* 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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Lake Area Corn Processors LLC Gross Margin % Chart
Competitive Comparison of Lake Area Corn Processors LLC's Gross Margin %
For the Oil & Gas Refining & Marketing subindustry, Lake Area Corn Processors LLC'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.
Lake Area Corn Processors LLC's Gross Margin % Distribution in the Oil & Gas Industry
For the Oil & Gas industry and Energy sector, Lake Area Corn Processors LLC's Gross Margin % distribution charts can be found below:
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Lake Area Corn Processors LLC Gross Margin % Calculation
* 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.
Lake Area Corn Processors LLC (GREY:LKCRU) 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
Lake Area Corn Processors LLC had a gross margin of 5.52% for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2024 => 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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Lake Area Corn Processors LLC (Lake Area Corn Processors LLC) Business Description
Lake Area Corn Processors LLC is a South Dakota limited liability company that owns and manages an ethanol plant that has a nameplate production capacity of 90 million gallons of ethanol per year through its wholly-owned subsidiary Dakota Ethanol, LLC. The principal products produced at the ethanol plant are fuel-grade ethanol, distillers grains and corn oil. The company reports its financial and operating performance in two segments production, which includes the manufacture and marketing of fuel-grade ethanol and co-products of the ethanol production process and ethanol-producing equity method investments, which consists of the aggregation of the company's two equity method operating segments of investment in Guardian Hankinson, LLC and investment in Ring-neck Energy & Feed, LLC.
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