Lady Drug Store Co (TSE:3027) Gross Profit : 円14,810 Mil (TTM As of May. 2015)

Lady Drug Store Co Gross Profit Chart

Lady Drug Store Co Quarterly Data
	Jun10	Sep10	Dec10	May11	Aug11	Nov11	Feb12	May12	Aug12	Nov12	Feb13	May13	Aug13	Nov13	Feb14	May14	Aug14	Nov14	Feb15	May15
Gross Profit	Get a 7-Day Free Trial															3,832.99	3,584.55	3,561.54	3,776.54	3,886.89

Competitive Comparison of Lady Drug Store Co's Gross Profit

For the Pharmaceutical Retailers subindustry, Lady Drug Store 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.

Lady Drug Store Co's Gross Profit Distribution in the Healthcare Providers & Services Industry

For the Healthcare Providers & Services industry and Healthcare sector, Lady Drug Store Co's Gross Profit distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Lady Drug Store Co's Gross Profit falls into.

Lady Drug Store Co Gross Profit Calculation

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

Lady Drug Store Co's Gross Profit for the fiscal year that ended in Feb. 2015 is calculated as

Lady Drug Store Co's Gross Profit for the quarter that ended in May. 2015 is calculated as

Gross Profit for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in May. 2015 adds up the quarterly data reported by the company within the most recent 12 months, which was 円14,810 Mil.

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

Lady Drug Store Co's Gross Margin % for the quarter that ended in May. 2015 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.

Lady Drug Store Co  (TSE:3027) 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

Lady Drug Store Co had a gross margin of 27.03% for the quarter that ended in May. 2015 => Competition eroding margins

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