Penske Automotive Group's gross profit for the
three
months ended in Sep. 2024 was $1,243 Mil. Penske Automotive Group's gross profit for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Sep. 2024 was $4,941 Mil.
* 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.
Competitive Comparison of Penske Automotive Group's Gross Profit
For the Auto & Truck Dealerships subindustry, Penske Automotive 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.
Penske Automotive Group's Gross Profit Distribution in the Vehicles & Parts Industry
For the Vehicles & Parts industry and Consumer Cyclical sector, Penske Automotive Group's Gross Profit distribution charts can be found below:
* The bar in red indicates where Penske Automotive Group's Gross Profit falls into.
Penske Automotive Group Gross Profit Calculation
Gross Profit is the different between the sale prices and the cost of buying or producing the goods.
Penske Automotive Group's Gross Profit for the fiscal year that ended in Dec. 2023 is calculated as
Gross Profit for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Sep. 2024 adds up the quarterly data reported by the company within the most recent 12 months, which was $4,941 Mil.
Gross Profit is the numerator in the calculation of Gross Margin.
* 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.
Penske Automotive Group (NYSE:PAG) 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
Penske Automotive Group had a gross margin of 16.38% for the quarter that ended in Sep. 2024 => No sustainable competitive advantage
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Penske Automotive Group operates in about 20 us states and overseas. It has over 150 us and Puerto Rico light-vehicle stores as well as 210 franchised dealerships overseas, primarily in the United Kingdom but also in Australia, Continental Europe, and Japan. The company is the third-largest us-based dealership in terms of light-vehicle revenue and sells more than 40 brands, with over 90% of retail automotive revenue coming from luxury and import names. Other segments are service and finance and insurance. The firm's Premier Truck Group owns 46 truck dealerships selling mostly Freightliner and Western Star brands, and Penske owns nearly 20 used-vehicle stores, mostly in the us and UK under the CarShop (us) and Sytner Select (UK) brands. Penske is based in Bloomfield Hills, Michigan.
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