What is BMC Software, Degree of Operating Leverage?
Degree of Operating Leverage (DOL) measures the percentage change in EBIT for a unit change in Revenue.
BMC Software,'s Degree of Operating Leverage for the quarter that ended in Jun. 2013 was 0.00. The higher Degree of Operating Leverage, the higher operating risk the company will take.
The industry rank for BMC Software,'s Degree of Operating Leverage or its related term are showing as below:
FRA:BMS's Degree of Operating Leverage is not ranked *
in the Software industry.
Industry Median: 0.785 * Ranked among companies with meaningful Degree of Operating Leverage only.
BMC Software, Degree of Operating Leverage Historical Data
The historical data trend for BMC Software,'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.
Competitive Comparison of BMC Software,'s Degree of Operating Leverage
For the Software - Application subindustry, BMC Software,'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.
BMC Software,'s Degree of Operating Leverage Distribution in the Software Industry
For the Software industry and Technology sector, BMC Software,'s Degree of Operating Leverage distribution charts can be found below:
* The bar in red indicates where BMC Software,'s Degree of Operating Leverage falls into.
* 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.
BMC Software, (FRA:BMS) 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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BMC Software, Inc., was organized as a Texas corporation in 1980 and was reincorporated in Delaware in July 1988. It is a software company which provides IT management solutions for large, mid-sized and small enterprises and public sector organizations around the world. The Company's portfolios of IT management software solutions simplifies and automates the management of IT processes, mainframe, distributed, virtualized and cloud computing environments, as well as applications and databases. It also provides its customers with maintenance and support services for its products and assist customers with software implementation, integration, IT process and organizational transformation, and education services. The Company is organized into two business segments, Enterprise Service Management (ESM) and Mainframe Service Management (MSM). The Company's ESM segment consists of its solutions and related professional services in the following IT management areas: Service Assurance; Service Automation; Service Support; and BMC Atrium. The Company's MSM segment addresses IT requirements for mainframe data and performance management, middleware management, job scheduling and enterprise workload automation. The Company's customers include manufacturers, telecommunication companies, financial service providers, educational institutions, retailers, distributors, hospitals, service providers, government agencies and channel partners including resellers, distributors and system integrators. Its competitors are International Business Machines Corporation (IBM), CA, Inc. (CA) and Hewlett-Packard Company (HP). The Company's solutions are used by some of the largest, demanding IT organizations in the world including over 16,000 companies.
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