Alaska Power & Telephone Co (Alaska Power & Telephone Co) Gross Profit : $0.00 Mil (TTM As of . 20)

Alaska Power & Telephone Co Gross Profit Chart

Competitive Comparison of Alaska Power & Telephone Co's Gross Profit

For the Conglomerates subindustry, Alaska Power & Telephone Co'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.

Alaska Power & Telephone Co's Gross Profit Distribution in the Conglomerates Industry

For the Conglomerates industry and Industrials sector, Alaska Power & Telephone Co's Gross Profit distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Alaska Power & Telephone Co's Gross Profit falls into.

Alaska Power & Telephone Co Gross Profit Calculation

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

Alaska Power & Telephone Co's Gross Profit for the fiscal year that ended in . 20 is calculated as

Alaska Power & Telephone Co's Gross Profit for the quarter that ended in . 20 is calculated as

Gross Profit for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in . 20 adds up the quarterly data reported by the company within the most recent 12 months, which was $0.00 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.)

Alaska Power & Telephone Co's Gross Margin % for the quarter that ended in . 20 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.

Alaska Power & Telephone Co  (OTCPK:APTL) 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

Alaska Power & Telephone Co had a gross margin of N/A% for the quarter that ended in . 20 => No sustainable competitive advantage

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