TMT (Tech, Media & Telecom)
Why do software companies typically run 70-85% gross margins, and what sits in SaaS cost of revenue?
Model answer
Software has near-zero marginal cost of replication - the product is written once and delivered many times - so gross margins land far above hardware or services businesses. SaaS cost of revenue is…
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