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.
, so revenue fell (say) 35 % to 11.4 M (from an estimated 17.5 M in 2012) &
the operating margin fell to 3.7 % (compared to an historical average of about 6.7 %).
Netgear's
operating margin fell to 10 % from 12 % on weak service provider revenue, including in the company's growing Arlo camera segment.
The group automotive
operating margin fell to 5.9 percent from 6 percent.
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.
Not exact matches
But
operating margins for the aerospace segment were lower last year and it is expected to experience a second year of
falling revenue in 2017.
Hospitals in states that expanded Medicaid were largely expected to benefit from more paying customers (unpaid bills
fell 13 percent on average), but their 2014
operating margins did not increase any more than hospitals in the 22 states that did not expand Medicaid, Moody's found.
The retailer's
operating profit
fell by a third in the fourth quarter and
operating margin has more than halved in a decade.
However, the company projected a further decline in profitability, anticipating that
operating margin will
fall to between 8 % and 9 %, compared to the 11.6 %
margin it the company managed a year ago.
Cardno's EBIT
margin, a measure of its
operating profitability as a percentage of net revenue,
fell from around 15 % in the boom years to less than 5 % now.
Adjusted gross
margin fell by 3 percentage points to 33.8 % of sales and
operating margin dropped to 17.4 % of sales from 18.8 % a year ago.
Alstom, a French maker of natural - gas turbines and high - speed trains, said its
operating profit
margins will
fall in this fiscal year and next, having previously said the
margins would improve, as its cash flow turns negative.
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.
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.
Group organic
operating profit
margin fell from 19.2 % -LSB-...]
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.
Operating EBIT
fell, however, due to continuing high pressure on
margins and production volumes.
Meanwhile, the
operating profit
margin is likely to
fall from 6.6 % to 5.4 %, albeit on higher revenues.
Europe had a more pronounced (negative) impact on profitability, with CRH's underlying
operating profit
margin falling to just 4.0 %.
Operating margins, even on a pre-exceptional basis, had
fallen to near - zero — but valuing ICLR on that basis would clearly have been incorrect.
Operating profit declined 26 % to $ 855 mio, with
margin almost halving from 14.1 % to 7.6 %, while diluted EPS
fell 35 % from $ 1.81 to $ 1.18.
Picard)... however,
operating free cash flow (
operating cash flow, less capex & intangibles)
margin of 8.1 % still
falls well short.
However, be aware that the industries in which Welltower's tenants
operate are low
margin, and this means that some companies, such as Genesis, can occasionally
fall on hard times.
As a result, the
operating margin has
fallen 14 % YoY, to 29 %.
I mentioned at the start of this piece that Paradox Interactive have seen a small
fall in
operating profit and a significant
fall in
operating margin.
With component costs
falling and smartphones being commoditized, they are
operating at razor thin
margins.
In an analysis of Abercrombie & Fitch's first quarter results, Societe Financiers noted that
operating and net
margins were now only slightly above 0 percent, having
fallen from 8.0 percent and 5.2 percent in 2013, respectively.