Franchise Services of North America (Franchise Services of North America) Gross Profit : $3.22 Mil (TTM As of Mar. 2017)

Franchise Services of North America Gross Profit Chart

Franchise Services of North America Annual Data
	Trend	Sep07	Sep08	Sep09	Sep10	Sep11	Sep12	Sep13	Sep14	Sep15	Sep16
Gross Profit		Get a 7-Day Free Trial					2.62	40.95	4.10	3.68	3.25

Franchise Services of North America Quarterly Data
	Jun12	Sep12	Dec12	Mar13	Jun13	Sep13	Dec13	Mar14	Jun14	Sep14	Dec14	Mar15	Jun15	Sep15	Dec15	Mar16	Jun16	Sep16	Dec16	Mar17
Gross Profit	Get a 7-Day Free Trial															0.67	0.67	0.75	0.89	0.90

Competitive Comparison of Franchise Services of North America's Gross Profit

For the Rental & Leasing Services subindustry, Franchise Services of North America'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.

Franchise Services of North America's Gross Profit Distribution in the Business Services Industry

For the Business Services industry and Industrials sector, Franchise Services of North America's Gross Profit distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Franchise Services of North America's Gross Profit falls into.

Franchise Services of North America Gross Profit Calculation

Gross Profit is the different between the sale prices and the cost of buying or producing the goods.

Franchise Services of North America's Gross Profit for the fiscal year that ended in Sep. 2016 is calculated as

Franchise Services of North America's Gross Profit for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2017 is calculated as

Gross Profit for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Mar. 2017 adds up the quarterly data reported by the company within the most recent 12 months, which was $3.22 Mil.

Gross Profit is the numerator in the calculation of Gross Margin.

Franchise Services of North America's Gross Margin % for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2017 is calculated as

* 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.

Franchise Services of North America  (OTCPK:FCHAF) Gross Profit 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

Franchise Services of North America had a gross margin of 34.92% for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2017 => Competition eroding margins

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