Technical Communications's gross profit for the
three
months ended in Jun. 2023 was $-0.03 Mil. Technical Communications's gross profit for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Jun. 2023 was $-0.23 Mil.
* 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.
Competitive Comparison of Technical Communications's Gross Profit
For the Communication Equipment subindustry, Technical Communications'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.
Technical Communications's Gross Profit Distribution in the Hardware Industry
For the Hardware industry and Technology sector, Technical Communications's Gross Profit distribution charts can be found below:
* The bar in red indicates where Technical Communications's Gross Profit falls into.
Technical Communications Gross Profit Calculation
Gross Profit is the different between the sale prices and the cost of buying or producing the goods.
Technical Communications's Gross Profit for the fiscal year that ended in Sep. 2022 is calculated as
Gross Profit for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Jun. 2023 adds up the quarterly data reported by the company within the most recent 12 months, which was $-0.23 Mil.
Gross Profit is the numerator in the calculation of Gross Margin.
* 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.
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
Technical Communications had a gross margin of -82.86% for the quarter that ended in Jun. 2023 => No sustainable competitive advantage
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Technical Communications (Technical Communications) Business Description
Technical Communications Corp designs, develops, manufactures, distributes, and markets communications security equipment. The company produces and supplies several custom-designed, special-purpose, and standard secure communications products for both domestic and international customers. Its products consist of voice, data, facsimile encryptors and video networks for military, government and corporate/industrial applications. In addition to product sales, it generates revenues from contract engineering services for certain government agencies, domestic and foreign, and commercial entities.
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