The historical rank and industry rank for Total System Services's Net Margin % or its related term are showing as below:
TSS's Net Margin % is not ranked *
in the Software industry.
Industry Median: 1.73 * Ranked among companies with meaningful Net Margin % only.
Total System Services Net Margin % Historical Data
The historical data trend for Total System Services's Net Margin % can be seen below:
* For Operating Data section: All numbers are indicated by the unit behind each term and all currency related amount are in USD. * For other sections: All numbers are in millions except for per share data, ratio, and percentage. All currency related amount are indicated in the company's associated stock exchange currency.
Competitive Comparison of Total System Services's Net Margin %
For the Software - Infrastructure subindustry, Total System Services's Net Margin %, along with its competitors' market caps and Net Margin % data, can be viewed below:
* Competitive companies are chosen from companies within the same industry, with headquarter located in same country, with closest market capitalization; x-axis shows the market cap, and y-axis shows the term value; the bigger the dot, the larger the market cap. Note that "N/A" values will not show up in the chart.
Total System Services's Net Margin % Distribution in the Software Industry
For the Software industry and Technology sector, Total System Services's Net Margin % distribution charts can be found below:
* The bar in red indicates where Total System Services's Net Margin % falls into.
Total System Services 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.
Total System Services's Net Margin for the fiscal year that ended in Dec. 2018 is calculated as
* For Operating Data section: All numbers are indicated by the unit behind each term and all currency related amount are in USD. * For other sections: All numbers are in millions except for per share data, ratio, and percentage. All currency related amount are indicated in the company's associated stock exchange currency.
Total System Services (NYSE:TSS) 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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Total System Services (Total System Services) Business Description
Total System Services Inc based in Columbus, Georgia, provides payment-processing services in the U.S. and abroad. In 2013 TSYS provided processing services for 28% of domestic consumer credit card accounts and 59% of domestic commercial credit card accounts. The company has operating segments in North America Services, International Services, and Merchant Services, plus the newer NetSpend segment, which deals in prepaid debit and payroll cards and arrived via a 2013 acquisition.
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