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AbbVie Inc. stock research

Jun 30, 2024

FY2024 Q2

AbbVie (ABBV) Gross Margin — Quarter Ended Jun 30, 2024

In the current quarter, revenue and gross profit were higher than in the previous quarter and the year-ago quarter, while cost of revenue increased slightly from the previous quarter and remained unchanged from the year-ago quarter. Consequently, gross margin improved relative to both prior periods.

Gross margin takeaway

Quarter ended Jun 30, 2024 · FY2024 Q2

In the current quarter, revenue and gross profit were higher than in the previous quarter and the year-ago quarter, while cost of revenue increased slightly from the previous quarter and remained unchanged from the year-ago quarter. Consequently, gross margin improved relative to both prior periods.

  • The strongest observable driver of the margin improvement was the growth in revenue that outpaced the change in cost of revenue, resulting in a higher proportion of revenue retained as gross profit.
  • Compared to the previous quarter, revenue, gross profit, and gross margin were higher, while cost of revenue was slightly higher. Compared to the year-ago quarter, revenue and gross profit were higher, gross margin improved, and cost of revenue was unchanged.

Gross margin snapshot

The selected quarter's reported revenue, gross profit, direct costs, and margin comparisons.

Gross margin

70.9%

Gross profit

$10.3B

Revenue

$14.5B

Cost of revenue

$4.2B

Quarter-over-quarter change

+4.2 pts

Year-over-year change

+1.5 pts

Quarterly gross margin trend

A four-quarter view of the revenue and direct-cost bridge behind gross margin.

PeriodRevenueGross profitCost of revenueGross margin
Jun 30, 2023$13.9B$9.6B$4.2B69.4%
Sep 30, 2023$13.9B$7.4B$6.5B53.4%
Mar 31, 2024$12.3B$8.2B$4.1B66.7%
Jun 30, 2024$14.5B$10.3B$4.2B70.9%

Quarterly comparisons

Compare the selected margin with the preceding quarter and the same fiscal quarter one year earlier.

Previous-quarter change

Mar 31, 2024

+4.2 pts

Year-over-year change

Jun 30, 2023

+1.5 pts

What the margin says

Filing-constrained interpretation of margin direction, comparisons, and what to monitor next.

The strongest observable driver of the margin improvement was the growth in revenue that outpaced the change in cost of revenue, resulting in a higher proportion of revenue retained as gross profit.

Compared to the previous quarter, revenue, gross profit, and gross margin were higher, while cost of revenue was slightly higher. Compared to the year-ago quarter, revenue and gross profit were higher, gross margin improved, and cost of revenue was unchanged.

Monitor the trend in cost of revenue relative to revenue, as the current quarter's margin improvement relied on cost stability.