Berger Paints Jamaica (XJAM:BRG) Gross Profit : JMD1,527 Mil (TTM As of Dec. 2008)

Berger Paints Jamaica Gross Profit Chart

Competitive Comparison of Berger Paints Jamaica's Gross Profit

For the Specialty Chemicals subindustry, Berger Paints Jamaica'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.

Berger Paints Jamaica's Gross Profit Distribution in the Chemicals Industry

For the Chemicals industry and Basic Materials sector, Berger Paints Jamaica's Gross Profit distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Berger Paints Jamaica's Gross Profit falls into.

Berger Paints Jamaica Gross Profit Calculation

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

Berger Paints Jamaica's Gross Profit for the fiscal year that ended in Dec. 2008 is calculated as

Berger Paints Jamaica's Gross Profit for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2008 is calculated as

For stock reported annually, GuruFocus uses latest annual data as the TTM data. Gross Profit for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Dec. 2008 was JMD1,527 Mil.

Gross Profit is the numerator in the calculation of Gross Margin. (Note that if there's no value for Cost of Goods Sold, then Gross Margin % is not calculated.)

Berger Paints Jamaica's Gross Margin % for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2008 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.

Berger Paints Jamaica  (XJAM:BRG) 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

Berger Paints Jamaica had a gross margin of N/A% for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2008 => No sustainable competitive advantage

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