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Cision (Cision) Gross Profit : $483.5 Mil (TTM As of Sep. 2019)


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What is Cision Gross Profit?

Cision's gross profit for the three months ended in Sep. 2019 was $122.2 Mil. Cision's gross profit for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Sep. 2019 was $483.5 Mil.

Gross Margin % is calculated as gross profit divided by its revenue. Cision's gross profit for the three months ended in Sep. 2019 was $122.2 Mil. Cision's Revenue for the three months ended in Sep. 2019 was $185.7 Mil. Therefore, Cision's Gross Margin % for the quarter that ended in Sep. 2019 was 65.85%.

Cision had a gross margin of 65.85% for the quarter that ended in Sep. 2019 => Durable competitive advantage


Cision Gross Profit Historical Data

The historical data trend for Cision'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.

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Cision Gross Profit Chart

Cision Annual Data
Trend Dec15 Dec16 Dec17 Dec18
Gross Profit
- -1.49 430.80 463.58

Cision Quarterly Data
Jul15 Dec15 Mar16 Jun16 Sep16 Dec16 Mar17 Jun17 Sep17 Dec17 Mar18 Jun18 Sep18 Dec18 Mar19 Jun19 Sep19
Gross Profit Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 108.06 119.79 119.75 121.72 122.25

Competitive Comparison of Cision's Gross Profit

For the Software - Application subindustry, Cision'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.


Cision's Gross Profit Distribution in the Software Industry

For the Software industry and Technology sector, Cision's Gross Profit distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Cision's Gross Profit falls into.



Cision Gross Profit Calculation

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

Cision's Gross Profit for the fiscal year that ended in Dec. 2018 is calculated as

Gross Profit (A: Dec. 2018 )=Revenue - Cost of Goods Sold
=730.373 - 266.792
=463.6

Cision's Gross Profit for the quarter that ended in Sep. 2019 is calculated as

Gross Profit (Q: Sep. 2019 )=Revenue - Cost of Goods Sold
=185.653 - 63.408
=122.2

Gross Profit for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Sep. 2019 adds up the quarterly data reported by the company within the most recent 12 months, which was $483.5 Mil.

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

Cision's Gross Margin % for the quarter that ended in Sep. 2019 is calculated as

Gross Margin % (Q: Sep. 2019 )=Gross Profit (Q: Sep. 2019 ) / Revenue (Q: Sep. 2019 )
=(Revenue - Cost of Goods Sold) / Revenue
=122.2 / 185.653
=65.85 %

* 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.


Cision  (NYSE:CISN) 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

Cision had a gross margin of 65.85% for the quarter that ended in Sep. 2019 => Durable competitive advantage


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Cision (Cision) Business Description

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Address
130 East Randolph Street, 7th Floor, Chicago, IL, USA, 60601
Cision Ltd is a media communication technology and analytics company. It has created Cision Communications Cloud, an earned media cloud-based platform. Its solutions also include PR Newswire, Gorkana, PRWeb, Help a Reporter Out (HARO) and iContact.
Executives
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