OPT Sciences (OPT Sciences) Pretax Margin % : 35.24% (As of Jul. 2015)

OPT Sciences Pretax Margin % Chart

OPT Sciences Annual Data
	Trend	Oct05	Oct06	Oct07	Oct08	Oct09	Oct10	Oct11	Oct12	Oct13	Oct14
Pretax Margin %		Get a 7-Day Free Trial					14.33	22.35	22.22	23.87	24.61

OPT Sciences Quarterly Data
	Oct10	Jan11	Apr11	Jul11	Oct11	Jan12	Apr12	Jul12	Oct12	Jan13	Apr13	Jul13	Oct13	Jan14	Apr14	Jul14	Oct14	Jan15	Apr15	Jul15
Pretax Margin %	Get a 7-Day Free Trial															23.35	29.07	23.55	37.13	35.24

Competitive Comparison of OPT Sciences's Pretax Margin %

For the Aerospace & Defense subindustry, OPT Sciences'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.

OPT Sciences's Pretax Margin % Distribution in the Aerospace & Defense Industry

For the Aerospace & Defense industry and Industrials sector, OPT Sciences's Pretax Margin % distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where OPT Sciences's Pretax Margin % falls into.

OPT Sciences 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.

OPT Sciences's Pretax Margin for the fiscal year that ended in Oct. 2014 is calculated as

OPT Sciences's Pretax Margin for the quarter that ended in Jul. 2015 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.

OPT Sciences  (OTCPK:OPST) 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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