Calpine (FRA:CJ3A) COGS-to-Revenue : 0.92 (As of Dec. 2017)

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What is Calpine COGS-to-Revenue?

Calpine's Cost of Goods Sold for the three months ended in Dec. 2017 was €1,406 Mil. Its Revenue for the three months ended in Dec. 2017 was €1,522 Mil.

Calpine's COGS to Revenue for the three months ended in Dec. 2017 was 0.92.

Cost of Goods Sold is directly linked to profitability of the company through Gross Margin. Calpine's Gross Margin % for the three months ended in Dec. 2017 was 7.61%.

Calpine COGS-to-Revenue Historical Data

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

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Calpine COGS-to-Revenue Chart

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COGS-to-Revenue

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0.73

0.74

0.77

0.85

Calpine Quarterly Data
	Mar13	Jun13	Sep13	Dec13	Mar14	Jun14	Sep14	Dec14	Mar15	Jun15	Sep15	Dec15	Mar16	Jun16	Sep16	Dec16	Mar17	Jun17	Sep17	Dec17
COGS-to-Revenue	Get a 7-Day Free Trial															0.81	0.87	0.88	0.75	0.92

Calpine COGS-to-Revenue Calculation

Calpine's COGS to Revenue for the fiscal year that ended in Dec. 2017 is calculated as

COGS to Revenue	=	Cost of Goods Sold	/	Revenue
	=	6268.21	/	7395.44
	=	0.85

Calpine's COGS to Revenue for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2017 is calculated as

COGS to Revenue	=	Cost of Goods Sold	/	Revenue
	=	1406.08	/	1521.845
	=	0.92

Calpine (FRA:CJ3A) COGS-to-Revenue Explanation

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

Calpine's Gross Margin % for the three months ended in Dec. 2017 is calculated as:

Gross Margin %	=	1	-	COGS to Revenue
	=	1	-	Cost of Goods Sold / Revenue
	=	1	-	1406.08 / 1521.845
	=	7.61 %

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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Calpine is the largest natural gas power producer in the United States, with 3.0 GW of simple-cycle combustion turbines, 6.3 GW of combined-cycle cogeneration, and 15.8 GW of combined-cycle combustion turbines. It also owns 725 MW of geothermal generation in California geothermal generation and 4 MW of solar generation.

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