Symbion Health (ASX:SY1) Gross Profit : A$1,130.37 Mil (TTM As of Jun. 2007)

Symbion Health Gross Profit Chart

Symbion Health Annual Data
	Trend	Jun98	Jun99	Jun00	Jun01	Jun02	Jun03	Jun04	Jun05	Jun06	Jun07
Gross Profit		Get a 7-Day Free Trial					464.07	-732.16	-1,386.01	-1,261.75	1,130.37

Symbion Health Semi-Annual Data
	Jun95	Jun96	Jun97	Jun98	Jun99	Jun00	Jun01	Jun02	Jun03	Jun04	Jun05	Jun06	Jun07
Gross Profit	Get a 7-Day Free Trial								464.07	-732.16	-1,386.01	-1,261.75	1,130.37

Competitive Comparison of Symbion Health's Gross Profit

For the Healthcare Plans subindustry, Symbion Health'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.

Symbion Health's Gross Profit Distribution in the Healthcare Plans Industry

For the Healthcare Plans industry and Healthcare sector, Symbion Health's Gross Profit distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Symbion Health's Gross Profit falls into.

Symbion Health Gross Profit Calculation

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

Symbion Health's Gross Profit for the fiscal year that ended in Jun. 2007 is calculated as

Symbion Health's Gross Profit for the quarter that ended in Jun. 2007 is calculated as

For stock reported annually, GuruFocus uses latest annual data as the TTM data. Gross Profit for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Jun. 2007 was A$1,130.37 Mil.

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

Symbion Health's Gross Margin % for the quarter that ended in Jun. 2007 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.

Symbion Health  (ASX:SY1) 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

Symbion Health had a gross margin of 29.54% for the quarter that ended in Jun. 2007 => Competition eroding margins

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