The historical rank and industry rank for Monster Worldwide's Operating Margin % or its related term are showing as below:
MWW's Operating Margin % is not ranked *
in the Business Services industry.
Industry Median: 6.32 * Ranked among companies with meaningful Operating Margin % only.
Monster Worldwide's 5-Year Average Operating Margin % Growth Rate was 0.00% per year.
Monster Worldwide Operating Margin % Historical Data
The historical data trend for Monster Worldwide'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 Monster Worldwide's Operating Margin %
For the Staffing & Employment Services subindustry, Monster Worldwide'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.
Monster Worldwide's Operating Margin % Distribution in the Business Services Industry
For the Business Services industry and Industrials sector, Monster Worldwide's Operating Margin % distribution charts can be found below:
* The bar in red indicates where Monster Worldwide's Operating Margin % falls into.
Monster Worldwide Operating Margin % Calculation
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.
Monster Worldwide'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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Monster Worldwide (Monster Worldwide) Business Description
Monster Worldwide Inc was incorporated in Delaware on August 30, 1996. The Company together with its subsidiaries is engaged in connecting people to jobs, wherever they are. The Company offers services in approximately more than 40 countries, providing some of the sophisticated job seeking, career management, recruitment and talent management capabilities. The Company provides its services through digital, social and mobile solutions, including its flagship website monster.com and other products and services. The Company operates through two segments including Careers-North America and Careers-International. It offers placement of job advertisements on the websites within the Monster network, access to the Monster network of online resume and social profile databases, recruitment media services and other career-related services. The Company's segments provide online services to customers in diversified industries throughout North America, Europe, and the Asia-Pacific region. The Company's services and solutions include searchable job advertisements; resume database access; recruitment media solutions through advertising network and partnerships; social job distribution through Twitter and Facebook; display advertising; lead generation; social profile aggregation; and other career-related content. In addition, the Company has alliances with media and publishing companies, including approximately 1,000 newspapers in the United States, which extends its presence with local and regional job seekers. The Company's sales resources consist of field sales, telesales, a self-service e-Commerce channel, and resellers such as newspapers and recruitment advertising agencies. Its sales activities are geared toward enterprise, small and medium sized businesses ("SMBs"), staffing companies, government agencies, and advertising agencies. Its customers are comprised of enterprise organizations, small and medium-sized organizations, federal, state and local government agencies, educational institutions and individuals. The Company faces competition from a number of sources including other employment-related websites, general classified advertising websites, professional networking and social networking websites, traditional media companies, Internet portals, search engines and general-interest websites such as blogs.
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