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Gross margin

Gross margin, or gross profit margin, is the difference between revenue and cost of goods sold (COGS), divided by revenue. Gross margin is expressed as a percentage. Generally, it is calculated as the selling price of an item, less the cost of goods sold (e.g., production or acquisition costs, not including indirect fixed costs like office expenses…

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related to References · 15
Gross margin → All, As, Bendle, CC BY-SA, Farris, February, GFDL, Marketing Metrics, Markup, Measuring Marketing Performance, Pfeifer, Reibstein, Relationship, The, The Definitive Guide
related to Percentage margins and unit margins · 8
Gross margin → Gross, If, In, Managers, Margin, Margins, The, This
related to Definition of "Unit" · 4
Gross margin → Every, Investopedia, Many, Marketers
is a · 1
Gross margin → kind of profit margin

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margin gross profit price percentage sales cost margins markup selling 100 costs difference revenue sold divided 40 item goods unit

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Gross marginis akind of profit margin0.90text
salesinstance ofIt is not necessarily profit as other expenses0.80text
administrativeinstance ofIt is not necessarily profit as other expenses0.80text
and financial costs must be deductedinstance ofIt is not necessarily profit as other expenses0.80text
software product developmentinstance ofIn other industries0.80text
the gross profit margin can be higher than 80instance ofIn other industries0.80text
Gross marginrelated to Definition of "Unit"Every0.60section
Gross marginrelated to Definition of "Unit"Many0.60section
Gross marginrelated to Definition of "Unit"Marketers0.60section
Gross marginrelated to Definition of "Unit"Investopedia0.60section
Gross marginrelated to Percentage margins and unit marginsGross0.60section
Gross marginrelated to Percentage margins and unit marginsIf0.60section

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