SDI Group (LSE:SDI) Gross Margin % : 63.04% (As of Oct. 2023)

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What is SDI Group Gross Margin %?

Gross Margin % is calculated as gross profit divided by its revenue. SDI Group's Gross Profit for the six months ended in Oct. 2023 was £20.31 Mil. SDI Group's Revenue for the six months ended in Oct. 2023 was £32.22 Mil. Therefore, SDI Group's Gross Margin % for the quarter that ended in Oct. 2023 was 63.04%.

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

LSE:SDI' s Gross Margin % Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 57.07 Med: 64.03 Max: 67.76
Current: 63.34

During the past 13 years, the highest Gross Margin % of SDI Group was 67.76%. The lowest was 57.07%. And the median was 64.03%.

LSE:SDI's Gross Margin % is ranked better than
95% of 2439 companies
in the Hardware industry
Industry Median: 24.31 vs LSE:SDI: 63.34

SDI Group had a gross margin of 63.04% for the quarter that ended in Oct. 2023 => Durable competitive advantage

The 5-Year average Growth Rate of Gross Margin for SDI Group was -1.00% per year.

SDI Group Gross Margin % Historical Data

The historical data trend for SDI Group's Gross Margin % can be seen below:

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SDI Group Gross Margin % Chart

SDI Group Annual Data

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Apr14

Apr15

Apr16

Apr17

Apr18

Apr19

Apr20

Apr21

Apr22

Apr23

Gross Margin %

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66.13

67.76

65.20

63.75

63.29

SDI Group Semi-Annual Data
	Apr14	Oct14	Apr15	Oct15	Apr16	Oct16	Apr17	Oct17	Apr18	Oct18	Apr19	Oct19	Apr20	Oct20	Apr21	Oct21	Apr22	Oct22	Apr23	Oct23
Gross Margin %	Get a 7-Day Free Trial															64.42	63.10	62.91	63.62	63.04

Competitive Comparison of SDI Group's Gross Margin %

For the Scientific & Technical Instruments subindustry, SDI Group'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.

SDI Group's Gross Margin % Distribution in the Hardware Industry

For the Hardware industry and Technology sector, SDI Group's Gross Margin % distribution charts can be found below:

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SDI Group Gross Margin % Calculation

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

SDI Group's Gross Margin for the fiscal year that ended in Apr. 2023 is calculated as

Gross Margin % (A: Apr. 2023 )	=	Gross Profit (A: Apr. 2023 )	/	Revenue (A: Apr. 2023 )
	=	42.8	/	67.577
	=	(Revenue - Cost of Goods Sold)	/	Revenue
	=	(67.577 - 24.81)	/	67.577
	=	63.29 %

SDI Group's Gross Margin for the quarter that ended in Oct. 2023 is calculated as

Gross Margin % (Q: Oct. 2023 )	=	Gross Profit (Q: Oct. 2023 )	/	Revenue (Q: Oct. 2023 )
	=	20.3	/	32.215
	=	(Revenue - Cost of Goods Sold)	/	Revenue
	=	(32.215 - 11.908)	/	32.215
	=	63.04 %

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.

SDI Group (LSE:SDI) 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

SDI Group had a gross margin of 63.04% for the quarter that ended in Oct. 2023 => Durable 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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SDI Group PLC designs and manufactures scientific and technology products for use by the life science, healthcare, astronomy, consumer manufacturing and art conservation markets through Synoptics, the Artemis, the Opus instruments, and Astles Control systems brands. The Digital Imaging segment incorporates the Synoptics brands Syngene, Synbiosis, Synoptics Health and Fistreem, the Atik brands Atik Cameras, Opus and Quantum Scientific Imaging, and the Graticules Optics business. The Sensors & Control segment combines our Sentek, Astles Control Systems, Applied Thermal Control, Thermal Exchange, MPB Industries and Chell Instruments businesses. It operates in the UK, Europe, America, Rest of Asia, and Rest of the world segments. It derives most of its revenues from America segment.