CarePayment Technologies (CarePayment Technologies) Pretax Margin % : -586.45% (As of Dec. 2012)

CarePayment Technologies Pretax Margin % Chart

CarePayment Technologies Annual Data
	Trend	Dec03	Dec04	Dec05	Dec06	Dec07	Dec08	Dec09	Dec10	Dec11	Dec12
Pretax Margin %		Get a 7-Day Free Trial					-	-	-38.11	-71.73	-256.08

CarePayment Technologies Quarterly Data
	Mar08	Jun08	Sep08	Dec08	Mar09	Jun09	Sep09	Dec09	Mar10	Jun10	Sep10	Dec10	Mar11	Jun11	Sep11	Dec11	Mar12	Jun12	Sep12	Dec12
Pretax Margin %	Get a 7-Day Free Trial															-112.61	-86.17	-122.22	-183.99	-586.45

Competitive Comparison of CarePayment Technologies's Pretax Margin %

For the Healthcare Plans subindustry, CarePayment Technologies'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.

CarePayment Technologies's Pretax Margin % Distribution in the Healthcare Plans Industry

For the Healthcare Plans industry and Healthcare sector, CarePayment Technologies's Pretax Margin % distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where CarePayment Technologies's Pretax Margin % falls into.

CarePayment Technologies 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.

CarePayment Technologies's Pretax Margin for the fiscal year that ended in Dec. 2012 is calculated as

CarePayment Technologies's Pretax Margin for the quarter that ended in Dec. 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.

CarePayment Technologies  (OTCPK:CPYT) 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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