Thermwood (Thermwood) Gross Profit : $7.72 Mil (TTM As of Jul. 2001)

Thermwood Gross Profit Chart

Thermwood Annual Data
	Trend	Jul92	Jul93	Jul94	Jul95	Jul96	Jul97	Jul98	Jul99	Jul00	Jul01
Gross Profit		Get a 7-Day Free Trial					7.20	9.20	8.46	10.16	7.72

Thermwood Quarterly Data
	Oct96	Jan97	Apr97	Jul97	Oct97	Jan98	Apr98	Jul98	Oct98	Jan99	Apr99	Jul99	Oct99	Jan00	Apr00	Jul00	Oct00	Jan01	Apr01	Jul01
Gross Profit	Get a 7-Day Free Trial															2.23	2.32	2.26	1.85	1.30

Competitive Comparison of Thermwood's Gross Profit

For the Specialty Industrial Machinery subindustry, Thermwood'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.

Thermwood's Gross Profit Distribution in the Industrial Products Industry

For the Industrial Products industry and Industrials sector, Thermwood's Gross Profit distribution charts can be found below:

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

Thermwood Gross Profit Calculation

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

Thermwood's Gross Profit for the fiscal year that ended in Jul. 2001 is calculated as

Thermwood's Gross Profit for the quarter that ended in Jul. 2001 is calculated as

Gross Profit for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Jul. 2001 adds up the quarterly data reported by the company within the most recent 12 months, which was $7.72 Mil.

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

Thermwood's Gross Margin % for the quarter that ended in Jul. 2001 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.

Thermwood  (OTCPK:TOOD) 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

Thermwood had a gross margin of 22.57% for the quarter that ended in Jul. 2001 => Competition eroding margins

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