7days Music Entertainment AG (XTER:7DM1) Gross Profit : €0.26 Mil (TTM As of Dec. 2012)

7days Music Entertainment AG Gross Profit Chart

Competitive Comparison of 7days Music Entertainment AG's Gross Profit

For the Broadcasting subindustry, 7days Music Entertainment AG's Gross Profit, along with its competitors' market caps and Gross Profit data, can be viewed below:

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7days Music Entertainment AG's Gross Profit Distribution in the Media - Diversified Industry

For the Media - Diversified industry and Communication Services sector, 7days Music Entertainment AG's Gross Profit distribution charts can be found below:

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7days Music Entertainment AG Gross Profit Calculation

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

7days Music Entertainment AG's Gross Profit for the fiscal year that ended in Dec. 2012 is calculated as

7days Music Entertainment AG's Gross Profit for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2012 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. 2012 was €0.26 Mil.

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

7days Music Entertainment AG's Gross Margin % for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2012 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.

7days Music Entertainment AG  (XTER:7DM1) 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

7days Music Entertainment AG had a gross margin of 9.02% for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2012 => No sustainable competitive advantage

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