Stonepath Group (Stonepath Group) Gross Profit : $87.5 Mil (TTM As of Sep. 2006)

Stonepath Group Gross Profit Chart

Stonepath Group Quarterly Data
	Dec01	Mar02	Jun02	Sep02	Dec02	Mar03	Jun03	Sep03	Dec03	Mar04	Jun04	Sep04	Dec04	Mar05	Jun05	Sep05	Dec05	Mar06	Jun06	Sep06
Gross Profit	Get a 7-Day Free Trial															15.47	40.95	19.52	17.16	9.91

Competitive Comparison of Stonepath Group's Gross Profit

For the Integrated Freight & Logistics subindustry, Stonepath Group'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.

Stonepath Group's Gross Profit Distribution in the Transportation Industry

For the Transportation industry and Industrials sector, Stonepath Group's Gross Profit distribution charts can be found below:

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

Stonepath Group Gross Profit Calculation

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

Stonepath Group's Gross Profit for the fiscal year that ended in Dec. 2005 is calculated as

Stonepath Group's Gross Profit for the quarter that ended in Sep. 2006 is calculated as

Gross Profit for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Sep. 2006 adds up the quarterly data reported by the company within the most recent 12 months, which was $87.5 Mil.

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

Stonepath Group's Gross Margin % for the quarter that ended in Sep. 2006 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.

Stonepath Group  (OTCPK:SGRZ) 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

Stonepath Group had a gross margin of 15.19% for the quarter that ended in Sep. 2006 => No sustainable competitive advantage

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