The historical rank and industry rank for Ambassadors Group's Gross Margin % or its related term are showing as below:
EPAX's Gross Margin % is not ranked *
in the Education industry.
Industry Median: 48.33 * Ranked among companies with meaningful Gross Margin % only.
Ambassadors Group had a gross margin of 90.63% for the quarter that ended in Jun. 2015 => Durable competitive advantage
The 5-Year average Growth Rate of Gross Margin for Ambassadors Group was 0.00% per year.
Ambassadors Group Gross Margin % Historical Data
The historical data trend for Ambassadors Group'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 Ambassadors Group's Gross Margin %
For the Education & Training Services subindustry, Ambassadors Group'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.
Ambassadors Group's Gross Margin % Distribution in the Education Industry
For the Education industry and Consumer Defensive sector, Ambassadors Group's Gross Margin % distribution charts can be found below:
* The bar in red indicates where Ambassadors Group'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.
Ambassadors Group (OTCPK:EPAX) Gross Margin % 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
Ambassadors Group had a gross margin of 90.63% for the quarter that ended in Jun. 2015 => 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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Ambassadors Group (Ambassadors Group) Business Description
Ambassadors Group Inc was founded in 1967 and reincorporated in Delaware in 1995. The Company along with its subsidiaries is a provider of educational travel experiences and online education research materials. Its operations are organized in two reporting segments: Ambassador Programs and Other, which provide educational travel services through multiple destinations within several travel program types and corporate overhead; and BookRags, which provides online research capabilities through book summaries, critical essays, online study guides, lesson plans, biographies, and references to encyclopedia articles. Its educational travel programs offer both domestic U.S. destinations as well as international travel destinations, including, but not limited to Europe, Australia, China, Japan, South Africa, India, Costa Rica, and Antarctica. This direct to consumer travel business consists of specialized private-label educational travel programs that seek to educate, inspire intellectual exchange, and develop the cultural and global intelligence of its participants. In 2013, 18,251 delegates, including students from 46 different countries, traveled on its programs to 37 countries on all seven continents. Founded in 1999, BookRags originally began as a source for online book summaries and notes that has grown to include a variety of additional content including critical essays, study guides, lesson plans, teacher resources, film summaries, biographies, literary criticisms, and references to encyclopedia articles. It competes with other companies that provide similar educational travel programs, professional travel and adult continuing education programs, activity camps and summer camps, as well as independent programs organized and sponsored by local teachers with the assistance of local travel agents.
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