I may be completely wrong in all these calculations, as I'm WAGuessing on some of it. Other information I'm pulling from company reports and other internet sites. But here goes:
This is the wholesaler who has margin on top of the importer. But let's assume weak margins of 5% just for the sake of calculation. At $7 with 5% margin, the price paid to the importer is about $6.50.
From the 3/31/08 10Q (where is the July 10Q by the way, anyone notice?) GWDC is generating revenue at 25% margins over COGS (closer to 33% in previous Q, what happened?). So given $6.50 as a sale price, the COGS price $5.20/lb
So, taking these really WAG numbers: $5.20*40,000lbs=$208,000 which produces a gross margin of $52,000.
So to answer my own question, I guess it's closer to $200k but generates $52k-$68k per container. So, real, you are right that coffee is not cheap.
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