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Seneca Foods (Seneca Foods) Gross Profit

: $153 Mil (TTM As of Dec. 2023)
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Seneca Foods's gross profit for the three months ended in Dec. 2023 was $54 Mil. Seneca Foods's gross profit for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Dec. 2023 was $153 Mil.

Gross Margin % is calculated as gross profit divided by its revenue. Seneca Foods's gross profit for the three months ended in Dec. 2023 was $54 Mil. Seneca Foods's Revenue for the three months ended in Dec. 2023 was $444 Mil. Therefore, Seneca Foods's Gross Margin % for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was 12.16%.

Seneca Foods had a gross margin of 12.16% for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 => No sustainable competitive advantage

During the past 13 years, the highest Gross Margin % of Seneca Foods was 15.82%. The lowest was 3.29%. And the median was 7.92%.


Seneca Foods Gross Profit Historical Data

The historical data trend for Seneca Foods'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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Seneca Foods Annual Data
Trend Mar14 Mar15 Mar16 Mar17 Mar18 Mar19 Mar20 Mar21 Mar22 Mar23
Gross Profit
Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 39.50 141.89 232.19 141.60 104.32

Seneca Foods Quarterly Data
Mar19 Jun19 Sep19 Dec19 Mar20 Jun20 Sep20 Dec20 Mar21 Jun21 Sep21 Dec21 Mar22 Jun22 Sep22 Dec22 Mar23 Jun23 Sep23 Dec23
Gross Profit 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 Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 53.79 -14.09 55.29 58.12 54.03

Competitive Comparison

For the Packaged Foods subindustry, Seneca Foods'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.


Seneca Foods Gross Profit Distribution

For the Consumer Packaged Goods industry and Consumer Defensive sector, Seneca Foods's Gross Profit distribution charts can be found below:

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



Seneca Foods Gross Profit Calculation

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

Seneca Foods's Gross Profit for the fiscal year that ended in Mar. 2023 is calculated as

Gross Profit (A: Mar. 2023 )=Revenue - Cost of Goods Sold
=1509.352 - 1405.033
=104

Seneca Foods's Gross Profit for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 is calculated as

Gross Profit (Q: Dec. 2023 )=Revenue - Cost of Goods Sold
=444.481 - 390.448
=54

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 $153 Mil.

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

Seneca Foods's Gross Margin % for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 is calculated as

Gross Margin % (Q: Dec. 2023 )=Gross Profit (Q: Dec. 2023 ) / Revenue (Q: Dec. 2023 )
=(Revenue - Cost of Goods Sold) / Revenue
=54 / 444.481
=12.16 %

* 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.


Seneca Foods  (NAS:SENEB) 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

Seneca Foods had a gross margin of 12.16% for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 => No sustainable competitive advantage


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Seneca Foods (Seneca Foods) Business Description

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Address
350 WillowBrook Office Park, Fairport, NY, USA, 14480
Seneca Foods Corp is a US-based company which acts as a provider of packaged fruits and vegetables. Its product offerings include canned, frozen and bottled produce and snack chips. The company's segment includes fruits and vegetables, prepared food products, and snack products. It generates maximum revenue from Canned vegetables followed by Frozen vegetables.

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