Stella-Jones's gross profit for the
three
months ended in Dec. 2023 was $102 Mil. Stella-Jones's gross profit for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Dec. 2023 was $511 Mil.
Gross Margin % is calculated as gross profit divided by its revenue. Stella-Jones's gross profit for the
three
months ended in Dec. 2023 was $102 Mil. Stella-Jones's Revenue for the
three
months ended in Dec. 2023 was $513 Mil. Therefore, Stella-Jones's Gross Margin % for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was 19.91%.
Stella-Jones had a gross margin of 19.91% for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 => No sustainable competitive advantage
During the past 13 years, the highestGross Margin % of Stella-Jones was 20.73%. The lowest was 15.44%. And the median was 17.29%.
Stella-Jones Gross Profit Historical Data
The historical data trend for Stella-Jones's Gross Profit 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 Stella-Jones's Gross Profit
For the Lumber & Wood Production subindustry, Stella-Jones'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.
Stella-Jones's Gross Profit Distribution in the Forest Products Industry
For the Forest Products industry and Basic Materials sector, Stella-Jones's Gross Profit distribution charts can be found below:
* The bar in red indicates where Stella-Jones's Gross Profit falls into.
Stella-Jones Gross Profit Calculation
Gross Profit is the different between the sale prices and the cost of buying or producing the goods.
Stella-Jones's Gross Profit for the fiscal year that ended in Dec. 2023 is calculated as
Gross Profit for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Dec. 2023 adds up the quarterly data reported by the company within the most recent 12 months, which was $511 Mil.
Gross Profit is the numerator in the calculation of Gross Margin.
* 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
Stella-Jones had a gross margin of 19.91% for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 => No sustainable competitive advantage
Stella-Jones Gross Profit Related Terms
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Stella-Jones Inc produces and sells lumber and wood products. The company operates in two segments: Pressure-treated wood, which includes utility poles, railway ties, residential lumber, and industrial products; and Logs & Lumber segment comprises of the sales of logs harvested in the course of the company's procurement process that is determined to be unsuitable for use as utility poles, it also includes the sale of excess lumber to local home-building markets. The vast majority of its revenue comes from the Pressure-treated wood segment. Its geographical segments are the United States and Canada, of which the majority of its revenue is derived from the United States.
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