Electronic Tele-Communications (Electronic Tele-Communications) Gross Profit : $0.82 Mil (TTM As of Jun. 2007)

Electronic Tele-Communications Gross Profit Chart

Electronic Tele-Communications Annual Data
	Trend	Dec97	Dec98	Dec99	Dec00	Dec01	Dec02	Dec03	Dec04	Dec05	Dec06
Gross Profit		Get a 7-Day Free Trial					1.95	1.30	1.70	0.99	0.91

Electronic Tele-Communications Quarterly Data
	Sep02	Dec02	Mar03	Jun03	Sep03	Dec03	Mar04	Jun04	Sep04	Dec04	Mar05	Jun05	Sep05	Dec05	Mar06	Jun06	Sep06	Dec06	Mar07	Jun07
Gross Profit	Get a 7-Day Free Trial															0.29	0.19	0.18	0.23	0.21

Competitive Comparison of Electronic Tele-Communications's Gross Profit

For the Communication Equipment subindustry, Electronic Tele-Communications'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.

Electronic Tele-Communications's Gross Profit Distribution in the Hardware Industry

For the Hardware industry and Technology sector, Electronic Tele-Communications's Gross Profit distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Electronic Tele-Communications's Gross Profit falls into.

Electronic Tele-Communications Gross Profit Calculation

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

Electronic Tele-Communications's Gross Profit for the fiscal year that ended in Dec. 2006 is calculated as

Electronic Tele-Communications's Gross Profit for the quarter that ended in Jun. 2007 is calculated as

Gross Profit for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Jun. 2007 adds up the quarterly data reported by the company within the most recent 12 months, which was $0.82 Mil.

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

Electronic Tele-Communications's Gross Margin % for the quarter that ended in Jun. 2007 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.

Electronic Tele-Communications  (OTCPK:ETCIA) 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

Electronic Tele-Communications had a gross margin of 40.08% for the quarter that ended in Jun. 2007 => Durable competitive advantage

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