Definition of speculate for English Language Learners. : 1  to think about something and make guesses about it : to form ideas or theories about something usually when there are many things not known about it. : 2  to invest money in ways that could produce a large profit but that also involve a lot of risk.
140,637. To calculate the gross profit, we first add up the cost of goods sold: Automotive cost of sales ($123,516 m) + FS interest expenses ($2,699 m) + FS provision for credit and insurance loss ($305 m) = $126,520 m. We do not include Selling, administrative and other expenses, since these are mostly fixed costs.ross profit is expressed as a currency value, gross profit margin as a percentage. The formula for gross profit margin is: Gross profit margin = gross profit / revenue = (revenue-cost of goods sold) / revenue. Gross profit margins vary greatly by industry.
You divide the result by the total sales figure and multiply by 100 to get the percent gross profit margin. For example, if you had $100,000 in gross sales and $90,000 in overall costs, your gross profit margin would be 10 percent. An analysis of the gross profit margin starts with the costs of production. A large part of the cost of a typical product is the material that goes into making it. If you can reduce this cost, your costs of production go down and your gross profit margin goes up.