April 20, that is, after the US stock market this Wednesday,  $Tesla (TSLA.US)$ Financial results for the first quarter of 2022 will be announced。
As one of the most watched star stocks in US stocks, Tesla is the focus of the market every time a financial report is issued, and the stock price is also very active before and after the earnings report; sharp rises and falls are normal.
In March, before Tesla's quarterly report was released, Tesla's stock price rose by more than 20%, and its market capitalization returned to a trillion US dollars.
Well, after the official announcement of the Q1 earnings report,How will the market be interpreted? Will there be positive feedback? Can it drive the stock price back to $1200? Here we need to pay special attention to one indicator in the Q1 financial report - gross profit margin.
Futu Finance Academy has always emphasized that financial reports are treasure maps,Understanding financial reports is an essential skill if you want to tap into the next tenfold bullish stock.Today, the Finance Academy will once again use Tesla's case to take everyone to learn: What is gross profit margin? Why is gross margin a key indicator for Tesla's earnings report?
01 Gross margin is a powerful tool for measuring the competitiveness of automobile companies
For manufacturing companies, especially the vehicle manufacturing industry,Profit indicators are often an important reference factor for analyzing their market competitivenessIt mainly includes gross profit margin, net interest rate, etc.
Here we will focus on analyzing gross margin indicators.
Gross margin is the percentage of gross profit to sales revenue (or operating revenue), where gross profit is the difference between revenue and cost of sales, expressed by the formula...