cost of sales

We also believe that upward pressure on cost of sales is likely to continue."

But the cost of sales also climbed, meaning gross profits fell yet again.

The rest includes the cost of sales representatives, gifts to doctors and advertising.

"Upward pressure on cost of sales continued, and inventory levels were higher than we'd like.

Complimentary food and beverage is shown as well (everything relative to the raw cost of sales).

The gross margin is the value of sales less the direct cost of sales.

The trading statement's main objective is to determine sales, cost of sales and gross profit.

Companies Chrysler posted a 47 percent drop in profits, reflecting lower shipments and the increased cost of sales incentives.

"Although this quarter's revenue and order growth were reasonably good in today's difficult environment, an increase in cost of sales affected earnings," he said.

In addition, the cost of sales, general and administrative expenses has increased because of outlays for marketing new products.

"However, our cost of sales increased faster than it has in recent quarters, due in part to the steps we took to stimulate demand."

These programs help companies capture market share, launch new products, reduce cost of sales, increase product adoption, and ultimately drive sales.

HP said some of the factors that raised its cost of sales in the fourth quarter are not new and are likely to continue.

However, cost of sales is recorded by the firm at what the firm actually paid for the materials available for sale.

Stock turnover - average cost of sales divided by the average value of stock.

The main parts of a cost of sales calculation consists of:

Calculate the trends in the Sales and cost of sales and comment on the information disclosed by your analysis.

Mr. Olstein said this one-time benefit effectively made the company's cost of sales look lower than it was and its income appear higher.

In this article, the terms "cost of sales" and "cost of goods sold" are synonymous.

Creditors' turnover - average cost of sales divided by the average amount of credit that is taken from suppliers.

(2) Gross income for United States corporate tax purposes means sales (or other revenues) less cost of sales.

Mr. McFeely declined to discuss the company's cost of sales or profit margins on the book.

The bar chart shows Sales on the left and Cost of Sales on the right.

Your business plan should help in establishing projected sales, cost of sales, fixed costs and overheads, so it would be worthwhile preparing this first.

With effective team selling, the cost of sales calls will decline, however, the number of people assigned to each sales call will double.