Staples (Staples) Cost of Goods Sold : $12,095 Mil (TTM As of Jul. 2017)

Staples Cost of Goods Sold Chart

Staples Annual Data
	Trend	Jan08	Jan09	Jan10	Jan11	Jan12	Jan13	Jan14	Jan15	Jan16	Jan17
Cost of Goods Sold		Get a 7-Day Free Trial					17,889.25	17,082.00	14,646.00	13,857.00	13,489.00

Staples Quarterly Data
	Oct12	Jan13	Apr13	Jul13	Oct13	Jan14	Apr14	Jul14	Oct14	Jan15	Apr15	Jul15	Oct15	Jan16	Apr16	Jul16	Oct16	Jan17	Apr17	Jul17
Cost of Goods Sold	Get a 7-Day Free Trial															3,007.00	3,912.00	2,204.00	3,071.00	2,908.00

Staples 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 Jul. 2017 adds up the quarterly data reported by the company within the most recent 12 months, which was $12,095 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.

Staples  (NAS:SPLS) Cost of Goods Sold Explanation

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

Staples's Gross Margin % for the three months ended in Jul. 2017 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:

Staples's Inventory Turnover for the three months ended in Jul. 2017 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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