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The company is Omnicare, please analysis what reason that the percentage of COGS

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Question

The company is Omnicare,

please analysis what reason that the percentage of COGS has decreased.

Income Statement Common-size Analysis

                                              2010        2009
Revenue                            100.00%       100.00%
Cost of Goods / Services        77.64%      75.75%
Gross Profit                           22.36%      24.25%
Operating Expense                  12.87%     13.24%
Interest Expense                     2.21%      1.94%
Research and Development Expense N/A N/A
Income Tax Expense                 0.19%     1.58%
Income from Continuing Operations -1.40% 2.81%
Net Income                              -1.73%   3.44%

Explanation / Answer

Since Expenses in rest of the areas increased The COGS would then become a lesser percentage of the revenue