Diamond S Shipping Group (Diamond S Shipping Group) Gross Profit : $101.35 Mil (TTM As of Mar. 2013)

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What is Diamond S Shipping Group Gross Profit?

Diamond S Shipping Group's gross profit for the six months ended in Mar. 2013 was $101.35 Mil. Diamond S Shipping Group's gross profit for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Mar. 2013 was $101.35 Mil.

Gross Margin % is calculated as gross profit divided by its revenue. Diamond S Shipping Group's gross profit for the six months ended in Mar. 2013 was $101.35 Mil. Diamond S Shipping Group's Revenue for the six months ended in Mar. 2013 was $175.87 Mil. Therefore, Diamond S Shipping Group's Gross Margin % for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2013 was 57.63%.

Diamond S Shipping Group had a gross margin of 57.63% for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2013 => Durable competitive advantage

During the past 2 years, the highest Gross Margin % of Diamond S Shipping Group was 64.13%. The lowest was 57.63%. And the median was 60.88%.

Diamond S Shipping Group Gross Profit Historical Data

The historical data trend for Diamond S Shipping Group's Gross Profit can be seen below:

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Diamond S Shipping Group Gross Profit Chart

Diamond S Shipping Group Annual Data

Trend

Mar12

Mar13

Gross Profit

58.60

101.35

Diamond S Shipping Group Semi-Annual Data
	Mar12	Mar13
Gross Profit	58.60	101.35

Competitive Comparison of Diamond S Shipping Group's Gross Profit

For the Marine Shipping subindustry, Diamond S Shipping 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.

Diamond S Shipping Group's Gross Profit Distribution in the Transportation Industry

For the Transportation industry and Industrials sector, Diamond S Shipping Group's Gross Profit distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Diamond S Shipping Group's Gross Profit falls into.

Diamond S Shipping Group Gross Profit Calculation

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

Diamond S Shipping Group's Gross Profit for the fiscal year that ended in Mar. 2013 is calculated as

Gross Profit (A: Mar. 2013 )	=	Revenue	-	Cost of Goods Sold
	=	175.874	-	74.525
	=	101.35

Diamond S Shipping Group's Gross Profit for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2013 is calculated as

Gross Profit (Q: Mar. 2013 )	=	Revenue	-	Cost of Goods Sold
	=	175.874	-	74.525
	=	101.35

For stock reported annually, GuruFocus uses latest annual data as the TTM data. Gross Profit for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Mar. 2013 was $101.35 Mil.

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

Diamond S Shipping Group's Gross Margin % for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2013 is calculated as

Gross Margin % (Q: Mar. 2013 )	=	Gross Profit (Q: Mar. 2013 )	/	Revenue (Q: Mar. 2013 )
	=	(Revenue - Cost of Goods Sold)	/	Revenue
	=	101.35	/	175.874
	=	57.63 %

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.

Diamond S Shipping Group (NYSE:DSG) 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

Diamond S Shipping Group had a gross margin of 57.63% for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2013 => Durable competitive advantage

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Diamond S Shipping Group (Diamond S Shipping Group) Business Description

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Traded in Other Exchanges

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Address

Website

http://www.diamondsshipping.com

Diamond S Shipping Group Inc, is incorporated in Marshall Islands on July 31, 2013. The Company provides seaborne transportation of refined petroleum and other products in the international shipping markets. The Company is the owners and operators of medium range, or MR, product tankers. The Company's fleet currently consists of 33 MR product tankers built at Korean and Japanese shipyards. The Company competes on basis of price, vessel location, size, age and condition of the vessel. The Company is subject to various international conventions, national, state and local laws and regulations in the countries in which its vessels may operate or are registered.