Ask a Fool: What is a Gross Margin?

In the spirit of better investing and in celebration of the first annual Worldwide Invest Better Day (WWIBD) coming up on September 25, Motley Fool analysts will be answering user- and reader-submitted questions leading up to the big event. "Ask a Fool" anything, and we'll do our best to help you investbetter.

Gross margin is the amount of profit you have, for each $1 in sales, after deducting all costs directly related to the sale. In the following video, Fool.com analyst Isaac Pino goes over everything that investors need to know about gross margin, including how this metric can provide a useful means for comparison. For example, Apple (NAS: AAPL) is a company with several different product lines, and looking at gross margin can be a good way of evaluating how they're doing across the board. Watch the video below to learn more.

Click the green button below to join the thousands of people celebrating Worldwide Invest Better Day on September 25!

The article Ask a Fool: What is a Gross Margin? originally appeared on Fool.com.

Isaac Pino has no positions in the stocks mentioned above. The Motley Fool owns shares of Apple. Motley Fool newsletter services recommend Apple. Try any of our Foolish newsletter services free for 30 days. We Fools may not all hold the same opinions, but we all believe that considering a diverse range of insights makes us better investors. The Motley Fool has a disclosure policy.

Copyright © 1995 - 2012 The Motley Fool, LLC. All rights reserved. The Motley Fool has a disclosure policy.