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Gross profit margin
Helps managers answer: How much profit are we generating for each dollar in sales?
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Gross profit margin vs Operating profit margin
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Operating profit margin
Operating profit margin shows how much operating profit a business retains from each unit of revenue before financing and income tax.
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Determine how much gross profit the organisation retains from each dollar of sales.
External comparisons can be informative within a sufficiently similar peer group. They require care because industry economics, business models, accounting policies and the definition of operating profit can differ.
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Gross profit margin
- Go below the corporate average. Comparing margins by business unit, department, product, channel or customer can reveal the economic drivers hidden by an aggregate result.
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- Do not confuse markup with margin. Gross profit margin uses selling price as its denominator; markup conventionally uses the seller’s cost.
Operating profit margin
- Create a margin bridge that separates price, volume, mix and cost effects. The percentage tells you what changed; the bridge helps explain why.
Watch for
- Do not compare operating margins until you have reconciled the operating profit definitions. Two companies can label different subtotals “operating profit.”
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