Functional Technologies (TSXV:FEB.H) Gross Profit : C$-0.08 Mil (TTM As of Aug. 2012)

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What is Functional Technologies Gross Profit?

Functional Technologies's gross profit for the six months ended in Aug. 2012 was C$-0.08 Mil. Functional Technologies's gross profit for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Aug. 2012 was C$-0.08 Mil.

Gross Margin % is calculated as gross profit divided by its revenue. Functional Technologies's gross profit for the six months ended in Aug. 2012 was C$-0.08 Mil. Functional Technologies's Revenue for the six months ended in Aug. 2012 was C$0.18 Mil. Therefore, Functional Technologies's Gross Margin % for the quarter that ended in Aug. 2012 was -44.89%.

Functional Technologies had a gross margin of -44.89% for the quarter that ended in Aug. 2012 => No sustainable competitive advantage

Functional Technologies Gross Profit Historical Data

The historical data trend for Functional Technologies's Gross Profit can be seen below:

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Functional Technologies Gross Profit Chart

Functional Technologies Annual Data

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Functional Technologies Semi-Annual Data
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Gross Profit	Get a 7-Day Free Trial							-	-	0.02	0.07	-0.08

Competitive Comparison of Functional Technologies's Gross Profit

For the Biotechnology subindustry, Functional Technologies's Gross Profit, along with its competitors' market caps and Gross Profit data, can be viewed below:

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Functional Technologies's Gross Profit Distribution in the Biotechnology Industry

For the Biotechnology industry and Healthcare sector, Functional Technologies's Gross Profit distribution charts can be found below:

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Functional Technologies Gross Profit Calculation

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

Functional Technologies's Gross Profit for the fiscal year that ended in Aug. 2012 is calculated as

Gross Profit (A: Aug. 2012 )	=	Revenue	-	Cost of Goods Sold
	=	0.176	-	0.255
	=	-0.08

Functional Technologies's Gross Profit for the quarter that ended in Aug. 2012 is calculated as

Gross Profit (Q: Aug. 2012 )	=	Revenue	-	Cost of Goods Sold
	=	0.176	-	0.255
	=	-0.08

For stock reported annually, GuruFocus uses latest annual data as the TTM data. Gross Profit for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Aug. 2012 was C$-0.08 Mil.

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

Functional Technologies's Gross Margin % for the quarter that ended in Aug. 2012 is calculated as

Gross Margin % (Q: Aug. 2012 )	=	Gross Profit (Q: Aug. 2012 )	/	Revenue (Q: Aug. 2012 )
	=	(Revenue - Cost of Goods Sold)	/	Revenue
	=	-0.08	/	0.176
	=	-44.89 %

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.

Functional Technologies (TSXV:FEB.H) 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

Functional Technologies had a gross margin of -44.89% for the quarter that ended in Aug. 2012 => No sustainable competitive advantage

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Functional Technologies (TSXV:FEB.H) Business Description

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Functional Technologies Corp is incorporated under the corporate laws of British Columbia, Canada on October 18, 1999. The Company is a functional foods and biological health products company that is developing and commercializing advanced yeast products and other novel biological products for the food and health care industry. The company develops and commercializes proprietary, advanced yeast-based solutions to significant challenges in the food, beverage and healthcare industries, for which viable solutions are lacking. The Company's platform technologies improve the performance of innate yeast functions to primarily prevent the formation of naturally occurring toxins and contaminants that either affect final product quality or are classified by various global agencies as dangerous substances (e.g. carcinogens, neurotoxicants or reproductive toxicants). The Company operates in three geographic regions: Canada, Europe and the United States.

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