ATB Austria Antriebstechnik AG (WBO:ATB) Gross Profit : €122.6 Mil (TTM As of Sep. 2015)

ATB Austria Antriebstechnik AG Gross Profit Chart

ATB Austria Antriebstechnik AG Annual Data
	Trend	Dec05	Dec06	Dec07	Dec08	Dec09	Dec10	Dec11	Dec12	Dec13	Dec14
Gross Profit		Get a 7-Day Free Trial					166.76	169.11	178.88	192.53	182.88

ATB Austria Antriebstechnik AG Quarterly Data
	Dec06	Dec07	Dec08	Jun09	Dec09	Mar10	Jun10	Dec10	Mar11	Jun11	Dec11	Jun12	Dec12	Jun13	Dec13	Jun14	Sep14	Dec14	Jun15	Sep15
Gross Profit	Get a 7-Day Free Trial															47.38	45.66	43.91	39.58	39.10

Competitive Comparison of ATB Austria Antriebstechnik AG's Gross Profit

For the Specialty Industrial Machinery subindustry, ATB Austria Antriebstechnik AG'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.

ATB Austria Antriebstechnik AG's Gross Profit Distribution in the Industrial Products Industry

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

* The bar in red indicates where ATB Austria Antriebstechnik AG's Gross Profit falls into.

ATB Austria Antriebstechnik AG Gross Profit Calculation

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

ATB Austria Antriebstechnik AG's Gross Profit for the fiscal year that ended in Dec. 2014 is calculated as

ATB Austria Antriebstechnik AG's Gross Profit for the quarter that ended in Sep. 2015 is calculated as

Gross Profit for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Sep. 2015 adds up the quarterly data reported by the company within the most recent 12 months, which was €122.6 Mil.

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

ATB Austria Antriebstechnik AG's Gross Margin % for the quarter that ended in Sep. 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.

ATB Austria Antriebstechnik AG  (WBO:ATB) 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

ATB Austria Antriebstechnik AG had a gross margin of 50.69% for the quarter that ended in Sep. 2015 => Durable competitive advantage

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