DS Smith (LSE:SMDS) Gross Profit : £7,435 Mil (TTM As of Oct. 2023)

DS Smith Gross Profit Chart

DS Smith Annual Data
	Trend	Apr14	Apr15	Apr16	Apr17	Apr18	Apr19	Apr20	Apr21	Apr22	Apr23
Gross Profit		Get a 7-Day Free Trial					1,942.00	2,064.00	1,970.00	2,116.00	2,638.00

DS Smith Semi-Annual Data
	Apr14	Oct14	Apr15	Oct15	Apr16	Oct16	Apr17	Oct17	Apr18	Oct18	Apr19	Oct19	Apr20	Oct20	Apr21	Oct21	Apr22	Oct22	Apr23	Oct23
Gross Profit	Get a 7-Day Free Trial															3,362.00	3,879.00	4,299.00	3,922.00	3,513.00

Competitive Comparison of DS Smith's Gross Profit

For the Packaging & Containers subindustry, DS Smith'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.

DS Smith's Gross Profit Distribution in the Packaging & Containers Industry

For the Packaging & Containers industry and Consumer Cyclical sector, DS Smith's Gross Profit distribution charts can be found below:

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

DS Smith Gross Profit Calculation

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

DS Smith's Gross Profit for the fiscal year that ended in Apr. 2023 is calculated as

DS Smith's Gross Profit for the quarter that ended in Oct. 2023 is calculated as

Gross Profit for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Oct. 2023 adds up the semi-annually data reported by the company within the most recent 12 months, which was £7,435 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.)

DS Smith's Gross Margin % for the quarter that ended in Oct. 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.

DS Smith  (LSE:SMDS) 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

DS Smith had a gross margin of N/A% for the quarter that ended in Oct. 2023 => No sustainable competitive advantage

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