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Fortrea Holdings (FRA:K67) Gross Profit : €463 Mil (TTM As of Mar. 2024)


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What is Fortrea Holdings Gross Profit?

Fortrea Holdings's gross profit for the three months ended in Mar. 2024 was €99 Mil. Fortrea Holdings's gross profit for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Mar. 2024 was €463 Mil.

Gross Margin % is calculated as gross profit divided by its revenue. Fortrea Holdings's gross profit for the three months ended in Mar. 2024 was €99 Mil. Fortrea Holdings's Revenue for the three months ended in Mar. 2024 was €609 Mil. Therefore, Fortrea Holdings's Gross Margin % for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2024 was 16.30%.

Fortrea Holdings had a gross margin of 16.30% for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2024 => No sustainable competitive advantage

During the past 4 years, the highest Gross Margin % of Fortrea Holdings was 20.95%. The lowest was 16.64%. And the median was 19.37%.


Fortrea Holdings Gross Profit Historical Data

The historical data trend for Fortrea Holdings'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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Fortrea Holdings Gross Profit Chart

Fortrea Holdings Annual Data
Trend Dec20 Dec21 Dec22 Dec23
Gross Profit
402.04 534.89 612.37 477.21

Fortrea Holdings Quarterly Data
Dec20 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 142.34 132.54 120.97 109.77 99.27

Competitive Comparison of Fortrea Holdings's Gross Profit

For the Biotechnology subindustry, Fortrea Holdings'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.


Fortrea Holdings's Gross Profit Distribution in the Biotechnology Industry

For the Biotechnology industry and Healthcare sector, Fortrea Holdings's Gross Profit distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Fortrea Holdings's Gross Profit falls into.



Fortrea Holdings Gross Profit Calculation

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

Fortrea Holdings'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
=2850.953 - 2373.746
=477

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

Gross Profit (Q: Mar. 2024 )=Revenue - Cost of Goods Sold
=609.132 - 509.864
=99

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 €463 Mil.

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

Fortrea Holdings'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
=99 / 609.132
=16.30 %

* 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.


Fortrea Holdings  (FRA:K67) 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

Fortrea Holdings had a gross margin of 16.30% for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2024 => No sustainable competitive advantage


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Fortrea Holdings (FRA:K67) Business Description

Traded in Other Exchanges
Address
8 Moore Drive, Durham, NC, USA, 27709
Fortrea Holdings is a late-stage contract research organization, or CRO, that provides comprehensive Phase I through IV clinical trial management, clinical pharmacology, and patient access solutions. The company works with emerging and large biopharma, medical device, and diagnostic companies to run their clinical trials as a functional-service provider, full-service provider, and offers hybrid trials. In 2023, Fortrea was formed as an independent, publicly traded company after LabCorp spun off its clinical development business, which it acquired via its purchase of Covance in 2015 for $6.1 billion. Fortrea has 19,000 staff members across 90 countries.

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