Gitman: Principl Manageri Finance_15 (15th Edition) (What's New in Finance)
Gitman: Principl Manageri Finance_15 (15th Edition) (What's New in Finance)
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ISBN: 9780134476315
Author: Chad J. Zutter, Scott B. Smart
Publisher: PEARSON
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Chapter 3, Problem 1OR

For the quarter ended January 28, 2017, Kroger reported sales of $27.61 billion and cost of goods sold of $21.4 7 billion. What was the company’s gross profit margin that quarter?

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Summary Introduction

To discuss:

Compute company’s gross margin in the quarter.

Introduction:

Gross profit margin also called as gross margin depicts the percentage of sale revenue after the deduction of direct costs.

Answer to Problem 1OR

The gross margin of K Company in the quarter is 0.2224 or 22.24%.

Explanation of Solution

Given information:

K Company has sales of $27061 billion and the cost of goods sold is 21.47 billion.

The formula to calculate the gross margin:

Gross margin=SalesCost of Goods SoldSales=27.6121.4727.61=6.1427.61=0.2224

Hence, the gross margin of K Company in that quarter is 0.2224 or 22.24%.

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