The historical rank and industry rank for OmniVision Technologies's Gross Margin % or its related term are showing as below:
OVTI's Gross Margin % is not ranked *
in the Semiconductors industry.
Industry Median: 28.41 * Ranked among companies with meaningful Gross Margin % only.
OmniVision Technologies had a gross margin of 21.87% for the quarter that ended in Oct. 2015 => Competition eroding margins
The 5-Year average Growth Rate of Gross Margin for OmniVision Technologies was 0.00% per year.
OmniVision Technologies Gross Margin % Historical Data
* 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 OmniVision Technologies's Gross Margin %
For the Semiconductors subindustry, OmniVision Technologies'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.
OmniVision Technologies's Gross Margin % Distribution in the Semiconductors Industry
For the Semiconductors industry and Technology sector, OmniVision Technologies's Gross Margin % distribution charts can be found below:
* The bar in red indicates where OmniVision Technologies'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.
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
OmniVision Technologies had a gross margin of 21.87% for the quarter that ended in Oct. 2015 => 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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OmniVision Technologies (OmniVision Technologies) Business Description
OmniVision Technologies Inc is a Delaware corporation, incorporated in May 1995 in California, and reincorporated in Delaware in March 2000. The Company designs, develops and markets high-performance, highly integrated and cost-efficient semiconductor image-sensor devices. Its products include image-sensing devices namely CameraChip image sensors. Its image sensors capture an image electronically and are used in a number of consumer and commercial mass-market applications. Its CameraChip image sensors are manufactured using the complementary metal oxide semiconductor, or CMOS, fabrication process and are predominantly single-chip solutions that integrate several distinct functions including image capture, image processing, color processing, signal conversion and output of a fully processed image or video stream. It sells directly to OEMs and VARs and indirectly through distributors. OEMs include branded camera device manufacturers and contract manufacturers. The Company sells its products through a direct sales force and indirectly through distributors. It relies on a combination of patents, copyrights, trademarks and trade secrets, as well as nondisclosure agreements and other methods, to protect various aspects of its CameraChip and CameraCubeChip image sensors. Its competitors include ON Semiconductor, Samsung, Sharp, Sony, STMicroelectronics and Toshiba.
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