Forbes Energy Services (Forbes Energy Services) Gross Profit : $-7.7 Mil (TTM As of Mar. 2020)

Forbes Energy Services Gross Profit Chart

Forbes Energy Services Annual Data
	Trend	Dec10	Dec11	Dec12	Dec13	Dec14	Dec15	Dec16	Dec17	Dec18	Dec19
Gross Profit		Get a 7-Day Free Trial					51.69	12.18	-	3.53	-0.58

Forbes Energy Services Quarterly Data
	Jun15	Sep15	Dec15	Mar16	Jun16	Sep16	Dec16	Mar17	Jun17	Sep17	Dec17	Mar18	Jun18	Sep18	Dec18	Mar19	Jun19	Sep19	Dec19	Mar20
Gross Profit	Get a 7-Day Free Trial															2.81	0.40	-0.90	-2.89	-4.34

Competitive Comparison of Forbes Energy Services's Gross Profit

For the Oil & Gas Equipment & Services subindustry, Forbes Energy Services'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.

Forbes Energy Services's Gross Profit Distribution in the Oil & Gas Industry

For the Oil & Gas industry and Energy sector, Forbes Energy Services's Gross Profit distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Forbes Energy Services's Gross Profit falls into.

Forbes Energy Services Gross Profit Calculation

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

Forbes Energy Services's Gross Profit for the fiscal year that ended in Dec. 2019 is calculated as

Forbes Energy Services's Gross Profit for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2020 is calculated as

Gross Profit for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Mar. 2020 adds up the quarterly data reported by the company within the most recent 12 months, which was $-7.7 Mil.

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

Forbes Energy Services's Gross Margin % for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2020 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.

Forbes Energy Services  (OTCPK:FLSS) 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

Forbes Energy Services had a gross margin of -14.25% for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2020 => No sustainable competitive advantage

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