The company said that its profit margin, at 10.5%, was a shade lower than last year's.
Indeed, a 3% shrinkage hit would cut a company's 9% profit margin to 6%--or by one-third.
Small consolation that Xerox edges out HP in net profit margin, 8% to 7.3%.
LinkedIn is spending money on growth but still building profits and, more pointedly, profit margin.
According to Fortune magazine, the insurance industry posted a measly 2.2% profit margin in 2009.
These events have an average profit margin of 83% and account for nearly three-quarters of contributions.
It does not make sense to sacrifice profit margin just for a greater market share.
Nokia stayed on their own course, appearing to trade profit margin for market share.
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If they get downgraded then that profit margin shrinks, certainly, and might even disappear.
If not--if the company's profit margin is widening--it may be benefiting from unsustainable price hikes.
The top 10 techs in the market are sporting an average profit margin of nearly 26%.
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Today Nissan has a profit margin (before taxes and interest) of 9.2%, highest in the industry.
Its profit margin before interest and taxes in North America is a skinny 1.8%.
When times are good, renting yields a 13% profit margin before interest and taxes.
Gross profit margin for the quarter stood at 22.6%, down from 23.1% recorded last year.
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So we have a very good profit margin story and a continuing strong sales story.
He expected the profit margin to be thinner than for similar deals in the past.
So when the yield curve is steeper, banks have a fatter future gross operating profit margin.
That leapfrogging should put Intel's gross profit margin, already better than AMD's, still further ahead.
The gross profit margin shows you just how much price cuts retailers absorbed to attract customers.
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It has, by some estimates, the highest profit margin of all the major illegal drugs.
Due to lower costs, the gross profit margin rose 929 basis points to 25.18%.
Back in 2010, Gorman told investors the pretax profit margin would reach 20% by mid 2013.
And yes, the Health Insurance Association may have some of its profit margin squeezed.
Back in 2010, Gorman told investors the goal was a 20% pre-tax profit margin.
It will be interesting to see which sibling can produce a larger profit margin.
However, its net profit margin was halved owing to discounting and a supply glut.
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Cuti could make his customers happier by hiring more people, but that would upset his profit margin.
The adjusted operating profit margin is already within the 5% to 7% target exit for fiscal 2007.
Their gross profit margin on new cars has been falling for 40 years, to 6% last year.
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