Overall profitability has barely varied from a steady 8 per
cent operating margin in two decades.
Not exact matches
Metcash's food and grocery distribution
margins have halved over the last six years, falling from more than 4 per
cent in 2011 to 2 per
cent in 2017 due to
operating deleverage and price investment.
Operating income was $ 72 million last year, for a 4 per
cent margin, which was up from 2.3 per
cent in 2015.
The
operating income
margin is expected to increase again to 4.9 per
cent this year.
The Irish firm could not escape the current climate of squeezed
margins, higher raw material prices and «currency turbulence» with
operating profit for the year falling by over 8 per
cent on 2003 to $ 238.546.
High dairy prices meant Hershey's
operating margins fell to 3.1 per
cent for the quarter ended 1 July, compared to 17.3 per
cent for the same period in 2006.
JPMorgan expects food and grocery
margins to fall 91 basis points to just 3.23 per
cent — less than half those at Woolworths — because of
operating deleverage, higher
operating costs and gross
margin compression from reducing inventories.
Total revenue for the third quarter of 2014 totalled US$ 3,141.3 million compared to US$ 3,360.7 million for the same period in 2013, while the
operating margin fell to 3.8 per
cent compared to 7.6 per
cent in 2013.
Operating margin reached 8.1 per
cent at the South American group, compared to 3.5 per
cent in the same period 2014.
LATAM Airlines Group has reported an
operating margin of 9.4 per
cent for first quarter 2016, an improvement of 1.3 per
cent over the same quarter in 2015, and net income of US$ 102 million, a US$ 142 million improvement over the first quarter 2015.
Results show that the
operating margin was 6.1 per
cent for the quarter, a decline of 3.3 percentage points compared to the same period last year.
The
operating margin for the group was 6.9 per
cent, up 4.4 points compared to the same period in 2012.
Operating margins reached six per
cent above full year 2015, and in line with the upper bound of the guidance provided by the company.
Operating margin reached 0.1 per
cent for the quarter, representing a slight decrease of 0.7 percentage points as compared to the second quarter 2015.
«The professional division... saw strong subscription revenues in its large legal business, WestLaw, but further declines in its high -
margin print products, dragging
operating profits in legal down 6 per
cent.
Total
operating expenses were $ 659.7 million resulting in an
operating profit
margin of 13.2 per
cent, says the agency.
Total
operating expenses were $ 7.7 billion, yielding an
operating profit
margin of 25.7 per
cent.
During the same period,
operating expenses were up 8.9 per
cent to $ 8 billion, raising the
operating profit
margin from 24.4 per
cent in 2013 to 25.7 per
cent in 2014, the agency says.
For offices of real estate agents and brokers, Statistics Canada reports
operating revenue of $ 7.8 billion and expenses of $ 5.1 billion, for an
operating profit
margin of 34.5 per
cent.
The overall
operating profit
margin increased to 21.6 per
cent from 21.0 per
cent in 2010, says Statistics Canada.
As a result, the overall
operating profit
margin rose to 23.4 per
cent from 22.3 per
cent in 2009, says Statistics Canada.