Anite (LSE:AIE) Gross Profit : £71.3 Mil (TTM As of Apr. 2015)

Anite Gross Profit Chart

Anite Annual Data
	Trend	Apr06	Apr07	Apr08	Apr09	Apr10	Apr11	Apr12	Apr13	Apr14	Apr15
Gross Profit		Get a 7-Day Free Trial					55.51	72.44	72.31	62.85	71.26

Anite Semi-Annual Data
	Oct05	Apr06	Oct06	Apr07	Oct07	Apr08	Oct08	Apr09	Oct09	Apr10	Oct10	Apr11	Oct11	Apr12	Oct12	Apr13	Oct13	Apr14	Oct14	Apr15
Gross Profit	Get a 7-Day Free Trial															36.39	26.05	36.80	27.28	43.97

Competitive Comparison of Anite's Gross Profit

For the Software - Application subindustry, Anite'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.

Anite's Gross Profit Distribution in the Software Industry

For the Software industry and Technology sector, Anite's Gross Profit distribution charts can be found below:

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

Anite Gross Profit Calculation

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

Anite's Gross Profit for the fiscal year that ended in Apr. 2015 is calculated as

Anite's Gross Profit for the quarter that ended in Apr. 2015 is calculated as

Gross Profit for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Apr. 2015 adds up the semi-annually data reported by the company within the most recent 12 months, which was £71.3 Mil.

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

Anite's Gross Margin % for the quarter that ended in Apr. 2015 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.

Anite  (LSE:AIE) 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

Anite had a gross margin of 63.31% for the quarter that ended in Apr. 2015 => Durable competitive advantage

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