SThree (LSE:STEM) Gross Profit : £419 Mil (TTM As of Nov. 2023)

SThree Gross Profit Chart

SThree Annual Data
	Trend	Nov14	Nov15	Nov16	Nov17	Nov18	Nov19	Nov20	Nov21	Nov22	Nov23
Gross Profit		Get a 7-Day Free Trial					338.00	308.58	355.71	430.62	418.78

SThree Semi-Annual Data
	May14	Nov14	May15	Nov15	May16	Nov16	May17	Nov17	May18	Nov18	May19	Nov19	May20	Nov20	May21	Nov21	May22	Nov22	May23	Nov23
Gross Profit	Get a 7-Day Free Trial															191.45	203.05	227.56	208.59	210.18

Competitive Comparison of SThree's Gross Profit

For the Staffing & Employment Services subindustry, SThree'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.

SThree's Gross Profit Distribution in the Business Services Industry

For the Business Services industry and Industrials sector, SThree's Gross Profit distribution charts can be found below:

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

SThree Gross Profit Calculation

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

SThree's Gross Profit for the fiscal year that ended in Nov. 2023 is calculated as

SThree's Gross Profit for the quarter that ended in Nov. 2023 is calculated as

Gross Profit for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Nov. 2023 adds up the semi-annually data reported by the company within the most recent 12 months, which was £419 Mil.

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

SThree's Gross Margin % for the quarter that ended in Nov. 2023 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.

SThree  (LSE:STEM) 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

SThree had a gross margin of 25.08% for the quarter that ended in Nov. 2023 => Competition eroding margins

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