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Transcontinental (Transcontinental) Gross Profit : $1,012 Mil (TTM As of Jan. 2024)


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What is Transcontinental Gross Profit?

Transcontinental's gross profit for the three months ended in Jan. 2024 was $242 Mil. Transcontinental's gross profit for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Jan. 2024 was $1,012 Mil.

Gross Margin % is calculated as gross profit divided by its revenue. Transcontinental's gross profit for the three months ended in Jan. 2024 was $242 Mil. Transcontinental's Revenue for the three months ended in Jan. 2024 was $507 Mil. Therefore, Transcontinental's Gross Margin % for the quarter that ended in Jan. 2024 was 47.74%.

Transcontinental had a gross margin of 47.74% for the quarter that ended in Jan. 2024 => Durable competitive advantage

During the past 13 years, the highest Gross Margin % of Transcontinental was 57.24%. The lowest was 44.78%. And the median was 49.49%.

Warning Sign:

Transcontinental Inc gross margin has been in long-term decline. The average rate of decline per year is -1.6%.


Transcontinental Gross Profit Historical Data

The historical data trend for Transcontinental'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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Transcontinental Gross Profit Chart

Transcontinental Annual Data
Trend Oct14 Oct15 Oct16 Oct17 Oct18 Oct19 Oct20 Oct21 Oct22 Oct23
Gross Profit
Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 1,068.69 947.57 1,006.43 966.91 988.48

Transcontinental Quarterly Data
Apr19 Jul19 Oct19 Jan20 Apr20 Jul20 Oct20 Jan21 Apr21 Jul21 Oct21 Jan22 Apr22 Jul22 Oct22 Jan23 Apr23 Jul23 Oct23 Jan24
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 237.00 250.30 249.19 270.27 241.97

Competitive Comparison of Transcontinental's Gross Profit

For the Packaging & Containers subindustry, Transcontinental'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.


Transcontinental's Gross Profit Distribution in the Packaging & Containers Industry

For the Packaging & Containers industry and Consumer Cyclical sector, Transcontinental's Gross Profit distribution charts can be found below:

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



Transcontinental Gross Profit Calculation

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

Transcontinental's Gross Profit for the fiscal year that ended in Oct. 2023 is calculated as

Gross Profit (A: Oct. 2023 )=Revenue - Cost of Goods Sold
=2144.545 - 1156.068
=988

Transcontinental's Gross Profit for the quarter that ended in Jan. 2024 is calculated as

Gross Profit (Q: Jan. 2024 )=Revenue - Cost of Goods Sold
=506.891 - 264.918
=242

Gross Profit for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Jan. 2024 adds up the quarterly data reported by the company within the most recent 12 months, which was $1,012 Mil.

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

Transcontinental's Gross Margin % for the quarter that ended in Jan. 2024 is calculated as

Gross Margin % (Q: Jan. 2024 )=Gross Profit (Q: Jan. 2024 ) / Revenue (Q: Jan. 2024 )
=(Revenue - Cost of Goods Sold) / Revenue
=242 / 506.891
=47.74 %

* 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.


Transcontinental  (OTCPK:TCLCF) 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

Transcontinental had a gross margin of 47.74% for the quarter that ended in Jan. 2024 => Durable competitive advantage


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Transcontinental (Transcontinental) Business Description

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1 Place Ville Marie, Suite 3240, Affaires Juridiques,, A/s Caroline Hamel, Montreal, QC, CAN, H3B 0G1
Transcontinental Inc or TC Transcontinental, is a Canadian printer and flexible packaging provider that operates in three segments: packaging, printing, and other. Its packaging segment features the production of different plastic products geared toward consumer goods. Production plants specialize in extrusion, lamination, printing, and converting. The company offers premedia, printing, and distribution services through the printing segment. Publishers, retailers, cataloguers, and marketers are some of the customers who tap TC Transcontinental for these printing solutions. The smaller other segment focuses on the media sector, which generates revenue from print and digital publishing products.

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