Formosa Chemicals & Fibre's gross profit for the
three
months ended in Mar. 2024 was NT$3,629 Mil. Formosa Chemicals & Fibre's gross profit for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Mar. 2024 was NT$13,646 Mil.
* 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.
Competitive Comparison of Formosa Chemicals & Fibre's Gross Profit
For the Chemicals subindustry, Formosa Chemicals & Fibre'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.
Formosa Chemicals & Fibre's Gross Profit Distribution in the Chemicals Industry
For the Chemicals industry and Basic Materials sector, Formosa Chemicals & Fibre's Gross Profit distribution charts can be found below:
* The bar in red indicates where Formosa Chemicals & Fibre's Gross Profit falls into.
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 NT$13,646 Mil.
Gross Profit is the numerator in the calculation of Gross Margin.
* 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.
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
Formosa Chemicals & Fibre had a gross margin of 4.32% for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2024 => No sustainable competitive advantage
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Formosa Chemicals & Fibre (TPE:1326) Business Description
Formosa Chemicals & Fibre Corp manufactures and sells a variety of chemicals, plastics-based products, and textiles. The Company has eight business divisions, namely First Chemical Division, Petrochemicals Division, Third Chemical Division, Plastics Division, Textile Division, First Fiber Division, Second Fiber Division, and Engineering & Construction Division. The Company's businesses are production and sales of petrochemical products, including PTA, PS, AN, Butadiene, SM polymer, SM, benzene, toluene, pxylene (PX) and o-xylene (OX), as well as nylon fiber, and rayon staple fiber. The Company is also engaged in spinning, weaving, dyeing and finishing.
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