Macintosh computers now have a 10 percent market share, while notebook computers are as much as 20 percent (with an industry record-setting margin of profit).
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It now expects fourth-quarter gross profit margin to be in the range of 30.0% to 32.0%, and operating profit margin in the range of 17.0% to 19.0%, when it releases fourth-quarter results on Jan. 22.
Navios Maritime Partners (NYSE: NMM): A diverse shipping company with a P-E of 12.19, a profit margin of 30 percent, and a dividend of 9.60 percent.
And water handling is profitable: This side of ITT enjoys a pretax, preinterest profit margin of roughly 15%, versus auto's 5%.
Just Imagine if the CMO of a company told the board that they are investing millions in advertising but the agency agreed to forgo all or part of its profit margin in the case of failure.
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In fact, for at least each of the past ten years, the industry has had a net profit margin of less than 2 percent.
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These events have an average profit margin of 83% and account for nearly three-quarters of contributions.
The top 10 techs in the market are sporting an average profit margin of nearly 26%.
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It has, by some estimates, the highest profit margin of all the major illegal drugs.
For instance, Apple could buy Intel ( INTC ), which has a profit margin of 20.63%.
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That helps explain why ACS boasts a net profit margin of 5.2%, to 4.5% for EDS and CSC.
They have an average net profit margin of 7.6 percent, which is improved from 4.6 percent a year earlier.
What it does have, he says, is a gross profit margin of 40%.
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Nevertheless, well-run Carnival uses its size to great effect and has a superior net profit margin of 19%, to Royal's 10%.
This represents an operating profit margin of 16.9 percent for the quarter.
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That kind of profit margin compares favorably to drug giants like Pfizer, who are often vilified for charging too much for their drugs.
But thanks to a virtual monopoly on communications, it generates a pretax profit margin of 47%, almost double that of U.S. phone giant SBC Communications.
That compares with an average net profit margin of just over 5 percent in 2011 and a recessionary low average of 2.7 percent in 2009.
He estimates that Expedia will post a profit margin of 21.9% in 2011, factoring increased spending to strengthen its position in international markets, vs. 22.7% in 2010.
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While a major drawback with Amazon is its poor profit margin of only -0.06%, there are still plenty of other Internet content businesses for Apple to look at.
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Assuming costs are similar to Amazon Cloudfront and compensating for the approximate profit margin of Amazon in their cloud business, it is possible to get a close approximation.
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They were hoping for signs of sustained profit margin expansion and revenue growth in its fourth quarter, which may offer signals for the health of the IT industry for 2011.
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Private residential construction companies, including remodelers, posted an adjusted net profit margin of nearly 4 percent in 2011, following flat margins in 2010 and -1 percent margins in 2009, Sageworks data shows.
On balance, firms that derive less than 10% of its sales through Wal-Mart averaged 39.1% in gross margin, or the percentage of profit realized before items like fixed costs and interest expense are considered.
Between 2004 and 2005, the adjusted net profit margin of the privately held oil and natural gas producers analyzed increased from 8.43 percent to 11.13 percent, which has been the recent peak in profitability for these companies.
Even if they only had to increase their MLR by just one percent (and I assure you that it will, in reality, be far more), what does that one percent do to a profit margin of 2.2. percent?
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Yahoo, which competes with Google and AOL in the search business, is seeing relatively stable profit margin of 42% since 2008 by our estimates, and we expect the margin to rise slightly over the coming years as Yahoo benefits from its partnership with Microsoft.
And yes, the Health Insurance Association may have some of its profit margin squeezed.
Assume that the Kindle Fire is a massive hit, selling several million units at a sliver of a profit margin.
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