Screen Service (FRA:AJO) Gross Profit : €2.29 Mil (TTM As of Sep. 2013)

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What is Screen Service Gross Profit?

Screen Service's gross profit for the six months ended in Sep. 2013 was €2.29 Mil. Screen Service's gross profit for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Sep. 2013 was €2.29 Mil.

Gross Margin % is calculated as gross profit divided by its revenue. Screen Service's gross profit for the six months ended in Sep. 2013 was €2.29 Mil. Screen Service's Revenue for the six months ended in Sep. 2013 was €20.14 Mil. Therefore, Screen Service's Gross Margin % for the quarter that ended in Sep. 2013 was 11.38%.

Screen Service had a gross margin of 11.38% for the quarter that ended in Sep. 2013 => No sustainable competitive advantage

During the past 8 years, the highest Gross Margin % of Screen Service was 72.15%. The lowest was -2.15%. And the median was 54.77%.

Warning Sign:

Screen Service gross margin has been in long term decline. The average rate of decline per year is -21.9%.

Screen Service Gross Profit Historical Data

The historical data trend for Screen Service's Gross Profit can be seen below:

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Screen Service Gross Profit Chart

Screen Service Annual Data

Trend

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Sep09

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Sep13

Gross Profit

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29.09

33.06

31.42

20.31

2.29

Screen Service Semi-Annual Data
	Sep06	Sep07	Sep08	Sep09	Sep10	Sep11	Sep12	Sep13
Gross Profit	Get a 7-Day Free Trial			29.09	33.06	31.42	20.31	2.29

Competitive Comparison of Screen Service's Gross Profit

For the Communication Equipment subindustry, Screen Service'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.

Screen Service's Gross Profit Distribution in the Hardware Industry

For the Hardware industry and Technology sector, Screen Service's Gross Profit distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Screen Service's Gross Profit falls into.

Screen Service Gross Profit Calculation

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

Screen Service's Gross Profit for the fiscal year that ended in Sep. 2013 is calculated as

Gross Profit (A: Sep. 2013 )	=	Revenue	-	Cost of Goods Sold
	=	20.143	-	17.851
	=	2.29

Screen Service's Gross Profit for the quarter that ended in Sep. 2013 is calculated as

Gross Profit (Q: Sep. 2013 )	=	Revenue	-	Cost of Goods Sold
	=	20.143	-	17.851
	=	2.29

For stock reported annually, GuruFocus uses latest annual data as the TTM data. Gross Profit for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Sep. 2013 was €2.29 Mil.

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

Screen Service's Gross Margin % for the quarter that ended in Sep. 2013 is calculated as

Gross Margin % (Q: Sep. 2013 )	=	Gross Profit (Q: Sep. 2013 )	/	Revenue (Q: Sep. 2013 )
	=	(Revenue - Cost of Goods Sold)	/	Revenue
	=	2.29	/	20.143
	=	11.38 %

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.

Screen Service (FRA:AJO) 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

Screen Service had a gross margin of 11.38% for the quarter that ended in Sep. 2013 => No sustainable competitive advantage

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Screen Service, an Italy-based telecommunication Company provides products and services to broadcasters and mobile operators. Its products include analog and digital transmitters and transposers, encoders, decoders, remote control systems and modulators.

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