As summarized in a Nihon Keizai Shimbun editorial on May 17, for the full year net operating profit of all companies was up 55 percent over the previous year.
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Total net operating profit exceeded JPY 23 trillion.
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One measure of how expensive REITs have become is capitalization rates, defined as net operating income (profit after operating expenses but before debt service) divided by a property's value.
This will further negatively impact sales growth as well as operating profit and net income.
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They run their papers frugally, with operating profit (net before depreciation, interest and taxes) averaging 25% of revenue.
At EDS, the operating profit (net before depreciation, interest and taxes) fell from 21% in 1995 to 16% last year.
The company is still growing, despite not operating at a net profit.
Result: Operating profit (net before depreciation, interest and taxes) in the truck group rose to 15% of revenue last year, from 8% in 1996.
The first half of 2003, ahead of the hot summer, brought no relief, with year-on-year sales off 7% and operating profit and net income down 10% and 34% respectively.
Although net income dipped a bit, operating profit (a better reflection of its underlying business) rose by 17%, boosted by robust loan growth in a booming economy.
Third-quarter net profit of KRW 157 billion (USD 138.57 million) with operating profit recording KRW 221 billion (USD 195.06 million) showed significant improvements from the loss in the same period last year.
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Excluding its listed finance arm, its net debt is 1.9 times its gross operating profit.
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The higher the return on capital which he defines as pretax operating profit divided by the sum of net working capital and net fixed assets the more effectively a company is using its capital to generate profit.
Its flagship brand is losing steam, having given away 2nd place in the cola rankings to Diet Coke and, as of the last quarter, reported a 3% sales decline on a 7% decline in net sales (yielding a 16% drop in operating profit for its Pepsi and Gatorade businesses).
Its 31% increase in net income in the fourth quarter resulted primarily from higher operating profit, a pre-tax gain for the sale of its 18% ownership in the Game Show Network, and a lower effective tax rate.
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China's largest offshore oil-and-gas producer Cnooc added 3.6% after its 2012 net profit fell 9.3% on-year to 63.69 billion yuan, due to rising operating costs and higher resource tax expenses.
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