The historical rank and industry rank for Bio-Rad Laboratories's Pretax Margin % or its related term are showing as below:
BIO'
s Pretax Margin % Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: -167.87 Med: 6.64 Max: 193.19
Current: -31.82
BIO's Pretax Margin % is ranked worse than 65.03% of 815
companies
in the Medical Devices & Instruments industry
Industry Median: 0.05
vs BIO: -31.82
Bio-Rad Laboratories Pretax Margin % Historical Data
The historical data trend for Bio-Rad Laboratories'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 Bio-Rad Laboratories's Pretax Margin %
For the Medical Devices subindustry, Bio-Rad Laboratories'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.
Bio-Rad Laboratories's Pretax Margin % Distribution in the Medical Devices & Instruments Industry
For the Medical Devices & Instruments industry and Healthcare sector, Bio-Rad Laboratories's Pretax Margin % distribution charts can be found below:
* The bar in red indicates where Bio-Rad Laboratories's Pretax Margin % falls into.
Bio-Rad Laboratories 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.
Bio-Rad Laboratories's Pretax Margin for the fiscal year that ended in Dec. 2023 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.
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Bio-Rad Laboratories (Bio-Rad Laboratories) Business Description
Bio-Rad Laboratories, headquartered in Hercules, California, develops, manufactures, and markets products and solutions for the clinical diagnostics and life sciences markets. In diagnostics (53% of sales), Bio-Rad manufactures, sells, and supports test systems and specialized quality controls for clinical laboratories. In life sciences (47% of sales), the firm develops and manufactures a range of instruments and reagents used in research, biopharmaceutical production, and food testing. The company is geographically diverse, with major markets in the Americas, Europe and Africa , and Asia-Pacific. Bio-Rad owns 37% of Sartorius AG, a laboratory and biopharmaceutical supplier.
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