* 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.
Competitive Comparison of Progressive Waste Solutions's Gross Profit
For the Waste Management subindustry, Progressive Waste Solutions'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.
Progressive Waste Solutions's Gross Profit Distribution in the Waste Management Industry
For the Waste Management industry and Industrials sector, Progressive Waste Solutions's Gross Profit distribution charts can be found below:
* The bar in red indicates where Progressive Waste Solutions's Gross Profit falls into.
Gross Profit for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Mar. 2016 adds up the quarterly data reported by the company within the most recent 12 months, which was $700 Mil.
Gross Profit is the numerator in the calculation of Gross Margin.
* 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.
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
Progressive Waste Solutions had a gross margin of 35.83% for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2016 => Competition eroding margins
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Progressive Waste Solutions (Progressive Waste Solutions) Business Description
Progressive Waste Solutions Ltd was incorporated on May 20, 2009 under the provisions of the Business Corporations Act (Ontario). The Company provides vertically integrated non-hazardous solid waste services to commercial, industrial, municipal and residential customers in Canada and the U.S. The Company carries on business through three geographic segments: Canada, the U.S. South and the U.S. Northeast. The business segments are vertically integrated and their operations include the collection and disposal of waste and recyclable materials, transfer station operations, material recovery facilities, landfills and landfill gas to energy facilities.
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