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Firefly AB (OSTO:FIRE) Gross Margin % : 41.34% (As of Mar. 2024)


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What is Firefly AB Gross Margin %?

Gross Margin % is calculated as gross profit divided by its revenue. Firefly AB's Gross Profit for the three months ended in Mar. 2024 was kr49.2 Mil. Firefly AB's Revenue for the three months ended in Mar. 2024 was kr119.1 Mil. Therefore, Firefly AB's Gross Margin % for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2024 was 41.34%.


The historical rank and industry rank for Firefly AB's Gross Margin % or its related term are showing as below:

OSTO:FIRE' s Gross Margin % Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 31.97   Med: 35.7   Max: 39.14
Current: 39.14


During the past 13 years, the highest Gross Margin % of Firefly AB was 39.14%. The lowest was 31.97%. And the median was 35.70%.

OSTO:FIRE's Gross Margin % is ranked better than
82.64% of 1613 companies
in the Construction industry
Industry Median: 19.14 vs OSTO:FIRE: 39.14

Firefly AB had a gross margin of 41.34% for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2024 => Durable competitive advantage

The 5-Year average Growth Rate of Gross Margin for Firefly AB was 0.80% per year.


Firefly AB Gross Margin % Historical Data

The historical data trend for Firefly AB's Gross Margin % 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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Firefly AB Gross Margin % Chart

Firefly AB Annual Data
Trend Dec14 Dec15 Dec16 Dec17 Dec18 Dec19 Dec20 Dec21 Dec22 Dec23
Gross Margin %
Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 35.62 37.30 37.26 34.87 37.38

Firefly AB Quarterly Data
Jun19 Sep19 Dec19 Mar20 Jun20 Sep20 Dec20 Mar21 Jun21 Sep21 Dec21 Mar22 Jun22 Sep22 Dec22 Mar23 Jun23 Sep23 Dec23 Mar24
Gross Margin % 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 Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 33.06 31.87 43.19 39.76 41.34

Competitive Comparison of Firefly AB's Gross Margin %

For the Building Products & Equipment subindustry, Firefly AB'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.


Firefly AB's Gross Margin % Distribution in the Construction Industry

For the Construction industry and Industrials sector, Firefly AB's Gross Margin % distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Firefly AB's Gross Margin % falls into.



Firefly AB Gross Margin % Calculation

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

Firefly AB's Gross Margin for the fiscal year that ended in Dec. 2023 is calculated as

Gross Margin % (A: Dec. 2023 )=Gross Profit (A: Dec. 2023 ) / Revenue (A: Dec. 2023 )
=178.7 / 477.934
=(Revenue - Cost of Goods Sold) / Revenue
=(477.934 - 299.264) / 477.934
=37.38 %

Firefly AB's Gross Margin for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2024 is calculated as


Gross Margin % (Q: Mar. 2024 )=Gross Profit (Q: Mar. 2024 ) / Revenue (Q: Mar. 2024 )
=49.2 / 119.058
=(Revenue - Cost of Goods Sold) / Revenue
=(119.058 - 69.845) / 119.058
=41.34 %

* 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.


Firefly AB  (OSTO:FIRE) 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

Firefly AB had a gross margin of 41.34% for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2024 => Durable 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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Firefly AB (OSTO:FIRE) Business Description

Traded in Other Exchanges
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Address
Heliosgatan 3, Stockholm, SWE, 120 30
Firefly AB is a supplier of spark detection, fire and dust explosion protection systems in Sweden. The company develops, manufactures and sells high-tech systems, which detect and minimise the risk of fires and dust explosions. It has two business areas: Industrial applications and Infra systems. Industrial applications include customized fire prevention systems, which monitor industrial processes in areas such as tissue, food, woodworking, bioenergy, and recycling. The business area of Infra systems includes early fire detection in subway-, train-, road or cable tunnel systems by means of multiple-gas detection.

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