PPC (PPCLY) Gross Profit : $104.0 Mil (TTM As of Sep. 2023)

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What is PPC Gross Profit?

PPC's gross profit for the six months ended in Sep. 2023 was $65.3 Mil. PPC's gross profit for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Sep. 2023 was $104.0 Mil.

Gross Margin % is calculated as gross profit divided by its revenue. PPC's gross profit for the six months ended in Sep. 2023 was $65.3 Mil. PPC's Revenue for the six months ended in Sep. 2023 was $325.4 Mil. Therefore, PPC's Gross Margin % for the quarter that ended in Sep. 2023 was 20.06%.

PPC had a gross margin of 20.06% for the quarter that ended in Sep. 2023 => Competition eroding margins

During the past 13 years, the highest Gross Margin % of PPC was 33.31%. The lowest was 15.48%. And the median was 22.96%.

Warning Sign:

PPC Ltd gross margin has been in long-term decline. The average rate of decline per year is -6.7%.

PPC Gross Profit Historical Data

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

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PPC Gross Profit Chart

PPC Annual Data

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Mar23

Gross Profit

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139.51

112.68

137.72

102.27

85.38

PPC Semi-Annual Data
	Mar14	Sep14	Mar15	Sep15	Mar16	Sep16	Mar17	Sep17	Mar18	Sep18	Mar19	Sep19	Mar20	Sep20	Mar21	Sep21	Mar22	Sep22	Mar23	Sep23
Gross Profit	Get a 7-Day Free Trial															77.24	26.94	48.41	38.72	65.28

Competitive Comparison of PPC's Gross Profit

For the Building Materials subindustry, PPC'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.

PPC's Gross Profit Distribution in the Building Materials Industry

For the Building Materials industry and Basic Materials sector, PPC's Gross Profit distribution charts can be found below:

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

PPC Gross Profit Calculation

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

PPC's Gross Profit for the fiscal year that ended in Mar. 2023 is calculated as

Gross Profit (A: Mar. 2023 )	=	Revenue	-	Cost of Goods Sold
	=	542.293	-	456.913
	=	85.4

PPC's Gross Profit for the quarter that ended in Sep. 2023 is calculated as

Gross Profit (Q: Sep. 2023 )	=	Revenue	-	Cost of Goods Sold
	=	325.43	-	260.154
	=	65.3

Gross Profit for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Sep. 2023 adds up the semi-annually data reported by the company within the most recent 12 months, which was $104.0 Mil.

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

PPC's Gross Margin % for the quarter that ended in Sep. 2023 is calculated as

Gross Margin % (Q: Sep. 2023 )	=	Gross Profit (Q: Sep. 2023 )	/	Revenue (Q: Sep. 2023 )
	=	(Revenue - Cost of Goods Sold)	/	Revenue
	=	65.3	/	325.43
	=	20.06 %

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.

PPC (OTCPK:PPCLY) 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

PPC had a gross margin of 20.06% for the quarter that ended in Sep. 2023 => Competition eroding margins

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PPC (PPCLY) Business Description

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PPC:South Africa OZV2:Germany

Address

148 Katherine Street (Corner Grayston Drive), PO Box 787416, Sandton, Johannesburg, GT, ZAF, 2146

Website

https://www.ppc.africa

PPC Ltd is a South Africa-based company that supplies cement and other related products in South Africa and several other African countries. Its production facilities span South Africa, Botswana, Zimbabwe, and Rwanda. The operating segments are South Africa and Botswana Cement, Zimbabwe, Rwanda, aggregates, ash and readymix and group services. The company generates the majority of its revenue from the South Africa and Botswana domestic market, where it marketed its cement products under the brand names OPC, SureRoad, IDM Best Build, Castle, and Spar Build-It. It also distributes cement products in Botswana, Zimbabwe, Mozambique, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Rwanda, and Ethiopia under the brands OPC, Unicem, Botcem, and Surebuild PMC.