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Sohu.com (Sohu.com) Gross Profit : $454.9 Mil (TTM As of Dec. 2023)


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What is Sohu.com Gross Profit?

Sohu.com's gross profit for the three months ended in Dec. 2023 was $107.5 Mil. Sohu.com's gross profit for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Dec. 2023 was $454.9 Mil.

Gross Margin % is calculated as gross profit divided by its revenue. Sohu.com's gross profit for the three months ended in Dec. 2023 was $107.5 Mil. Sohu.com's Revenue for the three months ended in Dec. 2023 was $141.4 Mil. Therefore, Sohu.com's Gross Margin % for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was 76.07%.

Sohu.com had a gross margin of 76.07% for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 => Durable competitive advantage

During the past 13 years, the highest Gross Margin % of Sohu.com was 75.73%. The lowest was 46.30%. And the median was 61.43%.


Sohu.com Gross Profit Historical Data

The historical data trend for Sohu.com'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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Sohu.com Gross Profit Chart

Sohu.com Annual Data
Trend Dec14 Dec15 Dec16 Dec17 Dec18 Dec19 Dec20 Dec21 Dec22 Dec23
Gross Profit
Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 430.16 532.45 630.91 542.30 454.92

Sohu.com Quarterly Data
Mar19 Jun19 Sep19 Dec19 Mar20 Jun20 Sep20 Dec20 Mar21 Jun21 Sep21 Dec21 Mar22 Jun22 Sep22 Dec22 Mar23 Jun23 Sep23 Dec23
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 124.60 121.35 115.07 110.96 107.54

Competitive Comparison of Sohu.com's Gross Profit

For the Electronic Gaming & Multimedia subindustry, Sohu.com'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.


Sohu.com's Gross Profit Distribution in the Interactive Media Industry

For the Interactive Media industry and Communication Services sector, Sohu.com's Gross Profit distribution charts can be found below:

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



Sohu.com Gross Profit Calculation

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

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

Gross Profit (A: Dec. 2023 )=Revenue - Cost of Goods Sold
=600.672 - 145.757
=454.9

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

Gross Profit (Q: Dec. 2023 )=Revenue - Cost of Goods Sold
=141.359 - 33.822
=107.5

Gross Profit for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Dec. 2023 adds up the quarterly data reported by the company within the most recent 12 months, which was $454.9 Mil.

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

Sohu.com's Gross Margin % for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 is calculated as

Gross Margin % (Q: Dec. 2023 )=Gross Profit (Q: Dec. 2023 ) / Revenue (Q: Dec. 2023 )
=(Revenue - Cost of Goods Sold) / Revenue
=107.5 / 141.359
=76.07 %

* 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.


Sohu.com  (NAS:SOHU) 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

Sohu.com had a gross margin of 76.07% for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 => Durable competitive advantage


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Sohu.com (Sohu.com) Business Description

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Block 3, No. 2 Kexueyuan South Road, Level 18, SOHU.com Media Plaza, Haidian District, Beijing, CHN, 100190
Sohu.com Ltd provides online media, games, and search products and services on PCs and mobile devices in China. The company operates in Sohu and Changyou segments. Sohu is a Chinese language online media content and services provider. Changyou is involved in the development, operation, and licensing of online games for PCs and mobile devices, which include massively multiplayer online role-playing games, casual games, strategy games. In addition, it operates focus.cn, which provides online real estate information and services; and 17173.com website, which provides news, electronic forums, online videos, and other online game information services to game players, as well as offers mobile game distribution services. It generates maximum revenue from the Changyou segment.