Datalink's gross profit for the
three
months ended in Sep. 2016 was $33.0 Mil. Datalink's gross profit for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Sep. 2016 was $139.9 Mil.
Gross Margin % is calculated as gross profit divided by its revenue. Datalink's gross profit for the
three
months ended in Sep. 2016 was $33.0 Mil. Datalink's Revenue for the
three
months ended in Sep. 2016 was $184.0 Mil. Therefore, Datalink's Gross Margin % for the quarter that ended in Sep. 2016 was 17.92%.
Datalink had a gross margin of 17.92% for the quarter that ended in Sep. 2016 => No sustainable competitive advantage
Datalink Gross Profit Historical Data
The historical data trend for Datalink'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.
For the Computer Hardware subindustry, Datalink'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.
Datalink's Gross Profit Distribution in the Hardware Industry
For the Hardware industry and Technology sector, Datalink's Gross Profit distribution charts can be found below:
* The bar in red indicates where Datalink's Gross Profit falls into.
Datalink Gross Profit Calculation
Gross Profit is the different between the sale prices and the cost of buying or producing the goods.
Datalink's Gross Profit for the fiscal year that ended in Dec. 2015 is calculated as
Gross Profit for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Sep. 2016 adds up the quarterly data reported by the company within the most recent 12 months, which was $139.9 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.
Datalink (NAS:DTLK) 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
Datalink had a gross margin of 17.92% for the quarter that ended in Sep. 2016 => No sustainable competitive advantage
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Datalink Corp was incorporated in the State of Minnesota in 1987. It provides solutions and services that make data centers efficient, manageable and responsive to changing business needs. The Company assesses designs, deploys, manages, and offers support unified infrastructures such as servers, storage and networks. It offers full suite of practice-specific consulting, analysis, design, implementation, management, and support services. The Company has a physical laboratory that customers can visit in Minneapolis enabling them to participate in physical demonstrations of a variety of technologies, including: site-to-site replication, data recovery, WAN optimization, de-duplication, and virtual data center architectures. It leverages this lab to test, validate and compare technologies from manufacturers and software developers, perform configuration services, troubleshoot support issues and train its professional and support services teams. It provides around the clock technical support from a team of customer support and field engineers. The Company provides analysis, design, implementation, management and support services to customers through either a stand-alone services engagement or as a part of an overall project that includes a server, storage and networking solutions and services. Its portfolio of solutions and services spans four practices: Consolidation and virtualization; Data storage and protection; and Business continuity and disaster recovery solutions. The Company does not manufacture products, but works with end users to assess their information-storage and retrieval requirements and then designs the solutions. Its customers include computer technology, financial service, insurance, telecommunications, consumer product, Internet, and transportation companies across the United States.
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