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Loop Industries (FRA:3L9) Gross Margin % : 0.00% (As of Feb. 2024)


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What is Loop Industries Gross Margin %?

Gross Margin % is calculated as gross profit divided by its revenue. Loop Industries's Gross Profit for the three months ended in Feb. 2024 was €0.04 Mil. Loop Industries's Revenue for the three months ended in Feb. 2024 was €0.04 Mil. Therefore, Loop Industries's Gross Margin % for the quarter that ended in Feb. 2024 was 0.00%. If there's no value for Cost of Goods Sold, then Gross Margin % is not calculated.


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


FRA:3L9's Gross Margin % is not ranked *
in the Chemicals industry.
Industry Median: 22.6
* Ranked among companies with meaningful Gross Margin % only.

Loop Industries had a gross margin of N/A% for the quarter that ended in Feb. 2024 => No sustainable competitive advantage

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


Loop Industries Gross Margin % Historical Data

The historical data trend for Loop Industries'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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Loop Industries Gross Margin % Chart

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Competitive Comparison of Loop Industries's Gross Margin %

For the Specialty Chemicals subindustry, Loop Industries'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.


Loop Industries's Gross Margin % Distribution in the Chemicals Industry

For the Chemicals industry and Basic Materials sector, Loop Industries's Gross Margin % distribution charts can be found below:

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



Loop Industries Gross Margin % Calculation

Gross Margin is the percentage of Gross Profit out of sales or Revenue. (Note that if there's no value for Cost of Goods Sold, then Gross Margin % is not calculated.)

Loop Industries's Gross Margin for the fiscal year that ended in Feb. 2024 is calculated as

Gross Margin % (A: Feb. 2024 )=Gross Profit (A: Feb. 2024 ) / Revenue (A: Feb. 2024 )
=0.1 / 0.142
=(Revenue - Cost of Goods Sold) / Revenue
=(0.142 - 0) / 0.142
=N/A %

Loop Industries's Gross Margin for the quarter that ended in Feb. 2024 is calculated as


Gross Margin % (Q: Feb. 2024 )=Gross Profit (Q: Feb. 2024 ) / Revenue (Q: Feb. 2024 )
=0 / 0.042
=(Revenue - Cost of Goods Sold) / Revenue
=(0.042 - 0) / 0.042
=N/A %

* 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.


Loop Industries  (FRA:3L9) 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

Loop Industries had a gross margin of N/A% for the quarter that ended in Feb. 2024 => No sustainable 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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Loop Industries (FRA:3L9) Business Description

Traded in Other Exchanges
Address
480 Fernand-Poitras, Terrebonne, QC, CAN, J6Y 1Y4
Loop Industries Inc is a technology and licensing company whose mission is to accelerate the world's shift toward sustainable plastic and away from dependence on fossil fuels. The company owns patented and proprietary technology that depolymerizes no and low value waste PET plastic and polyester fiber, including plastic bottles and packaging, carpet and polyester textile of any color, transparency or condition and even ocean plastics that have been degraded by the sun and salt, to its base building blocks (monomers). Its monomers are filtered, purified and repolymerized to create virgin-quality Loop branded PET plastic resin and polyester fiber suitable for use in food-grade packaging to be sold to consumer goods companies to help them meet their sustainability objectives.

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