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Sotsu Co (Sotsu Co) Gross Profit : $33.58 Mil (TTM As of Nov. 2019)


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What is Sotsu Co Gross Profit?

Sotsu Co's gross profit for the three months ended in Nov. 2019 was $8.67 Mil. Sotsu Co's gross profit for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Nov. 2019 was $33.58 Mil.

Gross Margin % is calculated as gross profit divided by its revenue. Sotsu Co's gross profit for the three months ended in Nov. 2019 was $8.67 Mil. Sotsu Co's Revenue for the three months ended in Nov. 2019 was $33.73 Mil. Therefore, Sotsu Co's Gross Margin % for the quarter that ended in Nov. 2019 was 25.69%.

Sotsu Co had a gross margin of 25.69% for the quarter that ended in Nov. 2019 => Competition eroding margins

During the past 12 years, the highest Gross Margin % of Sotsu Co was 25.17%. The lowest was 17.07%. And the median was 19.77%.


Sotsu Co Gross Profit Historical Data

The historical data trend for Sotsu Co'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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Sotsu Co Gross Profit Chart

Sotsu Co Annual Data
Trend Aug10 Aug11 Aug12 Aug13 Aug14 Aug15 Aug16 Aug17 Aug18 Aug19
Gross Profit
Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 35.91 44.23 36.30 33.09 34.18

Sotsu Co Quarterly Data
Feb15 May15 Aug15 Nov15 Feb16 May16 Aug16 Nov16 Feb17 May17 Aug17 Nov17 Feb18 May18 Aug18 Nov18 Feb19 May19 Aug19 Nov19
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 8.05 8.35 9.48 7.09 8.67

Competitive Comparison of Sotsu Co's Gross Profit

For the Entertainment subindustry, Sotsu Co'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.


Sotsu Co's Gross Profit Distribution in the Media - Diversified Industry

For the Media - Diversified industry and Communication Services sector, Sotsu Co's Gross Profit distribution charts can be found below:

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



Sotsu Co Gross Profit Calculation

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

Sotsu Co's Gross Profit for the fiscal year that ended in Aug. 2019 is calculated as

Gross Profit (A: Aug. 2019 )=Revenue - Cost of Goods Sold
=135.79 - 101.614
=34.18

Sotsu Co's Gross Profit for the quarter that ended in Nov. 2019 is calculated as

Gross Profit (Q: Nov. 2019 )=Revenue - Cost of Goods Sold
=33.731 - 25.064
=8.67

Gross Profit for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Nov. 2019 adds up the quarterly data reported by the company within the most recent 12 months, which was $33.58 Mil.

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

Sotsu Co's Gross Margin % for the quarter that ended in Nov. 2019 is calculated as

Gross Margin % (Q: Nov. 2019 )=Gross Profit (Q: Nov. 2019 ) / Revenue (Q: Nov. 2019 )
=(Revenue - Cost of Goods Sold) / Revenue
=8.67 / 33.731
=25.69 %

* 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.


Sotsu Co  (GREY:STUAF) 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

Sotsu Co had a gross margin of 25.69% for the quarter that ended in Nov. 2019 => Competition eroding margins


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Sotsu Co (Sotsu Co) Business Description

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2-4-1, Hamamatsu-Cho, Minato-Ku, Tokyo, JPN, 105-6126
Sotsu Co Ltd operates as an entertainment company in Japan. It works in Media division, Rights division, and Sports division. The Media division produces animations by planning and creating animated programmes with animation production companies. The Rights business division provides merchandising licenses for the animation characters to its partner companies including toy, game, food, miscellaneous goods, and apparel manufacturers among others, and the Sport business promote the merchandising of the baseball team's products and act as a copyright contract agency for professional baseball teams, and sell the merchandise to baseball team goods stores both inside and outside the stadium.

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