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Deckers Outdoor Corporation stock research

Dec 31, 2023

FY2024 Q3

Deckers Outdoor (DECK) Gross Margin — Quarter Ended Dec 31, 2023

Revenue, gross profit, and gross margin all increased compared to both the prior quarter and the same quarter last year. The cost of revenue grew at a slower pace than revenue, resulting in an expanded gross margin.

Gross margin takeaway

Quarter ended Dec 31, 2023 · FY2024 Q3

Revenue, gross profit, and gross margin all increased compared to both the prior quarter and the same quarter last year. The cost of revenue grew at a slower pace than revenue, resulting in an expanded gross margin.

  • The strongest observable driver of the margin improvement is the larger increase in revenue relative to the increase in cost of revenue, which reduced the cost of revenue as a share of revenue.
  • Compared to the immediately preceding quarter, gross margin improved, and compared to the same quarter one year earlier, gross margin also improved.

Gross margin snapshot

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

Gross margin

58.7%

Gross profit

$916.6M

Revenue

$1.6B

Cost of revenue

$643.7M

Quarter-over-quarter change

+5.3 pts

Year-over-year change

+5.8 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$675.8M$346.4M$329.4M51.3%
Sep 30, 2023$1.1B$583.0M$508.9M53.4%
Dec 31, 2023$1.6B$916.6M$643.7M58.7%

Quarterly comparisons

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

Previous-quarter change

Sep 30, 2023

+5.3 pts

Year-over-year change

Dec 31, 2022

+5.8 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 is the larger increase in revenue relative to the increase in cost of revenue, which reduced the cost of revenue as a share of revenue.

Compared to the immediately preceding quarter, gross margin improved, and compared to the same quarter one year earlier, gross margin also improved.

The proportion of cost of revenue to revenue should be monitored as it directly influences gross margin.