Canal Capital (Canal Capital) Pretax Margin % : 57.13% (As of Jul. 2012)

Canal Capital Pretax Margin % Chart

Canal Capital Annual Data
	Trend	Oct02	Oct03	Oct04	Oct05	Oct06	Oct07	Oct08	Oct09	Oct10	Oct11
Pretax Margin %		Get a 7-Day Free Trial					-26.12	-1.26	6.24	12.76	-36.39

Canal Capital Quarterly Data
	Oct07	Jan08	Apr08	Jul08	Oct08	Jan09	Apr09	Jul09	Oct09	Jan10	Apr10	Jul10	Oct10	Jan11	Apr11	Jul11	Oct11	Jan12	Apr12	Jul12
Pretax Margin %	Get a 7-Day Free Trial															-265.15	-11.95	-247.14	9.95	57.13

Competitive Comparison of Canal Capital's Pretax Margin %

For the Real Estate - Development subindustry, Canal Capital's Pretax Margin %, along with its competitors' market caps and Pretax 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.

Canal Capital's Pretax Margin % Distribution in the Real Estate Industry

For the Real Estate industry and Real Estate sector, Canal Capital's Pretax Margin % distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Canal Capital's Pretax Margin % falls into.

Canal Capital Pretax Margin % Calculation

Pretax margin - also known as pretax profit margin is the ratio of Pretax Income divided by net sales or Revenue, usually presented in percent.

Canal Capital's Pretax Margin for the fiscal year that ended in Oct. 2011 is calculated as

Canal Capital's Pretax Margin for the quarter that ended in Jul. 2012 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.

Canal Capital  (OTCPK:COWP) Pretax Margin % Explanation

The pretax margin, as know as pretax profit margin, is widely used to measure the operating efficiency of a company before deducting taxes.

The pretax margin is sometimes preferred over the net margin as tax expenditures can make profitability comparisons between companies misleading.

It is a useful tool to compare companies operating in the same sector and less effective when comparing companies from other sectors as each industry generally has different operating expenses and sales patterns.

The long term trend of the pretax margin is a good indicator of the competitiveness and health of the business.

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