PDCO (Patterson) Gross Profit : $1,333 Mil (TTM As of Jan. 2025)

Patterson Gross Profit Chart

Patterson Annual Data
	Trend	Apr15	Apr16	Apr17	Apr18	Apr19	Apr20	Apr21	Apr22	Apr23	Apr24
Gross Profit		Get a 7-Day Free Trial					1,197.41	1,203.13	1,289.09	1,372.95	1,380.24

Patterson Quarterly Data
	Apr20	Jul20	Oct20	Jan21	Apr21	Jul21	Oct21	Jan22	Apr22	Jul22	Oct22	Jan23	Apr23	Jul23	Oct23	Jan24	Apr24	Jul24	Oct24	Jan25
Gross Profit	Get a 7-Day Free Trial															351.01	371.16	312.61	328.09	320.82

Competitive Comparison of Patterson's Gross Profit

For the Medical Distribution subindustry, Patterson'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.

Patterson's Gross Profit Distribution in the Medical Distribution Industry

For the Medical Distribution industry and Healthcare sector, Patterson's Gross Profit distribution charts can be found below:

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

Patterson Gross Profit Calculation

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

Patterson's Gross Profit for the fiscal year that ended in Apr. 2024 is calculated as

Patterson's Gross Profit for the quarter that ended in Jan. 2025 is calculated as

Gross Profit for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Jan. 2025 adds up the quarterly data reported by the company within the most recent 12 months, which was $1,333 Mil.

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

Patterson's Gross Margin % for the quarter that ended in Jan. 2025 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.

Patterson  (NAS:PDCO) 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

Patterson had a gross margin of 20.40% for the quarter that ended in Jan. 2025 => Competition eroding margins

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