URS (FRA:URS) Gross Margin % : 5.79% (As of Jun. 2014)

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What is URS Gross Margin %?

Gross Margin % is calculated as gross profit divided by its revenue. URS's Gross Profit for the three months ended in Jun. 2014 was €109 Mil. URS's Revenue for the three months ended in Jun. 2014 was €1,880 Mil. Therefore, URS's Gross Margin % for the quarter that ended in Jun. 2014 was 5.79%.

The historical rank and industry rank for URS's Gross Margin % or its related term are showing as below:

FRA:URS' s Gross Margin % Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 4.73 Med: 36.89 Max: 42.92
Current: 4.87

During the past 13 years, the highest Gross Margin % of URS was 42.92%. The lowest was 4.73%. And the median was 36.89%.

FRA:URS's Gross Margin % is not ranked
in the Construction industry.
Industry Median: 19.14 vs FRA:URS: 4.87

URS had a gross margin of 5.79% for the quarter that ended in Jun. 2014 => No sustainable competitive advantage

The 5-Year average Growth Rate of Gross Margin for URS was 2.90% per year.

URS Gross Margin % Historical Data

The historical data trend for URS's Gross Margin % 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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URS Gross Margin % Chart

URS Annual Data

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5.15

6.18

5.83

6.18

5.23

URS Quarterly Data
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Gross Margin %	Get a 7-Day Free Trial															5.39	6.45	3.63	3.55	5.79

Competitive Comparison of URS's Gross Margin %

For the Engineering & Construction subindustry, URS's Gross Margin %, along with its competitors' market caps and Gross Margin % 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.

URS's Gross Margin % Distribution in the Construction Industry

For the Construction industry and Industrials sector, URS's Gross Margin % distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where URS's Gross Margin % falls into.

URS Gross Margin % Calculation

Gross Margin is the percentage of Gross Profit out of sales or Revenue.

URS's Gross Margin for the fiscal year that ended in Dec. 2013 is calculated as

Gross Margin % (A: Dec. 2013 )	=	Gross Profit (A: Dec. 2013 )	/	Revenue (A: Dec. 2013 )
	=	419.5	/	8023.211
	=	(Revenue - Cost of Goods Sold)	/	Revenue
	=	(8023.211 - 7603.68)	/	8023.211
	=	5.23 %

URS's Gross Margin for the quarter that ended in Jun. 2014 is calculated as

Gross Margin % (Q: Jun. 2014 )	=	Gross Profit (Q: Jun. 2014 )	/	Revenue (Q: Jun. 2014 )
	=	108.9	/	1880.48
	=	(Revenue - Cost of Goods Sold)	/	Revenue
	=	(1880.48 - 1771.552)	/	1880.48
	=	5.79 %

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.

URS (FRA:URS) Gross Margin % 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

URS had a gross margin of 5.79% for the quarter that ended in Jun. 2014 => No sustainable competitive advantage

Be Aware

If a company loses its competitive advantages, usually its gross margin declines well before its sales declines. Watching Gross Margin % and Operating Margin % closely helps avoid value trap situations.

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URS Corporation was originally incorporated in California on May 1, 1957 under the former name of Broadview Research Corporation. On May 18, 1976, it re-incorporated in Delaware under the name URS Corporation. After several additional name changes, it re-adopted the name 'URS Corporation' on February 21, 1990. The Company is an international provider of engineering, construction and technical services. It offers a range of program management, planning, design, engineering, construction and construction management, operations and maintenance, and decommissioning and closure services to public agencies and private sector clients around the world. It is also a U.S. federal government contractor in the areas of systems engineering and technical assistance, and operations and maintenance. The Company expertise is focused in four market sectors: power, infrastructure, federal, and industrial and commercial. Within these markets, it offers a broad range of services, including program management; planning, design and engineering; systems engineering and technical assistance; IT services; construction and construction management; operations and maintenance; and decommissioning and closure. In the power sector, the Company plans, designs, engineers, constructs, retrofits and maintains a wide range of power-generating facilities, as well as the systems that transmit and distribute electricity. Its services include planning, siting and licensing, permitting, engineering, procurement, construction and construction management, facility start-up, operations and maintenance, upgrades and modifications, and decommissioning and closure. It provides these services to utilities, industrial co-generators, independent power producers, original equipment manufacturers and government utilities. In the infrastructure sector, the Company plans, designs, engineers, constructs, retrofits and maintains a wide range of power-generating facilities, as well as the systems that transmit and distribute electricity. Its services include planning, siting and licensing, permitting, engineering, procurement, construction and construction management, facility start-up, operations and maintenance, upgrades and modifications, and decommissioning and closure. As a contractor to the U.S. federal government and national governments of other countries, it serves a wide variety of government departments and agencies, including the DOD, DHS, Department of Energy, as well as the General Services Administration, the Environmental Protection Agency, NASA and other federal agencies. The Company's services range from program management; planning, design and engineering; systems engineering and technical assistance; and IT services to construction and construction management; operations and maintenance; and decommissioning and closure. In industrial and commercial sector it provides a wide range of engineering, procurement and construction services for new industrial and commercial

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