Group organic
operating profit margin fell from 19.2 % -LSB-...]
Europe had a more pronounced (negative) impact on profitability, with CRH's underlying
operating profit margin falling to just 4.0 %.
Not exact matches
The retailer's
operating profit fell by a third in the fourth quarter and
operating margin has more than halved in a decade.
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.
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.
Meanwhile, the
operating profit margin is likely to
fall from 6.6 % to 5.4 %, albeit on higher revenues.
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.
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.