BB Liquidating (BB Liquidating) Gross Profit : $1,771 Mil (TTM As of Dec. 2010)

BB Liquidating Gross Profit Chart

BB Liquidating Annual Data
	Trend	Dec01	Dec02	Dec03	Dec04	Dec05	Dec06	Dec07	Dec08	Dec09	Dec10
Gross Profit		Get a 7-Day Free Trial					3,042.50	2,864.60	2,630.30	2,171.20	1,771.30

BB Liquidating Quarterly Data
	Mar06	Jun06	Sep06	Dec06	Mar07	Jun07	Sep07	Dec07	Mar08	Jun08	Sep08	Dec08	Mar09	Jun09	Sep09	Dec09	Mar10	Jun10	Sep10	Dec10
Gross Profit	Get a 7-Day Free Trial															533.40	502.20	431.60	426.40	411.10

Competitive Comparison of BB Liquidating's Gross Profit

For the Entertainment subindustry, BB Liquidating'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.

BB Liquidating's Gross Profit Distribution in the Media - Diversified Industry

For the Media - Diversified industry and Communication Services sector, BB Liquidating's Gross Profit distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where BB Liquidating's Gross Profit falls into.

BB Liquidating Gross Profit Calculation

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

BB Liquidating's Gross Profit for the fiscal year that ended in Dec. 2010 is calculated as

BB Liquidating's Gross Profit for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2010 is calculated as

Gross Profit for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Dec. 2010 adds up the quarterly data reported by the company within the most recent 12 months, which was $1,771 Mil.

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

BB Liquidating's Gross Margin % for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2010 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.

BB Liquidating  (OTCPK:BLIAQ) 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

BB Liquidating had a gross margin of 52.95% for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2010 => Durable competitive advantage

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