Alliance Fiber Optic Products (Alliance Fiber Optic Products) Net Margin % : -4.29% (As of Mar. 2016)

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What is Alliance Fiber Optic Products Net Margin %?

Net margin is calculated as Net Income divided by its Revenue. Alliance Fiber Optic Products's Net Income for the three months ended in Mar. 2016 was $-0.54 Mil. Alliance Fiber Optic Products's Revenue for the three months ended in Mar. 2016 was $12.49 Mil. Therefore, Alliance Fiber Optic Products's net margin for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2016 was -4.29%.

The historical rank and industry rank for Alliance Fiber Optic Products's Net Margin % or its related term are showing as below:

AFOP's Net Margin % is not ranked ^*
in the Hardware industry.
Industry Median: 2.845
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Alliance Fiber Optic Products Net Margin % Historical Data

The historical data trend for Alliance Fiber Optic Products's Net Margin % can be seen below:

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Alliance Fiber Optic Products Net Margin % Chart

Alliance Fiber Optic Products Annual Data

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10.54

20.68

24.72

16.87

16.06

Alliance Fiber Optic Products Quarterly Data
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Net Margin %	Get a 7-Day Free Trial															16.42	20.12	20.23	4.79	-4.29

Competitive Comparison of Alliance Fiber Optic Products's Net Margin %

For the Electronic Components subindustry, Alliance Fiber Optic Products's Net Margin %, along with its competitors' market caps and Net Margin % data, can be viewed below:

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Alliance Fiber Optic Products's Net Margin % Distribution in the Hardware Industry

For the Hardware industry and Technology sector, Alliance Fiber Optic Products's Net Margin % distribution charts can be found below:

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Alliance Fiber Optic Products Net Margin % Calculation

Net margin - also known as net profit margin is the ratio of Net Income divided by net sales or Revenue, usually presented in percent.

Alliance Fiber Optic Products's Net Margin for the fiscal year that ended in Dec. 2015 is calculated as

Net Margin	=	Net Income (A: Dec. 2015 )	/	Revenue (A: Dec. 2015 )
	=	13.038	/	81.189
	=	16.06 %

Alliance Fiber Optic Products's Net Margin for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2016 is calculated as

Net Margin	=	Net Income (Q: Mar. 2016 )	/	Revenue (Q: Mar. 2016 )
	=	-0.536	/	12.485
	=	-4.29 %

Alliance Fiber Optic Products (NAS:AFOP) Net Margin % Explanation

Although Net Income and Earnings-per-Share (EPS) are the most widely used parameter in measuring a company's profitability and valuation, it is the least reliable. The reason is that reported earnings can be manipulated easily by adjusting any numbers such as Depreciation, Depletion and Amotorization and non-recurring items.

But the long term trend of the net margin is a good indicator of the competitiveness and health of the business.

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Alliance Fiber Optic Products (Alliance Fiber Optic Products) Business Description

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Alliance Fiber Optic Products Inc was incorporated in California on December 12, 1995. The Company designs, manufactures and markets fiber optic components and integrated modules incorporating these components, for communications equipment manufacturers and service providers. The Company products including interconnect devices that are used to connect optical fibers and components, couplers and splitters that are used to divide and combine optical power, and dense wavelength division multiplexing, or DWDM, devices that separate and combine multiple specific wavelengths. Its lines of optical products support the needs of current and next generation optical network systems applications. Its connectivity product family provides a comprehensive line of optical interconnect devices, couplers and splitters, PLC (planar lightwave circuits) and related optical products, as well as customized integrated modules incorporating these devices. Its optical passive products include WDM, CWDM and DWDM components and modules that utilize thin film filter technologies to separate optical signals, variable attenuators, optical switches and other optical devices utilizing micro optic lensing technology including integrated electro-optical modules incorporating these products. It sells its products to communications equipment manufacturers in the United States and also maintain a sales support staff in Taiwan to service customers based in the Asia Pacific region. The Companys main competitors in the components market include JDS Uniphase Corp., Oclaro Inc., Oplink Communications, Inc., Senko Advanced Components and TE Connectivity.

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