comtex News Network's COGS to Revenue for the three months ended in Mar. 2010 was 0.40.

Cost of Goods Sold is directly linked to profitability of the company through Gross Margin. Comtex News Network's Gross Margin % for the three months ended in Mar. 2010 was 60.28%.

Comtex News Network COGS-to-Revenue Historical Data

The historical data trend for Comtex News Network's COGS-to-Revenue can be seen below:

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Comtex News Network COGS-to-Revenue Chart

Comtex News Network Annual Data

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0.47

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0.43

0.37

0.36

Comtex News Network Quarterly Data
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COGS-to-Revenue	Get a 7-Day Free Trial															0.41	0.35	0.36	0.41	0.40

Comtex News Network COGS-to-Revenue Calculation

Comtex News Network's COGS to Revenue for the fiscal year that ended in Jun. 2009 is calculated as

COGS to Revenue	=	Cost of Goods Sold	/	Revenue
	=	2.293	/	6.402
	=	0.36

Comtex News Network's COGS to Revenue for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2010 is calculated as

COGS to Revenue	=	Cost of Goods Sold	/	Revenue
	=	0.755	/	1.901
	=	0.40

Comtex News Network (OTCPK:CMTX) COGS-to-Revenue Explanation

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

Comtex News Network's Gross Margin % for the three months ended in Mar. 2010 is calculated as:

Gross Margin %	=	1	-	COGS to Revenue
	=	1	-	Cost of Goods Sold / Revenue
	=	1	-	0.755 / 1.901
	=	60.28 %

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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295 Madison Avenue, 12th Floor, New York, NY, USA, 10017

Website

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Comtex News Network Inc is a provider of economically useful electronic real-time news, content and SmarTrend(r) market products. It receives, enhances, combines and filters news and content received from national and international news bureaus, agencies and publications, and distributes more than one million total stories per day.

Executives

Chip Brian	officer: President and COO	625 N WASHINGTON STREET STE 301 ALEXANDRIA VA 22314
Tepco Corp	10 percent owner	25 CHURCH STREET THE CONTINENTAL BUILDING HAMILTON D0 HM 12
C W Gilluly	director, officer: Interim C.E.O.	625 N. WASHINGTON ST. STE 301 ALEXANDRIA VA 22314

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