The historical rank and industry rank for ExamWorks Group's Gross Margin % or its related term are showing as below:
EXAM's Gross Margin % is not ranked *
in the Insurance industry.
Industry Median: 43.135 * Ranked among companies with meaningful Gross Margin % only.
ExamWorks Group had a gross margin of 34.16% for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2016 => Competition eroding margins
The 5-Year average Growth Rate of Gross Margin for ExamWorks Group was 0.00% per year.
ExamWorks Group Gross Margin % Historical Data
The historical data trend for ExamWorks 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 ExamWorks Group's Gross Margin %
For the Insurance Brokers subindustry, ExamWorks 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.
ExamWorks Group's Gross Margin % Distribution in the Insurance Industry
For the Insurance industry and Financial Services sector, ExamWorks Group's Gross Margin % distribution charts can be found below:
* The bar in red indicates where ExamWorks 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.
ExamWorks Group (NYSE:EXAM) 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
ExamWorks Group had a gross margin of 34.16% for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2016 => Competition eroding margins
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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ExamWorks Group (ExamWorks Group) Business Description
ExamWorks Group Inc was incorporated as a Delaware corporation on April 27, 2007. The Company is a provider of independent medical examinations, or 'IMEs', peer and bill reviews, and other related services, which include legal support services, administrative support services and medical record retrieval services. It provides these IME services through its medical panel of independently contracted, credentialed physicians and other medical providers. Its geographic segments include the United States, Canada, the United Kingdom and Australia. The Company's clients include property and casualty insurance carriers, law firms, third-party claim administrators, and government agencies that use independent services to confirm the veracity of claims by sick or injured individuals for workers' compensation, automotive, personal injury liability and disability insurance coverage. It helps its clients manage costs and enhance their risk management processes by verifying the validity, nature, cause and extent of claims, identifying fraud and providing fast, efficient and quality IME services. It provides the clients with local presence, expertise and geographic coverage increasingly required. The Company's size and geographic reach give its clients access to its medical panel of physicians and other medical providers and proprietary information technology infrastructure that has been specifically designed to streamline the complex process of coordinating referrals, scheduling appointments, complying with regulations and client reporting. The Company's primary service is to provide IMEs that give its clients authoritative and accurate answers to questions regarding the nature and permanency of medical conditions or personal injury, their cause and appropriate treatment. Additionally, it provides peer and bill reviews, which consist of medical opinions by members of its medical panel without conducting physical exams, and the review of physician and hospital bills to examine medical care rendered and its conformity to accepted standards of care. Its primary competitors include companies and individual physicians in one or more services similar to those offered by the Company on a local or regional basis as well as insurance companies and other organizations which have established an in-house capability of performing such services. As a Company involved in the provision of IME services, it is subject to certain federal, state and local laws and regulations.
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