RealNetworks Cost of Revenue 2011-2025 | RNWK

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 RealNetworks

2021	2020	2019	2018	2017	2016	2015	2014	2013	2012	2011
13.8 M	16.5 M	17.2 M	17.7 M	23.2 M	65 M	70.3 M	76.4 M	79.1 M	104 M	127 M

All numbers in USD currency

Indicator range from annual reports

Maximum	Minimum	Average
127 M	13.8 M	55.4 M

Quarterly Cost of Revenue RealNetworks

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
-	2.79 M	2.7 M	2.74 M	-	3.12 M	3.57 M	3.68 M	-	4.06 M	4.26 M	4.1 M	-	4.29 M	27.3 M	24.9 M	-	4.24 M	4.62 M	5.14 M	-	16.5 M	17.3 M	6.57 M	-	16.7 M	15.7 M	15.2 M	-	18.1 M	19.8 M	16.5 M	-	18.9 M	20.8 M	18.8 M	-	19 M	19.5 M	20.5 M	-	25.2 M	26 M	27.4 M	-	31.8 M	30.7 M	32.1 M

All numbers in USD currency

Indicator range from quarterly reporting

Maximum	Minimum	Average
32.1 M	2.7 M	14.9 M

Cost of Revenue of other stocks in the Gaming multimedia industry

Issuer	Cost of Revenue	Price	% 24h	Market Cap	Country
Bilibili BILI	15.3 B	$ 24.59	-0.04 %	$ 8.21 B	China
Fujian Blue Hat Interactive Entertainment Technology Ltd. BHAT	17.2 M	$ 1.39	-	$ 813 K	China
Gravity Co., Ltd. GRVY	224 B	$ 56.2	-2.7 %	$ 457 M	South-korea
Integrated Media Technology Limited IMTE	-149 K	$ 0.71	-6.02 %	$ 4.99 M	Australia
Avid Technology AVID	143 M	-	-	$ 1.2 B	USA
Electronic Arts EA	1.54 B	$ 204.18	0.22 %	$ 53.5 B	USA
GigaMedia Limited GIGM	2.58 M	$ 1.52	-3.83 %	$ 16.8 M	Taiwan
Motorsport Games MSGM	3.62 M	$ 2.74	7.45 %	$ 7.06 M	USA
Sea Limited SE	9.61 B	$ 121.52	-2.8 %	$ 69.9 B	USA
Playtika Holding Corp. PLTK	692 M	$ 4.09	-3.31 %	$ 1.52 B	Israel
Take-Two Interactive Software TTWO	2.57 B	$ 244.77	1.37 %	$ 42.9 B	USA
SciPlay Corporation SCPL	204 M	-	-	$ 548 M	USA
Super League Gaming SLGG	10.1 M	-	-22.6 %	$ 3.38 M	USA
Skillz SKLZ	13.4 M	$ 5.28	-7.53 %	$ 94.2 M	USA