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Spok Holdings (FRA:FQV) Gross Profit : €104.8 Mil (TTM As of Mar. 2024)


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What is Spok Holdings Gross Profit?

Spok Holdings's gross profit for the three months ended in Mar. 2024 was €25.5 Mil. Spok Holdings's gross profit for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Mar. 2024 was €104.8 Mil.

Gross Margin % is calculated as gross profit divided by its revenue. Spok Holdings's gross profit for the three months ended in Mar. 2024 was €25.5 Mil. Spok Holdings's Revenue for the three months ended in Mar. 2024 was €32.1 Mil. Therefore, Spok Holdings's Gross Margin % for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2024 was 79.55%.

Spok Holdings had a gross margin of 79.55% for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2024 => Durable competitive advantage

During the past 13 years, the highest Gross Margin % of Spok Holdings was 83.74%. The lowest was 77.16%. And the median was 80.80%.


Spok Holdings Gross Profit Historical Data

The historical data trend for Spok Holdings's Gross Profit 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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Spok Holdings Gross Profit Chart

Spok Holdings Annual Data
Trend Dec14 Dec15 Dec16 Dec17 Dec18 Dec19 Dec20 Dec21 Dec22 Dec23
Gross Profit
Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 114.94 96.37 97.07 100.32 102.89

Spok Holdings Quarterly Data
Jun19 Sep19 Dec19 Mar20 Jun20 Sep20 Dec20 Mar21 Jun21 Sep21 Dec21 Mar22 Jun22 Sep22 Dec22 Mar23 Jun23 Sep23 Dec23 Mar24
Gross Profit 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 Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 24.89 27.45 26.99 24.78 25.55

Competitive Comparison of Spok Holdings's Gross Profit

For the Health Information Services subindustry, Spok Holdings'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.


Spok Holdings's Gross Profit Distribution in the Healthcare Providers & Services Industry

For the Healthcare Providers & Services industry and Healthcare sector, Spok Holdings's Gross Profit distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Spok Holdings's Gross Profit falls into.



Spok Holdings Gross Profit Calculation

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

Spok Holdings's Gross Profit for the fiscal year that ended in Dec. 2023 is calculated as

Gross Profit (A: Dec. 2023 )=Revenue - Cost of Goods Sold
=127.486 - 24.592
=102.9

Spok Holdings's Gross Profit for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2024 is calculated as

Gross Profit (Q: Mar. 2024 )=Revenue - Cost of Goods Sold
=32.116 - 6.568
=25.5

Gross Profit for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Mar. 2024 adds up the quarterly data reported by the company within the most recent 12 months, which was €104.8 Mil.

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

Spok Holdings's Gross Margin % for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2024 is calculated as

Gross Margin % (Q: Mar. 2024 )=Gross Profit (Q: Mar. 2024 ) / Revenue (Q: Mar. 2024 )
=(Revenue - Cost of Goods Sold) / Revenue
=25.5 / 32.116
=79.55 %

* 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.


Spok Holdings  (FRA:FQV) 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

Spok Holdings had a gross margin of 79.55% for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2024 => Durable competitive advantage


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Spok Holdings (FRA:FQV) Business Description

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Address
5911 Kingstown Village Parkway, 6th Floor, Alexandria, VA, USA, 22315
Spok Holdings Inc is a provider of healthcare communications. It reports three market segments namely Healthcare, Government, and Large enterprise. The company provides paging services and software solutions in the United States and abroad.

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