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CAFZF (Canaf Investments) Gross Profit : $2.76 Mil (TTM As of Jan. 2025)


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What is Canaf Investments Gross Profit?

Canaf Investments's gross profit for the three months ended in Jan. 2025 was $0.69 Mil. Canaf Investments's gross profit for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Jan. 2025 was $2.76 Mil.

Gross Margin % is calculated as gross profit divided by its revenue. Canaf Investments's gross profit for the three months ended in Jan. 2025 was $0.69 Mil. Canaf Investments's Revenue for the three months ended in Jan. 2025 was $5.80 Mil. Therefore, Canaf Investments's Gross Margin % for the quarter that ended in Jan. 2025 was 11.93%.

Canaf Investments had a gross margin of 11.93% for the quarter that ended in Jan. 2025 => No sustainable competitive advantage

During the past 13 years, the highest Gross Margin % of Canaf Investments was 12.20%. The lowest was 2.19%. And the median was 10.70%.


Canaf Investments Gross Profit Historical Data

The historical data trend for Canaf Investments'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.

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Canaf Investments Gross Profit Chart

Canaf Investments Annual Data
Trend Oct15 Oct16 Oct17 Oct18 Oct19 Oct20 Oct21 Oct22 Oct23 Oct24
Gross Profit
Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 1.62 1.57 1.72 2.88 2.57

Canaf Investments Quarterly Data
Apr20 Jul20 Oct20 Jan21 Apr21 Jul21 Oct21 Jan22 Apr22 Jul22 Oct22 Jan23 Apr23 Jul23 Oct23 Jan24 Apr24 Jul24 Oct24 Jan25
Gross Profit 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 0.52 0.49 0.93 0.65 0.69

Competitive Comparison of Canaf Investments's Gross Profit

For the Coking Coal subindustry, Canaf Investments'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.


Canaf Investments's Gross Profit Distribution in the Steel Industry

For the Steel industry and Basic Materials sector, Canaf Investments's Gross Profit distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Canaf Investments's Gross Profit falls into.


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Canaf Investments Gross Profit Calculation

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

Canaf Investments's Gross Profit for the fiscal year that ended in Oct. 2024 is calculated as

Gross Profit (A: Oct. 2024 )=Revenue - Cost of Goods Sold
=23.785 - 21.217
=2.57

Canaf Investments's Gross Profit for the quarter that ended in Jan. 2025 is calculated as

Gross Profit (Q: Jan. 2025 )=Revenue - Cost of Goods Sold
=5.799 - 5.107
=0.69

Gross Profit for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Jan. 2025 adds up the quarterly data reported by the company within the most recent 12 months, which was $2.76 Mil.

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

Canaf Investments's Gross Margin % for the quarter that ended in Jan. 2025 is calculated as

Gross Margin % (Q: Jan. 2025 )=Gross Profit (Q: Jan. 2025 ) / Revenue (Q: Jan. 2025 )
=(Revenue - Cost of Goods Sold) / Revenue
=0.69 / 5.799
=11.93 %

* 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.


Canaf Investments  (OTCPK:CAFZF) 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

Canaf Investments had a gross margin of 11.93% for the quarter that ended in Jan. 2025 => No sustainable competitive advantage


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Canaf Investments Business Description

Traded in Other Exchanges
Address
1111 Melville Street, Suite 1100, Vancouver, BC, CAN, V6E 3V6
Canaf Investments Inc is a Canadian company that owns and operates a coal processing plant in South Africa that processes coal and coal products into calcine, a coke substitute with high carbon content. The company, through its subsidiaries, produces calcined anthracite used in the manufacturing process of steel and manganese. The company operates in two reportable segments are head office operations in Canada and the coal processing business in South Africa, out of which the majority of revenue comes from South Africa.

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