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Sierra Metals (Sierra Metals) Gross Profit : $49.9 Mil (TTM As of Mar. 2024)


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What is Sierra Metals Gross Profit?

Sierra Metals's gross profit for the three months ended in Mar. 2024 was $17.1 Mil. Sierra Metals's gross profit for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Mar. 2024 was $49.9 Mil.

Gross Margin % is calculated as gross profit divided by its revenue. Sierra Metals's gross profit for the three months ended in Mar. 2024 was $17.1 Mil. Sierra Metals's Revenue for the three months ended in Mar. 2024 was $63.1 Mil. Therefore, Sierra Metals's Gross Margin % for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2024 was 27.07%.

Sierra Metals had a gross margin of 27.07% for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2024 => Competition eroding margins

During the past 13 years, the highest Gross Margin % of Sierra Metals was 36.92%. The lowest was 2.69%. And the median was 23.90%.

Warning Sign:

Sierra Metals Inc gross margin has been in long-term decline. The average rate of decline per year is -23.3%.


Sierra Metals Gross Profit Historical Data

The historical data trend for Sierra Metals'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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Sierra Metals Gross Profit Chart

Sierra Metals 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 57.76 81.59 81.22 4.44 51.84

Sierra Metals 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 16.71 12.06 8.35 12.43 17.09

Competitive Comparison of Sierra Metals's Gross Profit

For the Other Industrial Metals & Mining subindustry, Sierra Metals'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.


Sierra Metals's Gross Profit Distribution in the Metals & Mining Industry

For the Metals & Mining industry and Basic Materials sector, Sierra Metals's Gross Profit distribution charts can be found below:

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



Sierra Metals Gross Profit Calculation

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

Sierra Metals'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
=229.543 - 177.707
=51.8

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

Gross Profit (Q: Mar. 2024 )=Revenue - Cost of Goods Sold
=63.14 - 46.051
=17.1

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 $49.9 Mil.

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

Sierra Metals'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
=17.1 / 63.14
=27.07 %

* 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.


Sierra Metals  (OTCPK:SMTSF) 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

Sierra Metals had a gross margin of 27.07% for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2024 => Competition eroding margins


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Sierra Metals (Sierra Metals) Business Description

Traded in Other Exchanges
Address
77 King Street West, Suite 400, Toronto, ON, CAN, M5K 0A1
Sierra Metals Inc is a precious and base metals producer in Peru and Mexico. The company acquires, explores, extracts, and produces mineral concentrates consisting of silver, copper, lead, zinc and gold. Sierra has interests in the Yauricocha Mine in Peru, and the Bolivar and Cusi Mines, Mexico. The majority of the revenue comes from selling the mineral concentrates to its customers in Peru.