United Online (United Online) Operating Income : $6.0 Mil (TTM As of Mar. 2016)

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What is United Online Operating Income?

United Online's Operating Income for the three months ended in Mar. 2016 was $-2.9 Mil. Its Operating Income for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Mar. 2016 was $6.0 Mil.

Operating Margin % is calculated as Operating Income divided by its Revenue. United Online's Operating Income for the three months ended in Mar. 2016 was $-2.9 Mil. United Online's Revenue for the three months ended in Mar. 2016 was $18.4 Mil. Therefore, United Online's Operating Margin % for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2016 was -15.81%.

United Online's 5-Year average Growth Rate for Operating Margin % was 0.00% per year.

Operating Income or EBIT is linked to Return on Capital for both regular definition and Joel Greenblatt's definition. United Online's annualized ROC % for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2016 was -19.40%. United Online's annualized ROC (Joel Greenblatt) % for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2016 was -122.06%.

United Online Operating Income Historical Data

The historical data trend for United Online's Operating Income can be seen below:

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94.30

31.73

-52.54

-5.62

7.09

United Online Quarterly Data
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Operating Income	Get a 7-Day Free Trial															-2.95	3.20	2.70	3.04	-2.92

United Online Operating Income Calculation

Operating Income, is the profit a company earned through operations. All expenses, including cash expenses such as cost of goods sold (COGS), research & development, wages, and non-cash expenses, such as depreciation, depletion and amortization, have been deducted from the sales.

Operating Income for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Mar. 2016 adds up the quarterly data reported by the company within the most recent 12 months, which was $6.0 Mil.

United Online (NAS:UNTD) Operating Income Explanation

1. Operating Income or EBIT is linked to Return on Capital for both regular definition and Joel Greenblatt's definition.

United Online's annualized ROC % for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2016 is calculated as:

	ROC % (Q: Mar. 2016 )
=	NOPAT	/	Average Invested Capital
=	Operating Income * ( 1 - Tax Rate % )	/	( (Invested Capital (Q: Dec. 2015 )	+	Invested Capital (Q: Mar. 2016 ))	/ count )
=	-11.66 * ( 1 - -12.21% )	/	( (83.909	+	51.004)	/ 2 )
=	-13.083686	/	67.4565
=	-19.40 %

where

	Invested Capital		(Q: Dec. 2015 )
=	Total Assets	-	Accounts Payable & Accrued Expense	-	Excess Cash
=	Total Assets	-	Accounts Payable & Accrued Expense	-	( Cash, Cash Equivalents, Marketable Securities	-	max(0, Total Current Liabilities	-	Total Current Assets	+	Cash, Cash Equivalents, Marketable Securities	))
=	198.21	-	17.85	-	( 104.832	-	max(0, 38.924	-	135.375	+	104.832	))
=	83.909

	Invested Capital		(Q: Mar. 2016 )
=	Total Assets	-	Accounts Payable & Accrued Expense	-	Excess Cash
=	Total Assets	-	Accounts Payable & Accrued Expense	-	( Cash, Cash Equivalents, Marketable Securities	-	max(0, Total Current Liabilities	-	Total Current Assets	+	Cash, Cash Equivalents, Marketable Securities	))
=	156.797	-	10.924	-	( 98.069	-	max(0, 37.013	-	131.882	+	98.069	))
=	51.004

Note: The Operating Income data used here is four times the quarterly (Mar. 2016) data.

2. Joel Greenblatt's definition of Return on Capital:

United Online's annualized ROC (Joel Greenblatt) % for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2016 is calculated as:

	ROC (Joel Greenblatt) %		(Q: Mar. 2016 )
=	EBIT	/	Average of (Net fixed Assets	+	Net Working Capital)
=	EBIT	/	Average of (Property, Plant and Equipment	+	Net Working Capital)
			Q: Dec. 2015		Q: Mar. 2016
=	EBIT	/	( ( (Property, Plant and Equipment + Net Working Capital)	+	(Property, Plant and Equipment + Net Working Capital) )	/	count )
=	-11.66	/	( ( (13.256 + max(-11.98, 0))	+	(5.849 + max(-4.842, 0)) )	/	2 )
=	-11.66	/	( ( 13.256	+	5.849 )	/	2 )
=	-11.66	/	9.5525
=	-122.06 %

where Working Capital is:

	Working Capital		(Q: Dec. 2015 )
=	(Accounts Receivable	+	Total Inventories	+	Other Current Assets)	-	(Accounts Payable & Accrued Expense	+	Defer. Rev.	+	Other Current Liabilities)
=	(13.424	+	6.878	+	6.642)	-	(17.85	+	13.537	+	7.537)
=	-11.98

	Working Capital		(Q: Mar. 2016 )
=	(Accounts Receivable	+	Total Inventories	+	Other Current Assets)	-	(Accounts Payable & Accrued Expense	+	Defer. Rev.	+	Other Current Liabilities)
=	(3.497	+	1.376	+	27.298)	-	(10.924	+	3.996	+	22.093)
=	-4.842

When net working capital is negative, 0 is used.

Note: The EBIT data used here is four times the quarterly (Mar. 2016) EBIT data.

3. Operating Income is also linked to Operating Margin %:

United Online's Operating Margin % for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2016 is calculated as:

Operating Margin %	=	Operating Income (Q: Mar. 2016 )	/	Revenue (Q: Mar. 2016 )
	=	-2.915	/	18.436
	=	-15.81 %

4. Please click Growth Rate Calculation Example (GuruFocus) to see how GuruFocus calculates Wal-Mart Stores Inc (WMT)'s revenue growth rate. You can apply the same method to get the Operating Income growth rate using Operating Income per share data.

Be Aware

Compared with a company's EBITDA margin, Operating Margin can be manipulated by adjusting the rate of depreciation, depletion and amortization (DDA).

If a company is facing competition, its Operating Margin may decline. Often the Operating Margin declines well before the company's revenue or even profit decline. Therefore, Operating Margin is a very important indicator of whether the company is facing problems.

For instance, by 2012, Nokia (NOK)'s problems were well known and its stock had lost more than 90% of its market value since 2007. But Nokia's Operating Margin had already been in decline since 2002, although its earnings per share were still rising. Investors who paid attention to Operating Margin would have avoided this huge loss. The same can be said for Research-in-Motion (RIMM).

Therefore, Operating Margin is a very important screening filter for GuruFocus. GuruFocus's Buffett-Munger screener requires that the profit margin is either consistent or expanding. The Model Portfolio of the Buffett-Munger screener has outperformed the market every year since inception in 2009.

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United Online (United Online) Business Description

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United Online Inc is a Delaware corporation that commenced operations in 2001 following the merger of dial-up Internet access providers NetZero, Inc. (NetZero) and Juno Online Services, Inc. The Company provides consumer services and products over the Internet under a number of brands, including StayFriends, Trombi, MyPoints, NetZero, and Juno. The Company operates in two segments, namely Content & Media and Communications. The Content & Media segment provides social networking services and products under the StayFriends, and Trombi brands. It operates its social networking services as a platform to enable users to locate and interact with acquaintances from their past, with high school affiliations as the primary focus. Its domestic and international social networking services comprise a large and diverse population of users. It also provides advertising opportunities to marketers with both brand and direct response objectives through a full suite of display, search, email, and text-link opportunities across its various properties. Its social networking products primarily consist of yearbook reprints. Its principal Communications pay service is dial-up Internet access, offered under the NetZero and Juno brands. It also offers mobile broadband, DSL, email, Internet security, web hosting services, and other services. Each of its services, including social networking services, loyalty marketing service, and Internet access services operates on a separate and distinct technology platform. The Company has international operations in India and Germany. Its operations in India primarily handle software development and operations, quality assurance and email customer support. Its operations in Germany provide social networking services in Germany, Sweden, France, Austria, and Switzerland. It competes with major social networking platforms such as Facebook, as well as Internet search engines such as Google, other online loyalty marketing programs, such as Ebates, as well as offline loyalty marketing programs that have a significant online presence, such as those operated by credit card, airline and hotel companies, members from online providers of discounted offerings and coupons, such as Groupon and LivingSocial, as well as AT&T, Verizon, Sprint and T-Mobile. The Company is subject to a number of international, federal, state, and local laws and regulations, including, without limitation, those relating to taxation, bulk email or "spam," advertising, user privacy and data protection, consumer protection, antitrust, export, and unclaimed property.

Executives

Andrew Miller	director	111 MCINNIS PARKWAY, SAN RAFAEL CA 94903
Kenneth D Denman	director
B. Riley Financial, Inc.	10 percent owner	11100 SANTA MONICA BLVD, SUITE 800, LOS ANGELES CA 90025
Bryant R Riley	10 percent owner	C/O B. RILEY FINANCIAL, INC., 21255 BURBANK BLVD, SUITE 400, WOODLAND HILLS CA 91367
B. Riley & Co., Llc	10 percent owner	11100 SANTA MONICA BLVD., STE. 800, LOS ANGELES CA 90025
Brc Partners Opportunity Fund, Lp	10 percent owner	11100 SANTA MONICA BLVD. SUITE 800, LOS ANGELES CA 90025
B. Riley Capital Management, Llc	10 percent owner	11100 SANTA MONICA BLVD., SUITE 800, LOS ANGELES CA 90025
Edward K Zinser	officer: EVP & Chief Financial Officer	201 EAST SANDPOINTE, 8TH FLOOR, SANTA ANA CA 92707
Kenneth L Coleman	director	C/O CITY NATIONAL CORPORATION, 555 S. FLOWER STREET, 18TH FLOOR, LOS ANGELES CA 90071
Harold Zeitz	officer: President, Classmates, Inc.	C/O UNITED ONLINE, 21301 BURBANK BOULEVARD, WOODLAND HILLS CA 91367-6677
Charles B. Ammann	officer: EVP, General Counsel, Sec.	200 FLYNN ROAD, CAMARILLO CA 93012