Apollo Education Group's gross profit for the
three
months ended in Nov. 2016 was $236 Mil. Apollo Education Group's gross profit for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Nov. 2016 was $946 Mil.
* 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 Apollo Education Group's Gross Profit
For the Education & Training Services subindustry, Apollo Education Group'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.
Apollo Education Group's Gross Profit Distribution in the Education Industry
For the Education industry and Consumer Defensive sector, Apollo Education Group's Gross Profit distribution charts can be found below:
* The bar in red indicates where Apollo Education Group's Gross Profit falls into.
Apollo Education Group Gross Profit Calculation
Gross Profit is the different between the sale prices and the cost of buying or producing the goods.
Apollo Education Group's Gross Profit for the fiscal year that ended in Aug. 2016 is calculated as
Gross Profit for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Nov. 2016 adds up the quarterly data reported by the company within the most recent 12 months, which was $946 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.
Apollo Education Group (NAS:APOL) 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
Apollo Education Group had a gross margin of 48.66% for the quarter that ended in Nov. 2016 => Durable competitive advantage
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Apollo Education Group (Apollo Education Group) Business Description
Apollo Education Group Inc was incorporated in Arizona in 1981. It offers educational programs and services, online and on-campus at the undergraduate, master's and doctoral levels. Its learning platforms include the following The University of Phoenix, Inc., Apollo Global, Inc. which also includes BPP Holdings Limited, Universidad Latinoamericana, Universidad de Artes, Ciencias y Comunicación, and Indian Education Services Private Ltd., Western International University, Inc., Institute for Professional Development, The College for Financial Planning Institutes Corporation, Carnegie Learning, Inc., and Apollo Lightspeed. Its institutions offer Accredited Degree Programs, Professional Examinations Training and Professional Development, and Employers. The Company's international operations include full-time and part-time courses, delivered on-campus or online, for professional examination preparation, professional development training and various degree/certificate/diploma programs. It competes mainly with traditional public and private two-year and four-year degree-granting regionally accredited colleges and universities, other proprietary degree-granting regionally accredited schools and alternatives to higher education. Its domestic postsecondary institutions are subject to extensive federal and state regulations.
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