First Abacus Financial Holdings (PHS:FAF) Gross Margin %: -5.29% (As of Mar. 2026)

First Abacus Financial Holdings  (PHS:FAF) 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

First Abacus Financial Holdings had a gross margin of -5.29% for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2026 => 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.

First Abacus Financial Holdings Gross Margin % Related Terms

The historical data trend for First Abacus Financial Holdings'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.

First Abacus Financial Holdings Gross Margin % Chart

First Abacus Financial Holdings Annual Data
	Trend	Dec16	Dec17	Dec18	Dec19	Dec20	Dec21	Dec22	Dec23	Dec24	Dec25
Gross Margin %		Get a 7-Day Free Trial					61.79	31.41	-7.21	1.71	-3.68

First Abacus Financial Holdings Quarterly Data
	Jun21	Sep21	Dec21	Mar22	Jun22	Sep22	Dec22	Mar23	Jun23	Sep23	Dec23	Mar24	Jun24	Sep24	Dec24	Mar25	Jun25	Sep25	Dec25	Mar26
Gross Margin %	Get a 7-Day Free Trial															-54.92	7.81	-6.76	25.37	-5.29

PHS:FAF vs MS, GS, SCHW: Gross Margin % Comparison

For the Capital Markets subindustry, First Abacus Financial Holdings'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.

First Abacus Financial Holdings Gross Margin % vs Capital Markets Industry

For the Capital Markets industry and Financial Services sector, First Abacus Financial Holdings's Gross Margin % distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where First Abacus Financial Holdings's Gross Margin % falls into.

First Abacus Financial Holdings Gross Margin % Calculation

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

First Abacus Financial Holdings's Gross Margin for the fiscal year that ended in Dec. 2025 is calculated as

First Abacus Financial Holdings's Gross Margin for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2026 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.

First Abacus Financial Holdings Business Description