Rugby Estates (LSE:RES) Gross Profit : £-1.40 Mil (TTM As of Jul. 2012)

Rugby Estates Gross Profit Chart

Rugby Estates Annual Data
	Trend	Jan03	Jan04	Jan05	Jan06	Jan07	Jan08	Jan09	Jan10	Jan11	Jan12
Gross Profit		Get a 7-Day Free Trial					16.87	-2.64	4.43	4.02	-0.16

Rugby Estates Semi-Annual Data
	Jul03	Jan04	Jul04	Jan05	Jul05	Jan06	Jul06	Jan07	Jul07	Jan08	Jul08	Jan09	Jul09	Jan10	Jul10	Jan11	Jul11	Jan12	Jul12
Gross Profit	Get a 7-Day Free Trial														1.34	2.68	0.62	-0.78	-0.62

Competitive Comparison of Rugby Estates's Gross Profit

For the Real Estate Services subindustry, Rugby Estates'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.

Rugby Estates's Gross Profit Distribution in the Real Estate Industry

For the Real Estate industry and Real Estate sector, Rugby Estates's Gross Profit distribution charts can be found below:

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

Rugby Estates Gross Profit Calculation

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

Rugby Estates's Gross Profit for the fiscal year that ended in Jan. 2012 is calculated as

Rugby Estates's Gross Profit for the quarter that ended in Jul. 2012 is calculated as

Gross Profit for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Jul. 2012 adds up the semi-annually data reported by the company within the most recent 12 months, which was £-1.40 Mil.

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

Rugby Estates's Gross Margin % for the quarter that ended in Jul. 2012 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.

Rugby Estates  (LSE:RES) 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

Rugby Estates had a gross margin of -11.13% for the quarter that ended in Jul. 2012 => No sustainable competitive advantage

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