Pall's gross profit for the
three
months ended in Apr. 2015 was ARS3,164.71 Mil. Pall's gross profit for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Apr. 2015 was ARS12,505.54 Mil.
Gross Margin % is calculated as gross profit divided by its revenue. Pall's gross profit for the
three
months ended in Apr. 2015 was ARS3,164.71 Mil. Pall's Revenue for the
three
months ended in Apr. 2015 was ARS6,065.39 Mil. Therefore, Pall's Gross Margin % for the quarter that ended in Apr. 2015 was 52.18%.
Pall had a gross margin of 52.18% for the quarter that ended in Apr. 2015 => Durable competitive advantage
During the past 13 years, the highestGross Margin % of Pall was 51.81%. The lowest was 46.81%. And the median was 49.31%.
Pall Gross Profit Historical Data
The historical data trend for Pall's Gross Profit 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.
For the Specialty Industrial Machinery subindustry, Pall'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.
Pall's Gross Profit Distribution in the Industrial Products Industry
For the Industrial Products industry and Industrials sector, Pall's Gross Profit distribution charts can be found below:
* The bar in red indicates where Pall's Gross Profit falls into.
Pall Gross Profit Calculation
Gross Profit is the different between the sale prices and the cost of buying or producing the goods.
Pall's Gross Profit for the fiscal year that ended in Jul. 2014 is calculated as
Gross Profit for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Apr. 2015 adds up the quarterly data reported by the company within the most recent 12 months, which was ARS12,505.54 Mil.
Gross Profit is the numerator in the calculation of Gross Margin.
Pall's Gross Margin % for the quarter that ended in Apr. 2015 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.
Pall (BUE:PLL) 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
Pall had a gross margin of 52.18% for the quarter that ended in Apr. 2015 => Durable competitive advantage
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Pall Corporation is a New York corporation incorporated on July 31, 1946. The Company supplies filtration, separation and purification technologies. Its products are used to remove solid, liquid and gaseous contaminants from a variety of liquids and gases. Its serves its customers through two businesses: Life Sciences and Industrial. The Life Sciences business group is engaged in developing, manufacturing and selling products to customers in the BioPharmaceutical, Food & Beverage and Medical markets. The Industrial business group is engaged in developing, manufacturing and selling products to customers in the Process Technologies, Aerospace and Microelectronics markets. The Life Sciences technologies facilitate the process of drug discovery, development, regulatory validation and production, and are used in research laboratories, and the pharmaceutical and biotechnology industries. It also supplies products and technologies for food and beverage industries and in hospitals at the point of patient care. The Industrial segment provides enabling and process-enhancing technologies throughout the industrial marketplace. These include the Process Technologies, Aerospace and Microelectronics markets. It has the capability to provide customers with integrated solutions using its proprietary consumable filtration products for their process fluids. The Company's competition varies by product and application. Its competitors in the BioPharmaceuticals market include Merck Millipore (a division of Merck KGaA), The Sartorius Group and GE Healthcare (a unit of General Electric Company ("GE")). Its competitors in the Food & Beverage market include 3M Purification, Pentair, Inc., Filtrox Group, The Sartorius Group, Eaton Corporation and Parker Domnick Hunter (a division of Parker Hannifin). Its competitors in the Medical market include Merck Millipore, GE Healthcare, Teleflex Incorporated, Covidien plc and Intersurgical, Ltd. Its competitors in the Process Technologies market include CLARCOR Inc., Donaldson Company, Inc., Parker Hannifin Corporation, HYDAC International GmbH, GE Infrastructure (a unit of GE), Pentair, Inc., 3M Purification, U.S. Filter (a unit of Siemens AG) and ESCO Technologies Inc. Its competitors in the Aerospace market include Donaldson Company, Inc. and ESCO Technologies Inc. Its competitors in the Microelectronics market include Entegris, Inc., Parker Hannifin Corporation and Mott Corporation. The Company is subject to competition in all of the global markets in which it operates.
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