BOC Kenya (NAI:BOC) Gross Profit : KES756 Mil (TTM As of Dec. 2023)

BOC Kenya Gross Profit Chart

BOC Kenya Annual Data
	Trend	Dec14	Dec15	Dec16	Dec17	Dec18	Dec19	Dec20	Dec21	Dec22	Dec23
Gross Profit		Get a 7-Day Free Trial					428.95	481.16	559.89	524.15	756.40

BOC Kenya Semi-Annual Data
	Dec12	Dec13	Dec14	Dec15	Dec16	Dec17	Dec18	Dec19	Dec20	Dec21	Dec22	Dec23
Gross Profit	Get a 7-Day Free Trial							428.95	481.16	559.89	524.15	756.40

Competitive Comparison of BOC Kenya's Gross Profit

For the Chemicals subindustry, BOC Kenya'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.

BOC Kenya's Gross Profit Distribution in the Chemicals Industry

For the Chemicals industry and Basic Materials sector, BOC Kenya's Gross Profit distribution charts can be found below:

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

BOC Kenya Gross Profit Calculation

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

BOC Kenya's Gross Profit for the fiscal year that ended in Dec. 2023 is calculated as

BOC Kenya's Gross Profit for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 is calculated as

For stock reported annually, GuruFocus uses latest annual data as the TTM data. Gross Profit for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Dec. 2023 was KES756 Mil.

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

BOC Kenya's Gross Margin % for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 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.

BOC Kenya  (NAI:BOC) 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

BOC Kenya had a gross margin of 49.14% for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 => Durable competitive advantage

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