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Sentry Technology (Sentry Technology) Gross-Profit-to-Asset % : 68.47% (As of Jun. 2011)


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What is Sentry Technology Gross-Profit-to-Asset %?

Gross-Profit-to-Asset % is calculated as Gross Profit divided by its average Total Assets over a certain period of time. Sentry Technology's annualized Gross Profit for the quarter that ended in Jun. 2011 was $3.15 Mil. Sentry Technology's average Total Assets over the quarter that ended in Jun. 2011 was $4.60 Mil. Therefore, Sentry Technology's annualized Gross-Profit-to-Asset % for the quarter that ended in Jun. 2011 was 68.47%.


Sentry Technology Gross-Profit-to-Asset % Historical Data

The historical data trend for Sentry Technology's Gross-Profit-to-Asset % 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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Sentry Technology Gross-Profit-to-Asset % Chart

Sentry Technology Annual Data
Trend Dec01 Dec02 Dec03 Dec04 Dec05 Dec06 Dec07 Dec08 Dec09 Dec10
Gross-Profit-to-Asset %
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Sentry Technology Quarterly Data
Sep06 Dec06 Mar07 Jun07 Sep07 Dec07 Mar08 Jun08 Sep08 Dec08 Mar09 Jun09 Sep09 Dec09 Mar10 Jun10 Sep10 Dec10 Mar11 Jun11
Gross-Profit-to-Asset % 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 67.71 81.99 66.61 66.54 68.47

Competitive Comparison of Sentry Technology's Gross-Profit-to-Asset %

For the Security & Protection Services subindustry, Sentry Technology's Gross-Profit-to-Asset %, along with its competitors' market caps and Gross-Profit-to-Asset % 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.


Sentry Technology's Gross-Profit-to-Asset % Distribution in the Business Services Industry

For the Business Services industry and Industrials sector, Sentry Technology's Gross-Profit-to-Asset % distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Sentry Technology's Gross-Profit-to-Asset % falls into.



Sentry Technology Gross-Profit-to-Asset % Calculation

Sentry Technology's annualized Gross-Profit-to-Asset % for the fiscal year that ended in Dec. 2010 is calculated as:

Gross-Profit-to-Asset %=Gross Profit (A: Dec. 2010 )/( (Total Assets (A: Dec. 2009 )+Total Assets (A: Dec. 2010 ))/ count )
=3.8/( (5.102+5.363)/ 2 )
=3.8/5.2325
=72.62 %

Sentry Technology's annualized Gross-Profit-to-Asset % for the quarter that ended in Jun. 2011 is calculated as:

Gross-Profit-to-Asset %=Gross Profit (Q: Jun. 2011 )/( (Total Assets (Q: Mar. 2011 )+Total Assets (Q: Jun. 2011 ))/ count )
=3.152/( (4.797+4.41)/ 2 )
=3.152/4.6035
=68.47 %

* 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.

In the calculation of annual Gross-Profit-to-Asset %, the Gross Profit of the last fiscal year and the average total assets over the fiscal year are used. In calculating the quarterly data, the Gross Profit data used here is four times the quarterly (Jun. 2011) data. Gross-Profit-to-Asset % is displayed in the 30-year financial page.


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Sentry Technology (Sentry Technology) Business Description

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1881 Lakeland Avenue, Ronkonkoma, NY, USA, 11779
Sentry Technology Corp through its subsidiaries is engaged in designing, manufacturing, selling and installing a complete line of video surveillance systems, Robotic CCTV systems, Electro-Magnetic and Radio Frequency Identification based library management systems, as well as radio frequency and EM electronic article surveillance systems. The company also manufactures travelling, robotic CCTV systems servicing customers in North and South America, Africa and Australia.

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