What does gross margin mean?

Gross profit (revenue minus cost of revenue) as a percentage of revenue, on a trailing-twelve-month basis. Measures how much of each sales dollar survives the direct cost of producing the goods or services sold.

Mays, Inc. MAYS Gross margin

Discontinued — last reported Q1 '20

Gross margin at other companies

Franklin Street PropertiesFSP

60.3%-1.7pp

Cousins PropertiesCUZ

68.2%+0.2pp

CoStar GroupCSGP

78.6%-1.1pp

St. Joe CompanyJOE

43.1%+1.9pp

Other financials

Income statement

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Revenue$5.3M-5.6%

Operating income-$321.6K-384%

Net income-$216.9K-350%

EPS (diluted)-$0.11-375%

Balance sheet

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Cash & equivalents$3.1M-4.7%

Total debt$31.0M+12.0%

Total equity$51.7M-2.2%

Total assets$90.2M+2.7%

Cash flow

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Operating cash flow$1.4M-25.3%

CapEx$2.8M+159%

Free cash flow-$1.3M-251%

Valuation

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Market cap$78.62M-1.9%

Enterprise value$106.47M+1.9%

P/S3.7×-0.7×

Profitability

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Operating margin-0.5%—

Net margin-0.3%-0.2pp

FCF margin-5.3%—

Returns & leverage

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Return on equity-0.1%-0.1pp

Debt / equity0.6×+0.1×

Current ratio1.7×—

Where this comes from

Calculated from Mays, Inc.’s reported figures.

gross profit/total revenue=43.5%

Based on trailing twelve months.

The official record: Mays, Inc.’s 10-Q, filed December 5, 2019, on SEC EDGAR. View the filing →

Questions, answered.

What does gross margin mean?: Gross profit (revenue minus cost of revenue) as a percentage of revenue, on a trailing-twelve-month basis. Measures how much of each sales dollar survives the direct cost of producing the goods or services sold.