Williams Partners LP (Williams Partners LP) COGS-to-Revenue : 0.50 (As of Jun. 2018)

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What is Williams Partners LP COGS-to-Revenue?

Williams Partners LP's Cost of Goods Sold for the three months ended in Jun. 2018 was $1,045 Mil. Its Revenue for the three months ended in Jun. 2018 was $2,086 Mil.

Williams Partners LP's COGS to Revenue for the three months ended in Jun. 2018 was 0.50.

Cost of Goods Sold is directly linked to profitability of the company through Gross Margin. Williams Partners LP's Gross Margin % for the three months ended in Jun. 2018 was 49.90%.

Williams Partners LP COGS-to-Revenue Historical Data

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

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Williams Partners LP COGS-to-Revenue Chart

Williams Partners LP Annual Data

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COGS-to-Revenue

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0.60

0.58

0.46

0.44

0.48

Williams Partners LP Quarterly Data
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Williams Partners LP COGS-to-Revenue Calculation

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

COGS to Revenue	=	Cost of Goods Sold	/	Revenue
	=	3862	/	8010
	=	0.48

Williams Partners LP's COGS to Revenue for the quarter that ended in Jun. 2018 is calculated as

COGS to Revenue	=	Cost of Goods Sold	/	Revenue
	=	1045	/	2086
	=	0.50

Williams Partners LP (NYSE:WPZ) COGS-to-Revenue Explanation

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

Williams Partners LP's Gross Margin % for the three months ended in Jun. 2018 is calculated as:

Gross Margin %	=	1	-	COGS to Revenue
	=	1	-	Cost of Goods Sold / Revenue
	=	1	-	1045 / 2086
	=	49.90 %

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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Williams Partners is a large pipeline company that owns and operates the large Transco and Northwest pipeline systems and associated natural gas gathering and processing and storage assets. It also owns a 60% stake in Discovery, which owns offshore natural gas assets in the Gulf of Mexico. Williams Companies, a publicly traded C-Corporation, owns a 74% interest in Williams Partners. The partnership owns the underlying assets while the corporation holds the stake in the limited partnership.

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