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Medallia (Medallia) Gross Margin % : 62.17% (As of Jul. 2021)


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What is Medallia Gross Margin %?

Gross Margin % is calculated as gross profit divided by its revenue. Medallia's Gross Profit for the three months ended in Jul. 2021 was $89.6 Mil. Medallia's Revenue for the three months ended in Jul. 2021 was $144.1 Mil. Therefore, Medallia's Gross Margin % for the quarter that ended in Jul. 2021 was 62.17%.


The historical rank and industry rank for Medallia's Gross Margin % or its related term are showing as below:


MDLA's Gross Margin % is not ranked *
in the Software industry.
Industry Median: 41.71
* Ranked among companies with meaningful Gross Margin % only.

Medallia had a gross margin of 62.17% for the quarter that ended in Jul. 2021 => Durable competitive advantage

The 5-Year average Growth Rate of Gross Margin for Medallia was 0.00% per year.


Medallia Gross Margin % Historical Data

The historical data trend for Medallia's Gross Margin % can be seen below:

* 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.

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Medallia Gross Margin % Chart

Medallia Annual Data
Trend Jan18 Jan19 Jan20 Jan21
Gross Margin %
63.33 63.05 63.92 64.23

Medallia Quarterly Data
Jan18 Apr18 Jul18 Oct18 Jan19 Apr19 Jul19 Oct19 Jan20 Apr20 Jul20 Oct20 Jan21 Apr21 Jul21
Gross Margin % Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 64.36 63.75 64.00 63.69 62.17

Competitive Comparison of Medallia's Gross Margin %

For the Software - Application subindustry, Medallia's Gross Margin %, along with its competitors' market caps and Gross Margin % 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.


Medallia's Gross Margin % Distribution in the Software Industry

For the Software industry and Technology sector, Medallia's Gross Margin % distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Medallia's Gross Margin % falls into.



Medallia Gross Margin % Calculation

Gross Margin is the percentage of Gross Profit out of sales or Revenue.

Medallia's Gross Margin for the fiscal year that ended in Jan. 2021 is calculated as

Gross Margin % (A: Jan. 2021 )=Gross Profit (A: Jan. 2021 ) / Revenue (A: Jan. 2021 )
=306.5 / 477.221
=(Revenue - Cost of Goods Sold) / Revenue
=(477.221 - 170.684) / 477.221
=64.23 %

Medallia's Gross Margin for the quarter that ended in Jul. 2021 is calculated as


Gross Margin % (Q: Jul. 2021 )=Gross Profit (Q: Jul. 2021 ) / Revenue (Q: Jul. 2021 )
=89.6 / 144.108
=(Revenue - Cost of Goods Sold) / Revenue
=(144.108 - 54.523) / 144.108
=62.17 %

* 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.


Medallia  (NYSE:MDLA) Gross Margin % 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

Medallia had a gross margin of 62.17% for the quarter that ended in Jul. 2021 => Durable competitive advantage


Be Aware

If a company loses its competitive advantages, usually its gross margin declines well before its sales declines. Watching Gross Margin % and Operating Margin % closely helps avoid value trap situations.


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Medallia (Medallia) Business Description

Traded in Other Exchanges
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Address
575 Market Street, Suite 1850, San Francisco, CA, USA, 94105
Medallia Inc is a software company. Its SaaS platform, the Medallia Experience Cloud, captures experience data from signal fields emitted by customers and employees. It utilizes AI technology to analyze structured and unstructured data from these signal fields across human, digital and internet of things, or IoT, interactions. The company provides solutions to various industries including Automotive, Healthcare, Hospitality, Insurance, and Retail among others.
Executives
Borge Hald director C/O MEDALLIA INC 575 MARKET STREET SUITE 1850 SAN FRANCISCO CA 94105
Leslie Stretch director, officer: President & CEO 4140 DUBLIN BLVD SUITE 400 DUBLIN CA 94568
Mikael J Ottosson officer: EVP & Chief Technology Officer C/O MEDALLIA INC 575 MARKET STREET SUITE 1850 SAN FRANCISCO CA 94105
Roxanne Oulman officer: CFO and EVP 4140 DUBLIN BOULEVARD, SUITE 400, DUBLIN CA 94568
Jimmy C. Duan officer: EVP & Chief Customer Officer 4140 DUBLIN BLVD SUITE 400 DUBLIN CA 94568
Stanley J Meresman director 2071 HUNTINGTON LANE, LOS ALTOS CA 94024
Steven Walske director C/O PARAMETRIC TECHNOLOGY CORP, 128 TECHNOLOGY DR, WALTHAM MA 02154
Amy E Pressman director C/O MEDALLIA INC 575 MARKET STREET SUITE 1850 SAN FRANCISCO CA 94105
James D White director C/O CAVA GROUP, INC., 202-400-2920 14 RIDGE SQUARE NW, SUITE 5, WASHINGTON DC 20016
Mitchell K Dauerman director
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Douglas M Leone director, 10 percent owner C/O SEQUOIA CAPITAL, 2800 SAND HILL RD, SUITE 101, MENLO PARK CA 94025
Leslie J Kilgore director 121 ALBRIGHT WAY, LOS GATOS CA 95032
Sc Us Ssf 2013 (ttgp), L.l.c. 10 percent owner 2800 SAND HILL RD, SUITE 101 MENLO PARK CA 94025
Scggf Management, L.p. 10 percent owner 2800 SAND HILL RD, SUITE 101, MENLO PARK CA 94025