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LPA Group (LSE:LPA) Gross Profit : £5.48 Mil (TTM As of Sep. 2024)


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What is LPA Group Gross Profit?

LPA Group's gross profit for the six months ended in Sep. 2024 was £3.17 Mil. LPA Group's gross profit for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Sep. 2024 was £5.48 Mil.

Gross Margin % is calculated as gross profit divided by its revenue. LPA Group's gross profit for the six months ended in Sep. 2024 was £3.17 Mil. LPA Group's Revenue for the six months ended in Sep. 2024 was £11.99 Mil. Therefore, LPA Group's Gross Margin % for the quarter that ended in Sep. 2024 was 26.44%.

LPA Group had a gross margin of 26.44% for the quarter that ended in Sep. 2024 => Competition eroding margins

During the past 13 years, the highest Gross Margin % of LPA Group was 29.32%. The lowest was 20.30%. And the median was 23.02%.


LPA Group Gross Profit Historical Data

The historical data trend for LPA Group'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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LPA Group Gross Profit Chart

LPA Group Annual Data
Trend Sep15 Sep16 Sep17 Sep18 Sep19 Sep20 Sep21 Sep22 Sep23 Sep24
Gross Profit
Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 4.69 3.71 4.40 4.91 5.48

LPA Group Semi-Annual Data
Mar15 Sep15 Mar16 Sep16 Mar17 Sep17 Mar18 Sep18 Mar19 Sep19 Mar20 Sep20 Mar21 Sep21 Mar22 Sep22 Mar23 Sep23 Mar24 Sep24
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 2.98 1.76 3.16 2.31 3.17

Competitive Comparison of LPA Group's Gross Profit

For the Electrical Equipment & Parts subindustry, LPA Group'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.


LPA Group's Gross Profit Distribution in the Industrial Products Industry

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

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


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LPA Group Gross Profit Calculation

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

LPA Group's Gross Profit for the fiscal year that ended in Sep. 2024 is calculated as

Gross Profit (A: Sep. 2024 )=Revenue - Cost of Goods Sold
=23.546 - 18.068
=5.48

LPA Group's Gross Profit for the quarter that ended in Sep. 2024 is calculated as

Gross Profit (Q: Sep. 2024 )=Revenue - Cost of Goods Sold
=11.989 - 8.819
=3.17

Gross Profit for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Sep. 2024 adds up the semi-annually data reported by the company within the most recent 12 months, which was £5.48 Mil.

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

LPA Group's Gross Margin % for the quarter that ended in Sep. 2024 is calculated as

Gross Margin % (Q: Sep. 2024 )=Gross Profit (Q: Sep. 2024 ) / Revenue (Q: Sep. 2024 )
=(Revenue - Cost of Goods Sold) / Revenue
=3.17 / 11.989
=26.44 %

* 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.


LPA Group  (LSE:LPA) 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

LPA Group had a gross margin of 26.44% for the quarter that ended in Sep. 2024 => Competition eroding margins


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LPA Group Business Description

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Address
Light and Power House, Shire Hill, Saffron Walden, Essex, GBR, CB11 3AQ
LPA Group PLC is a designer, manufacturer, and supplier of LED lighting, industrial electrical, electro mechanical systems, and is a distributor of engineered components. The Group comprises three divisions: LPA Connection Systems (electro-mechanical), LPA Lighting Systems (lighting & electronics) and LPA Channel Electric (engineered component distribution), which collectively design, manufacture and market industrial electrical and electronic products. It operates across three market segments: Rail; Aerospace & Defence and Other Its geographic markets are the United Kingdom, Rest of Europe, Rest of World. The majority of revenue originates in the United Kingdom.

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