Esterline Technologies (Esterline Technologies) Gross Profit : $684 Mil (TTM As of Dec. 2018)

Esterline Technologies Gross Profit Chart

Esterline Technologies Annual Data
	Trend	Oct09	Oct10	Oct11	Oct12	Oct13	Oct14	Sep15	Sep16	Sep17	Sep18
Gross Profit		Get a 7-Day Free Trial					714.71	589.39	661.88	660.05	666.31

Esterline Technologies Quarterly Data
	Jan14	Apr14	Jul14	Oct14	Jan15	Apr15	Jul15	Dec15	Mar16	Jun16	Sep16	Dec16	Mar17	Jun17	Sep17	Dec17	Mar18	Jun18	Sep18	Dec18
Gross Profit	Get a 7-Day Free Trial															147.73	163.73	169.92	184.33	166.13

Competitive Comparison of Esterline Technologies's Gross Profit

For the Aerospace & Defense subindustry, Esterline Technologies'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.

Esterline Technologies's Gross Profit Distribution in the Aerospace & Defense Industry

For the Aerospace & Defense industry and Industrials sector, Esterline Technologies's Gross Profit distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Esterline Technologies's Gross Profit falls into.

Esterline Technologies Gross Profit Calculation

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

Esterline Technologies's Gross Profit for the fiscal year that ended in Sep. 2018 is calculated as

Esterline Technologies's Gross Profit for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2018 is calculated as

Gross Profit for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Dec. 2018 adds up the quarterly data reported by the company within the most recent 12 months, which was $684 Mil.

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

Esterline Technologies's Gross Margin % for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2018 is calculated as

* 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.

Esterline Technologies  (NYSE:ESL) 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

Esterline Technologies had a gross margin of 34.25% for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2018 => Competition eroding margins

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