Safaricom (NAI:SCOM) COGS-to-Revenue : 0.29 (As of Mar. 2024)

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What is Safaricom COGS-to-Revenue?

Safaricom's Cost of Goods Sold for the six months ended in Mar. 2024 was KES52,648 Mil. Its Revenue for the six months ended in Mar. 2024 was KES182,919 Mil.

Safaricom's COGS to Revenue for the six months ended in Mar. 2024 was 0.29.

Cost of Goods Sold is directly linked to profitability of the company through Gross Margin. Safaricom's Gross Margin % for the six months ended in Mar. 2024 was 71.22%.

Safaricom COGS-to-Revenue Historical Data

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

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Safaricom COGS-to-Revenue Chart

Safaricom Annual Data

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COGS-to-Revenue

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0.29

0.31

0.30

0.28

Safaricom Semi-Annual Data
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COGS-to-Revenue	Get a 7-Day Free Trial															0.31	0.31	0.29	0.27	0.29

Safaricom COGS-to-Revenue Calculation

Safaricom's COGS to Revenue for the fiscal year that ended in Mar. 2024 is calculated as

COGS to Revenue	=	Cost of Goods Sold	/	Revenue
	=	97046.9	/	345893.4
	=	0.28

Safaricom's COGS to Revenue for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2024 is calculated as

COGS to Revenue	=	Cost of Goods Sold	/	Revenue
	=	52648.2	/	182918.5
	=	0.29

Safaricom (NAI:SCOM) COGS-to-Revenue Explanation

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

Safaricom's Gross Margin % for the six months ended in Mar. 2024 is calculated as:

Gross Margin %	=	1	-	COGS to Revenue
	=	1	-	Cost of Goods Sold / Revenue
	=	1	-	52648.2 / 182918.5
	=	71.22 %

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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Safaricom (NAI:SCOM) Business Description

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Safaricom House, Waiyaki Way, P.O. Box 66827, Westlands, Nairobi, KEN, 00800

Website

https://www.safaricom.co.ke

Safaricom PLC is a Kenya-based telecommunications company. The principal activities of the company are the provision of telecommunication services, providing a comprehensive range of integrated telecommunication services including voice and data both mobile and fixed, SMS, the internet, and m-pesa. The company also offers a wide range of devices such as Mobile handsets, mobile broadband modems, routers, tablets, and notebooks. The majority of its revenue comes from service revenues: Voice, m-pesa, mobile data, messaging, fixed data and other service revenue. The company serves both individual and corporate/enterprise customers.