The Gap Cost of Revenue 2011-2026 | GPS

Cost of Revenue is a financial metric that reflects all direct costs associated with the production of goods or the provision of services that directly led to revenue during the reporting period. It is the total amount of expenses incurred by the company to deliver its products or services, including both production costs and related expenses necessary for delivery or customer support.

What is included in the cost of revenue

Cost Category	Examples
Production Costs	Materials, wages of production staff, depreciation of equipment
Service and Support	Customer service, user support, technical assistance
Delivery and Logistics	Packaging, delivery of goods to customers
Hosting and Infrastructure	Servers, cloud platforms (especially for IT and SaaS companies)
Content and Licenses	License purchases, production royalties (e.g., in streaming services)

Importance of the Metric

Helps to understand how costly the revenue-generating process is.
A high cost of revenue may indicate:
Poor cost control
Low operational efficiency
A low cost of revenue combined with high revenue indicates high profitability and business competitiveness.

Annual Cost of Revenue The Gap

2024	2023	2022	2021	2020	2019	2018	2017	2016	2015	2014	2013	2012	2011
9.11 B	10.3 B	10 B	9.1 B	10.2 B	10.3 B	9.79 B	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

All numbers in USD currency

Indicator range from annual reports

Maximum	Minimum	Average
10.3 B	9.1 B	9.83 B

Quarterly Cost of Revenue The Gap

2025-Q3	2025-Q2	2025-Q1	2024-Q4	2024-Q3	2024-Q2	2024-Q1	2023-Q4	2023-Q3	2023-Q2	2023-Q1	2022-Q4	2022-Q3	2022-Q2	2022-Q1	2021-Q4	2021-Q3	2021-Q2	2021-Q1	2020-Q4	2020-Q3	2020-Q2	2020-Q1	2019-Q4	2019-Q3	2019-Q2	2019-Q1	2018-Q4	2018-Q3	2018-Q2	2018-Q1	2017-Q4	2017-Q3	2017-Q2	2017-Q1	2016-Q4	2016-Q3	2016-Q2	2016-Q1	2015-Q4	2015-Q3	2015-Q2	2015-Q1	2014-Q4	2014-Q3	2014-Q2	2014-Q1	2013-Q4	2013-Q3	2013-Q2	2013-Q1	2012-Q4	2012-Q3	2012-Q2	2012-Q1	2011-Q4	2011-Q3	2011-Q2	2011-Q1
2.27 B	2.19 B	2.02 B	-	2.19 B	2.14 B	1.99 B	-	2.21 B	2.22 B	2.06 B	-	2.53 B	2.53 B	2.38 B	-	2.28 B	2.39 B	2.36 B	-	2.37 B	2.13 B	1.84 B	-	2.44 B	2.45 B	2.36 B	-	2.47 B	2.46 B	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

All numbers in USD currency

Indicator range from quarterly reporting

Maximum	Minimum	Average
2.53 B	1.84 B	2.27 B

Cost of Revenue of other stocks in the Retail apparel industry

Issuer	Cost of Revenue	Price	% 24h	Market Cap	Country
Abercrombie & Fitch Co. ANF	1.77 B	$ 96.62	-2.69 %	$ 4.91 B	USA
Boot Barn Holdings BOOT	1.19 B	$ 185.78	-0.49 %	$ 5.67 B	USA
Burlington Stores BURL	5.58 B	$ 302.13	0.61 %	$ 19.5 B	USA
Citi Trends CTRN	471 M	$ 48.78	4.95 %	$ 406 M	USA
Duluth Holdings DLTH	322 M	$ 2.31	3.59 %	$ 76.1 M	USA
Genesco GCO	1.23 B	$ 26.39	1.31 %	$ 297 M	USA
Guess' GES	1.69 B	-	-	$ 870 M	USA
G-III Apparel Group, Ltd. GIII	1.86 B	$ 30.84	1.28 %	$ 1.41 B	USA
The Buckle BKE	625 M	$ 53.34	1.33 %	$ 2.66 B	USA
Express EXPR	1.34 B	-	2.24 %	$ 155 M	USA
J.Jill JILL	181 M	$ 17.51	2.22 %	$ 262 M	USA
Lululemon Athletica LULU	4.01 B	$ 173.38	-0.51 %	$ 22 B	Canada
Chico's FAS CHS	1.3 B	-	-	$ 910 M	USA
American Eagle Outfitters AEO	3.24 B	$ 22.61	1.64 %	$ 4.42 B	USA
The Cato Corporation CATO	436 M	$ 3.06	2.17 %	$ 58.9 M	USA
Carter's CRI	2.01 B	$ 35.28	-1.77 %	$ 1.25 B	USA
The Children's Place PLCE	927 M	$ 4.0	1.4 %	$ 51.1 M	USA
Shoe Carnival SCVL	754 M	$ 20.12	0.35 %	$ 548 M	USA
The TJX Companies TJX	39.1 B	$ 161.41	1.07 %	$ 182 B	USA
Tilly's TLYS	420 M	$ 1.49	6.43 %	$ 44.7 M	USA
Urban Outfitters URBN	3.62 B	$ 66.71	1.37 %	$ 6.18 B	USA
Takung Art Co., Ltd. TKAT	2.29 M	-	6.28 %	$ 4.96 M	Hong-kong
Zumiez ZUMZ	595 M	$ 25.94	3.22 %	$ 500 M	USA