Global Payment Technologies (Global Payment Technologies) Gross Profit : $1.61 Mil (TTM As of Jun. 2008)

Global Payment Technologies Gross Profit Chart

Global Payment Technologies Annual Data
	Trend	Sep98	Sep99	Sep00	Sep01	Sep02	Sep03	Sep04	Sep05	Sep06	Sep07
Gross Profit		Get a 7-Day Free Trial					4.13	5.34	6.87	1.78	1.39

Global Payment Technologies Quarterly Data
	Sep03	Dec03	Mar04	Jun04	Sep04	Dec04	Mar05	Jun05	Sep05	Dec05	Mar06	Jun06	Sep06	Dec06	Mar07	Jun07	Sep07	Dec07	Mar08	Jun08
Gross Profit	Get a 7-Day Free Trial															0.29	-0.23	0.52	0.58	0.74

Competitive Comparison of Global Payment Technologies's Gross Profit

For the Business Equipment & Supplies subindustry, Global Payment Technologies'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.

Global Payment Technologies's Gross Profit Distribution in the Industrial Products Industry

For the Industrial Products industry and Industrials sector, Global Payment Technologies's Gross Profit distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Global Payment Technologies's Gross Profit falls into.

Global Payment Technologies Gross Profit Calculation

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

Global Payment Technologies's Gross Profit for the fiscal year that ended in Sep. 2007 is calculated as

Global Payment Technologies's Gross Profit for the quarter that ended in Jun. 2008 is calculated as

Gross Profit for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Jun. 2008 adds up the quarterly data reported by the company within the most recent 12 months, which was $1.61 Mil.

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

Global Payment Technologies's Gross Margin % for the quarter that ended in Jun. 2008 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.

Global Payment Technologies  (OTCPK:GPTX) 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

Global Payment Technologies had a gross margin of 19.51% for the quarter that ended in Jun. 2008 => No sustainable competitive advantage

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