SalesQ = GrossProfitQ

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We often use Gross Profit as a factor, especially when we compare stocks within industry.

Please be aware that ~9% stocks return true for statement : SalesQ = GrossProfitQ.
This means that e.g., Gross Profit margin is overstated for these stocks.... ?
This seems to be a problem across both Factset and Capital IQ templates.
The most affected sector is Healthcare, the next is Financials.

Possible solution : Eval(SalesQ = GrossProfitQ, NA, your_ratio) and put NAs in the middle.

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Almost all of these companies have 0 sales. A company with 0 sales will have 0 gross profit.

Most of the other companies with SalesQ = GrossProfitQ are financial companies. There are normally no costs of goods sold for financial companies.