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China Telecom (China Telecom) Gross Profit : $61,580 Mil (TTM As of Mar. 2024)


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What is China Telecom Gross Profit?

China Telecom's gross profit for the three months ended in Mar. 2024 was $13,073 Mil. China Telecom's gross profit for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Mar. 2024 was $61,580 Mil.

Gross Margin % is calculated as gross profit divided by its revenue. China Telecom's gross profit for the three months ended in Mar. 2024 was $13,073 Mil. China Telecom's Revenue for the three months ended in Mar. 2024 was $18,676 Mil. Therefore, China Telecom's Gross Margin % for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2024 was 70.00%.

China Telecom had a gross margin of 70.00% for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2024 => Durable competitive advantage

During the past 13 years, the highest Gross Margin % of China Telecom was 85.51%. The lowest was 58.41%. And the median was 60.49%.


China Telecom Gross Profit Historical Data

The historical data trend for China Telecom'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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China Telecom Gross Profit Chart

China Telecom Annual Data
Trend Dec14 Dec15 Dec16 Dec17 Dec18 Dec19 Dec20 Dec21 Dec22 Dec23
Gross Profit
Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 34,195.79 37,703.42 41,282.40 40,336.65 49,458.00

China Telecom Quarterly Data
Jun19 Sep19 Dec19 Mar20 Jun20 Sep20 Dec20 Mar21 Jun21 Sep21 Dec21 Mar22 Jun22 Sep22 Dec22 Mar23 Jun23 Sep23 Dec23 Mar24
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 18,829.65 18,280.05 11,677.61 18,549.68 13,072.69

Competitive Comparison of China Telecom's Gross Profit

For the Telecom Services subindustry, China Telecom'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.


China Telecom's Gross Profit Distribution in the Telecommunication Services Industry

For the Telecommunication Services industry and Communication Services sector, China Telecom's Gross Profit distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where China Telecom's Gross Profit falls into.



China Telecom Gross Profit Calculation

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

China Telecom's Gross Profit for the fiscal year that ended in Dec. 2023 is calculated as

Gross Profit (A: Dec. 2023 )=Revenue - Cost of Goods Sold
=71923.896 - 22465.898
=49,458

China Telecom's Gross Profit for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2024 is calculated as

Gross Profit (Q: Mar. 2024 )=Revenue - Cost of Goods Sold
=18675.91 - 5603.217
=13,073

Gross Profit for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Mar. 2024 adds up the quarterly data reported by the company within the most recent 12 months, which was $61,580 Mil.

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

China Telecom's Gross Margin % for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2024 is calculated as

Gross Margin % (Q: Mar. 2024 )=Gross Profit (Q: Mar. 2024 ) / Revenue (Q: Mar. 2024 )
=(Revenue - Cost of Goods Sold) / Revenue
=13,073 / 18675.91
=70.00 %

* 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.


China Telecom  (NYSE:CHA) 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

China Telecom had a gross margin of 70.00% for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2024 => Durable competitive advantage


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China Telecom (China Telecom) Business Description

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31 Jinrong Street, Xicheng District, Beijing, CHN, 100033
China Telecom is the largest fixed-line operator in China, originally covering 21 southern provinces. It has 102 million fixed-line subscribers, 189 million broadband customers, and 406 million wireless subscribers, having overtaken China Unicom to become the second-largest wireless operator in China behind China Mobile. The firm is increasing its cross-selling of products and seeing strong growth from industrial digitization services, such as internet data centers and cloud computing. Its internet data center business is already the largest in China, with a plan to have 560,000 cabinets by end 2023.

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