Thai Toray Textile Mills PCL (BKK:TTTM-R) Gross Margin % : 13.43% (As of Mar. 2019)

Thai Toray Textile Mills PCL Gross Margin % Chart

Thai Toray Textile Mills PCL Annual Data
	Trend	Dec10	Dec11	Jan12	Dec13	Dec14	Mar15	Mar16	Mar17	Mar18	Mar19
Gross Margin %		Get a 7-Day Free Trial					8.83	10.12	11.01	10.62	14.90

Thai Toray Textile Mills PCL Quarterly Data
	Jun14	Sep14	Dec14	Mar15	Jun15	Sep15	Dec15	Mar16	Jun16	Sep16	Dec16	Mar17	Jun17	Sep17	Dec17	Mar18	Jun18	Sep18	Dec18	Mar19
Gross Margin %	Get a 7-Day Free Trial															12.63	14.53	16.12	15.49	13.43

Competitive Comparison of Thai Toray Textile Mills PCL's Gross Margin %

For the Textile Manufacturing subindustry, Thai Toray Textile Mills PCL's Gross Margin %, along with its competitors' market caps and Gross Margin % 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.

Thai Toray Textile Mills PCL's Gross Margin % Distribution in the Manufacturing - Apparel & Accessories Industry

For the Manufacturing - Apparel & Accessories industry and Consumer Cyclical sector, Thai Toray Textile Mills PCL's Gross Margin % distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Thai Toray Textile Mills PCL's Gross Margin % falls into.

Thai Toray Textile Mills PCL Gross Margin % Calculation

Gross Margin is the percentage of Gross Profit out of sales or Revenue.

Thai Toray Textile Mills PCL's Gross Margin for the fiscal year that ended in Mar. 2019 is calculated as

Thai Toray Textile Mills PCL's Gross Margin for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2019 is calculated as

* 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.

Thai Toray Textile Mills PCL  (BKK:TTTM-R) Gross Margin % 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

Thai Toray Textile Mills PCL had a gross margin of 13.43% for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2019 => No sustainable competitive advantage

Be Aware

If a company loses its competitive advantages, usually its gross margin declines well before its sales declines. Watching Gross Margin % and Operating Margin % closely helps avoid value trap situations.

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