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BCPC (Balchem) Degree of Operating Leverage : 3.83 (As of Mar. 2025)


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What is Balchem Degree of Operating Leverage?

Degree of Operating Leverage (DOL) measures the percentage change in EBIT for a unit change in Revenue. Balchem's Degree of Operating Leverage for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2025 was 3.83. The higher Degree of Operating Leverage, the higher operating risk the company will take.

The industry rank for Balchem's Degree of Operating Leverage or its related term are showing as below:

BCPC's Degree of Operating Leverage is ranked worse than
73.6% of 1523 companies
in the Chemicals industry
Industry Median: 1.02 vs BCPC: 3.83

Balchem Degree of Operating Leverage Historical Data

The historical data trend for Balchem's Degree of Operating Leverage 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.

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Balchem Degree of Operating Leverage Chart

Balchem Annual Data
Trend Dec15 Dec16 Dec17 Dec18 Dec19 Dec20 Dec21 Dec22 Dec23 Dec24
Degree of Operating Leverage
Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 0.88 1.12 0.71 -5.21 4.27

Balchem Quarterly Data
Jun20 Sep20 Dec20 Mar21 Jun21 Sep21 Dec21 Mar22 Jun22 Sep22 Dec22 Mar23 Jun23 Sep23 Dec23 Mar24 Jun24 Sep24 Dec24 Mar25
Degree of Operating Leverage Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only -11.00 -20.30 8.32 4.27 3.83

Competitive Comparison of Balchem's Degree of Operating Leverage

For the Specialty Chemicals subindustry, Balchem's Degree of Operating Leverage, along with its competitors' market caps and Degree of Operating Leverage 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.


Balchem's Degree of Operating Leverage Distribution in the Chemicals Industry

For the Chemicals industry and Basic Materials sector, Balchem's Degree of Operating Leverage distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Balchem's Degree of Operating Leverage falls into.


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Balchem Degree of Operating Leverage Calculation

Balchem's Degree of Operating Leverage for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2025 is calculated as:

Degree of Operating Leverage=% Change in EBIT**/% Change in Revenue
=( 191.597 (Mar. 2025) / 167.438 (Mar. 2024) - 1 )/( 964.544 (Mar. 2025) / 929.558 (Mar. 2024) - 1 )
=0.1443/0.0376
=3.83***

* 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.

** TTM data of EBIT and Revenue was used to calculate Degree of Operating Leverage.
*** Please be aware that the Degree of Operating Leverage calculations are based on company-level data using the primary share class. The calculated data provided is for demonstration purposes and may slightly differ from the results displayed in the title due to potential variations caused by currency exchange rate differences throughout the year.


Balchem  (NAS:BCPC) Degree of Operating Leverage Explanation

Degree of Operating Leverage (DOL) is a leverage ratio that measures the sensitivity of a company’s operting income, also referred to as Earnings Before Interest and Taxes (EBIT), to fluctuations in its Revenue. DOL is a method used to quantify a company’s operating risk. This risk is related to the company's structure of variable costs and fixed costs. Since the fixed costs do not allow the company to adjust the operating costs, the operating risk rises with a higher fixed-to-variable costs proportion.

A high Degree of Operating Leverage indicates that the company’s fixed costs exceed its variable costs. By increasing the sales, the company can earn more profits. In addition, the company must be able to maintain relatively high sales to cover all fixed costs.

Be Aware

The use of operating leverage varies across different industries and business sectors, and the application of Degree of Operating Leverage (DOL) should be adjusted accordingly.


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Balchem Business Description

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5 Paragon Drive, Montvale, NJ, USA, 07645
Balchem Corp is engaged in the development, manufacture, and marketing of specialty performance ingredients and products for various industries. The company's reportable segments are; Human Nutrition and Health, which generates maximum revenue, and provides human-grade choline nutrients and mineral amino acid chelated products through this segment for nutrition and health applications; Animal Nutrition and Health, which provides nutritional products derived from its microencapsulation and chelation technologies in addition to the essential nutrient choline chloride; and the Specialty Products segment includes re-packaging and distributing several performance gases and chemicals. Geographically, the company derives its key revenue from the United States and the rest from foreign countries.
Executives
Van Gunsteren Job Leonard officer: Vice President 52 SUNRISE PARK ROAD, NEW HAMPTON NY 10958
William A. Backus officer: Chief Accounting Officer 52 SUNRISE PARK ROAD, NEW HAMPTON NY 10958
Michael Robert Sestrick officer: Chief Technology Officer 52 SUNRISE PARK ROAD, NEW HAMPTON NY 10958
David B Fischer director 425 WINTER ROAD, DELAWARE OH 43015
Michael Bent Tignor officer: Chief Human Resources Officer 52 SUNRISE PARK ROAD, NEW HAMPTON NY 10958
Matthew David Wineinger director 3605 GRAND VIEW COURT, ST CHARLES IL 60175
Theodore L Harris director, officer: President and CEO 5200 BLAZER PARKWAY, DUBLIN OH 43017
Olivier Rigaud director CORBION NV, PIET HEINKADE 127, AMSTERDAM P7 1019 GM
Monica Vicente director C/O FRESH DEL MONTE PRODUCE INC., P.O. BOX 149222, CORAL GABLES FL 33114
Frederic Boned officer: SVP/GM, Human Nutri. & Health 5 PARAGON DRIVE, MONTVALE NJ 07645
Hatsuki Miyata officer: General Counsel and Secretary 5 PARAGON DRIVE, MONTVALE NJ 07645
Jonathan Harrison Griffin officer: Vice President 52 SUNRISE PARK ROAD, NEW HAMPTON NY 10958
Martin Luther Reid officer: Chief Supply Chain Officer 52 SUNRISE PARK ROAD, NEW HAMPTON NY 10958
Kathleen B Fish director ONE PROCTER & GAMBLE PLAZA, CINCINNATI OH 45202
James C Hyde officer: Sr. Vice President 52 SUNRISE PARK ROAD, NEW HAMPTON NY 10958