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Dai Nippon Printing Co (Dai Nippon Printing Co) Gross Profit : $2,156 Mil (TTM As of Dec. 2023)


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What is Dai Nippon Printing Co Gross Profit?

Dai Nippon Printing Co's gross profit for the three months ended in Dec. 2023 was $578 Mil. Dai Nippon Printing Co's gross profit for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Dec. 2023 was $2,156 Mil.

Gross Margin % is calculated as gross profit divided by its revenue. Dai Nippon Printing Co's gross profit for the three months ended in Dec. 2023 was $578 Mil. Dai Nippon Printing Co's Revenue for the three months ended in Dec. 2023 was $2,552 Mil. Therefore, Dai Nippon Printing Co's Gross Margin % for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was 22.65%.

Dai Nippon Printing Co had a gross margin of 22.65% for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 => Competition eroding margins

During the past 13 years, the highest Gross Margin % of Dai Nippon Printing Co was 21.79%. The lowest was 18.81%. And the median was 20.00%.


Dai Nippon Printing Co Gross Profit Historical Data

The historical data trend for Dai Nippon Printing Co's Gross Profit can be seen below:

* For Operating Data section: All numbers are indicated by the unit behind each term and all currency related amount are in USD.
* For other sections: All numbers are in millions except for per share data, ratio, and percentage. All currency related amount are indicated in the company's associated stock exchange currency.

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Dai Nippon Printing Co Gross Profit Chart

Dai Nippon Printing Co Annual Data
Trend Mar14 Mar15 Mar16 Mar17 Mar18 Mar19 Mar20 Mar21 Mar22 Mar23
Gross Profit
Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 2,538.27 2,719.88 2,547.53 2,470.35 2,184.01

Dai Nippon Printing Co Quarterly Data
Mar19 Jun19 Sep19 Dec19 Mar20 Jun20 Sep20 Dec20 Mar21 Jun21 Sep21 Dec21 Mar22 Jun22 Sep22 Dec22 Mar23 Jun23 Sep23 Dec23
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Competitive Comparison of Dai Nippon Printing Co's Gross Profit

For the Specialty Business Services subindustry, Dai Nippon Printing Co's Gross Profit, along with its competitors' market caps and Gross Profit data, can be viewed below:

* Competitive companies are chosen from companies within the same industry, with headquarter located in same country, with closest market capitalization; x-axis shows the market cap, and y-axis shows the term value; the bigger the dot, the larger the market cap. Note that "N/A" values will not show up in the chart.


Dai Nippon Printing Co's Gross Profit Distribution in the Business Services Industry

For the Business Services industry and Industrials sector, Dai Nippon Printing Co's Gross Profit distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Dai Nippon Printing Co's Gross Profit falls into.



Dai Nippon Printing Co Gross Profit Calculation

Gross Profit is the different between the sale prices and the cost of buying or producing the goods.

Dai Nippon Printing Co's Gross Profit for the fiscal year that ended in Mar. 2023 is calculated as

Gross Profit (A: Mar. 2023 )=Revenue - Cost of Goods Sold
=10273.566 - 8089.557
=2,184

Dai Nippon Printing Co's Gross Profit for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 is calculated as

Gross Profit (Q: Dec. 2023 )=Revenue - Cost of Goods Sold
=2552.411 - 1974.358
=578

Gross Profit for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Dec. 2023 adds up the quarterly data reported by the company within the most recent 12 months, which was $2,156 Mil.

Gross Profit is the numerator in the calculation of Gross Margin.

Dai Nippon Printing Co's Gross Margin % for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 is calculated as

Gross Margin % (Q: Dec. 2023 )=Gross Profit (Q: Dec. 2023 ) / Revenue (Q: Dec. 2023 )
=(Revenue - Cost of Goods Sold) / Revenue
=578 / 2552.411
=22.65 %

* For Operating Data section: All numbers are indicated by the unit behind each term and all currency related amount are in USD.
* For other sections: All numbers are in millions except for per share data, ratio, and percentage. All currency related amount are indicated in the company's associated stock exchange currency.

A positive Gross Profit is only the first step for a company to make a net profit. The gross profit needs to be big enough to also cover related labor, equipment, rental, marketing/advertising, research and development and a lot of other costs in selling the products.


Dai Nippon Printing Co  (OTCPK:DNPLY) Gross Profit Explanation

Warren Buffett believes that firms with excellent long term economics tend to have consistently higher margins.

Durable competitive advantage creates a high Gross Margin % because of the freedom to price in excess of cost. Companies can be categorized by their Gross Margin %

1. Greater than 40% = Durable competitive advantage
2. Less than 40% = Competition eroding margins
3. Less than 20% = no sustainable competitive advantage
Consistency of Gross Margin is key

Dai Nippon Printing Co had a gross margin of 22.65% for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 => Competition eroding margins


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Dai Nippon Printing Co (Dai Nippon Printing Co) Business Description

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Address
1-1, Ichigaya-Kagacho, 1-chome, Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo, JPN, 162-8001
Dai Nippon Printing is a provider of printing services. The company offers publishing and printing solutions used for printing magazines, newspapers, textbooks, catalogs, calendars, flyers, pamphlets, and posters, as well as personalized mail, smart cards, SIM cards, merchandise vouchers, bank books, and business forms. Dai Nippon Printing also produces packaging for processed foods, toiletries and pharmaceuticals, barrier film for packages, biomass plastic film, PET plastic bottles, and aseptic filling systems, as well as display components such as LCDs, optical films, semiconductor photomasks, hard-disk suspensions, camera modules, near-field communication modules, and electronic paper display systems. The company operates primarily in Japan.

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