CHC Group (CHC Group) Gross Profit : $155 Mil (TTM As of Oct. 2016)

CHC Group Gross Profit Chart

CHC Group Annual Data
	Trend	Apr05	Apr06	Apr07	Apr08	Apr11	Apr12	Apr13	Apr14	Apr15	Apr16
Gross Profit		Get a 7-Day Free Trial					310.11	352.01	304.94	263.17	246.91

CHC Group Quarterly Data
	Apr11	Apr12	Jul12	Oct12	Jan13	Apr13	Jul13	Oct13	Jan14	Apr14	Jul14	Oct14	Jan15	Apr15	Jul15	Oct15	Jan16	Apr16	Jul16	Oct16
Gross Profit	Get a 7-Day Free Trial															73.37	63.78	48.00	23.58	20.15

Competitive Comparison of CHC Group's Gross Profit

For the Oil & Gas Equipment & Services subindustry, CHC Group'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.

CHC Group's Gross Profit Distribution in the Oil & Gas Industry

For the Oil & Gas industry and Energy sector, CHC Group's Gross Profit distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where CHC Group's Gross Profit falls into.

CHC Group Gross Profit Calculation

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

CHC Group's Gross Profit for the fiscal year that ended in Apr. 2016 is calculated as

CHC Group's Gross Profit for the quarter that ended in Oct. 2016 is calculated as

Gross Profit for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Oct. 2016 adds up the quarterly data reported by the company within the most recent 12 months, which was $155 Mil.

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

CHC Group's Gross Margin % for the quarter that ended in Oct. 2016 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.

CHC Group  (OTCPK:HELIQ) 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

CHC Group had a gross margin of 8.07% for the quarter that ended in Oct. 2016 => No sustainable competitive advantage

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