Pre-Tax margin is calculated as Pre-Tax Income divided by its Revenue. PositiveID's Pre-Tax Income for the
three
months ended in Mar. 2018 was $-2.90 Mil. PositiveID's Revenue for the
three
months ended in Mar. 2018 was $0.42 Mil. Therefore, PositiveID's pretax margin for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2018 was -691.19%.
The historical rank and industry rank for PositiveID's Pretax Margin % or its related term are showing as below:
PSID's Pretax Margin % is not ranked *
in the Medical Diagnostics & Research industry.
Industry Median: -12.805 * Ranked among companies with meaningful Pretax Margin % only.
PositiveID Pretax Margin % Historical Data
The historical data trend for PositiveID's Pretax 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 PositiveID's Pretax Margin %
For the Diagnostics & Research subindustry, PositiveID'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.
PositiveID's Pretax Margin % Distribution in the Medical Diagnostics & Research Industry
For the Medical Diagnostics & Research industry and Healthcare sector, PositiveID's Pretax Margin % distribution charts can be found below:
* The bar in red indicates where PositiveID's Pretax Margin % falls into.
PositiveID 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.
PositiveID's Pretax Margin for the fiscal year that ended in Dec. 2017 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.
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.
PositiveID Pretax Margin % Related Terms
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PositiveID Corp is a life science tools and diagnostics company. It specializes in the biological detection and molecular diagnostic systems for homeland defense and the global healthcare market. The business activity of the firm includes the development of microfluidic systems in order to detect biological threats and outbreaks, whether airborne, in a healthcare setting, or at the point of need through its subsidiary. Further, it is also involved in the development of FireflyDX family of products, automated pathogen detection system for rapid diagnostics, both for clinical and point-of-need applications. In addition, it also manufactures specialty technology vehicles focused primarily on mobile laboratory and communications applications. All the activities are carried out through the US.
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