The historical rank and industry rank for Qlik Technologies's Gross Margin % or its related term are showing as below:
QLIK's Gross Margin % is not ranked *
in the Software industry.
Industry Median: 41.73 * Ranked among companies with meaningful Gross Margin % only.
Qlik Technologies had a gross margin of 85.50% for the quarter that ended in Jun. 2016 => Durable competitive advantage
The 5-Year average Growth Rate of Gross Margin for Qlik Technologies was 0.00% per year.
Qlik Technologies Gross Margin % Historical Data
The historical data trend for Qlik Technologies'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.
Competitive Comparison of Qlik Technologies's Gross Margin %
For the Software - Infrastructure subindustry, Qlik Technologies'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.
Qlik Technologies's Gross Margin % Distribution in the Software Industry
For the Software industry and Technology sector, Qlik Technologies's Gross Margin % distribution charts can be found below:
* The bar in red indicates where Qlik Technologies's Gross Margin % falls into.
* 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
Qlik Technologies had a gross margin of 85.50% for the quarter that ended in Jun. 2016 => 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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Qlik Technologies (Qlik Technologies) Business Description
Qlik Technologies Inc was founded in Sweden in 1993. It solves problems for organizations of all sizes, including the enterprises. The Company is a user-driven Business Intelligence solution that enables its customers to make robust and faster business decisions. The Qlikview Business Discovery platform, or QlikView, helps people create and share insights and analysis in groups and across organizations. Business users can explore data, ask and answer their own stream of questions and follow their own path to insight on their own and in teams and groups. The QlikView is powered by its in-memory engine which maintains associations in data and calculates aggregations as needed. The Company operates in one business segment, namely, the development, commercialization and implementation of software products and related services. It offers solution from middle market customers to large enterprises such as Autodesk, The Dannon Company, Inc., Heidelberger Druckmaschinen AG, Hertz, ING, Kraft Foods, L'Oreal, Lifetime Brands, Lockton Insurance, National Health Service (NHS), Panasonic, Qualcomm, Sony Europe, Symantec, U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs and Volvo Car UK Limited. Its products include: QlikView, QlikView Expressor and QlikView.Next. Its customers can renew, and generally have renewed, their maintenance agreements for a fee that is based upon a percentage of the initial license fee paid. Company market and sell its products and services through its direct sales force and an indirect sales channel comprised of partner network. The Company competes with large software corporations, including suppliers of enterprise resource planning software, that provide one or more capabilities competitive with its products, such as IBM, Microsoft, Oracle and SAP AG.
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