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Colabor Group (Colabor Group) Operating Margin %

: 2.07% (As of Dec. 2023)
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Operating Margin % is calculated as Operating Income divided by its Revenue. Colabor Group's Operating Income for the three months ended in Dec. 2023 was $3.0 Mil. Colabor Group's Revenue for the three months ended in Dec. 2023 was $146.3 Mil. Therefore, Colabor Group's Operating Margin % for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was 2.07%.

Good Sign:

Colabor Group Inc operating margin is expanding. Margin expansion is usually a good sign.

The historical rank and industry rank for Colabor Group's Operating Margin % or its related term are showing as below:

COLFF' s Operating Margin % Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 0.38   Med: 1.76   Max: 2.64
Current: 2.41


COLFF's Operating Margin % is ranked worse than
62.62% of 313 companies
in the Retail - Defensive industry
Industry Median: 3.27 vs COLFF: 2.41

Colabor Group's 5-Year Average Operating Margin % Growth Rate was 27.90% per year.

Colabor Group's Operating Income for the three months ended in Dec. 2023 was $3.0 Mil. Its Operating Income for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Dec. 2023 was $11.8 Mil.


Colabor Group Operating Margin % Historical Data

The historical data trend for Colabor Group'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.

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Colabor Group Annual Data
Trend Dec14 Dec15 Dec16 Dec17 Dec18 Dec19 Dec20 Dec21 Dec22 Dec23
Operating Margin %
Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 2.57 2.64 2.31 2.18 2.41

Colabor Group Quarterly Data
Mar19 Jun19 Sep19 Dec19 Mar20 Jun20 Sep20 Dec20 Mar21 Jun21 Sep21 Dec21 Mar22 Jun22 Sep22 Dec22 Mar23 Jun23 Sep23 Dec23
Operating Margin % Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 2.19 0.73 2.77 3.81 2.07

Competitive Comparison

For the Food Distribution subindustry, Colabor Group'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.


Colabor Group Operating Margin % Distribution

For the Retail - Defensive industry and Consumer Defensive sector, Colabor Group's Operating Margin % distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Colabor Group's Operating Margin % falls into.



Colabor Group 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.

Colabor Group's Operating Margin % for the fiscal year that ended in Dec. 2023 is calculated as

Operating Margin %=Operating Income (A: Dec. 2023 ) / Revenue (A: Dec. 2023 )
=11.857 / 491.301
=2.41 %

Colabor Group's Operating Margin % for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 is calculated as

Operating Margin %=Operating Income (Q: Dec. 2023 ) / Revenue (Q: Dec. 2023 )
=3.026 / 146.333
=2.07 %

* 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.


Colabor Group  (OTCPK:COLFF) Operating Margin % Explanation

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 Nokia’s 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).

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Colabor Group (Colabor Group) Business Description

Traded in Other Exchanges
Address
1620 De Montarville Boulevard, Boucherville, QC, CAN, J4B 8P4
Colabor Group Inc is a wholesaler and distributor of food and related products in Canada. The company operates in two segments Distribution and the Wholesale segment. Its Distribution segment operations include the distribution of food products and related products in hotels, restaurants, and institutions (HRI) and the retail market. Its products such as meat, fish, and seafood (Specialty Distribution), as well as general food-related products (Broadline Distribution), and the Wholesale segment's operations, include the sale of general food-related products to distributors from its distribution center in Boucherville. The company generates maximum revenue from the Distribution segment.