The historical rank and industry rank for Lionbridge Technologies's Operating Margin % or its related term are showing as below:
LIOX's Operating Margin % is not ranked *
in the Business Services industry.
Industry Median: 6.315 * Ranked among companies with meaningful Operating Margin % only.
Lionbridge Technologies Operating Margin % Historical Data
The historical data trend for Lionbridge Technologies's Operating 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 Lionbridge Technologies's Operating Margin %
For the Specialty Business Services subindustry, Lionbridge Technologies's Operating Margin %, along with its competitors' market caps and Operating 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.
Lionbridge Technologies's Operating Margin % Distribution in the Business Services Industry
For the Business Services industry and Industrials sector, Lionbridge Technologies's Operating Margin % distribution charts can be found below:
* The bar in red indicates where Lionbridge Technologies's Operating Margin % falls into.
Operating Margin % - also known as operating income margin, operating profit margin and return on sales (ROS) - is the ratio of Operating Income divided by net sales or Revenue, usually presented in percent.
Lionbridge Technologies's Operating Margin % for the fiscal year that ended in Dec. 2015 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.
Just like Gross Margin %, it is important to see a company maintains its operating margin over time. Among the same industry, a company with higher operating margin is more efficient in its operation. It is also more stable during industry slowdown or recessions. Peter Lynch prefers those with higher margins than those with lower margins.
Be Aware
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 Nokias Operating Margin % had already been in decline since 2002, although its Earnings per Share (Diluted) 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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Lionbridge Technologies (Lionbridge Technologies) Business Description
Lionbridge Technologies Inc was incorporated in Delaware in September 1996. The Company is a provider of globalization solutions. The Company provides translation, online marketing, content management and application testing solutions that ensure local relevancy, brand consistency and technical usability. The Company has three operating segments: Global Language and Content or GLC, Global Enterprise Solutions or GES, and Interpretation. Through its GLC solutions, Company translates, localizes and adapts clients content and products to meet the language, cultural, technical and industry-specific requirements of users in local markets throughout the world. As part of its GLC solutions, Company also provides digital marketing services, creates and translates technical documentation for clients who market to and support customers in markets and provides engineering and drafting services. Through its GES solutions, Company tests software and online search results to help clients deliver high-quality, relevant applications in markets. The Companys GES solutions ensure the quality, usability and relevance of clients software, search engines, technology products, web applications, and content globally. As part of its GES offering, Company also provides specialized business process crowdsourcing services including search relevance testing, in-country testing for mobile devices, and data management solutions. In Interpretation segment, Company offers telephonic, onsite and simultaneous interpretation services in over 360 languages to federal, state and local government agencies, businesses and healthcare organizations that require experienced linguists to facilitate communication. Its competitors include: SDL International plc, Translations.com, Digitas, Wunderman, Tag, Hogarth and Accenture, among others.
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