URS (FRA:URS) Degree of Operating Leverage : 0.00 (As of Jun. 2014)

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What is URS Degree of Operating Leverage?

Degree of Operating Leverage (DOL) measures the percentage change in EBIT for a unit change in Revenue. URS's Degree of Operating Leverage for the quarter that ended in Jun. 2014 was 0.00. The higher Degree of Operating Leverage, the higher operating risk the company will take.

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

FRA:URS's Degree of Operating Leverage is not ranked ^*
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Industry Median: 0.99
* Ranked among companies with meaningful Degree of Operating Leverage only.

URS Degree of Operating Leverage Historical Data

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Competitive Comparison of URS's Degree of Operating Leverage

For the Engineering & Construction subindustry, URS's Degree of Operating Leverage, along with its competitors' market caps and Degree of Operating Leverage data, can be viewed below:

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URS's Degree of Operating Leverage Distribution in the Construction Industry

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URS Degree of Operating Leverage Calculation

URS's Degree of Operating Leverage for the quarter that ended in Jun. 2014 is calculated as:

Degree of Operating Leverage	=	% Change in EBIT^**	/	% Change in Revenue
	=	( 377.926 (Jun. 2014) / 517.827 (Jun. 2013) - 1 )	/	( 7703.196 (Jun. 2014) / 8832.401 (Jun. 2013) - 1 )
	=	-0.2702	/	-0.1278
	=	2.11^***

** 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.

URS (FRA:URS) 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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URS Corporation was originally incorporated in California on May 1, 1957 under the former name of Broadview Research Corporation. On May 18, 1976, it re-incorporated in Delaware under the name URS Corporation. After several additional name changes, it re-adopted the name 'URS Corporation' on February 21, 1990. The Company is an international provider of engineering, construction and technical services. It offers a range of program management, planning, design, engineering, construction and construction management, operations and maintenance, and decommissioning and closure services to public agencies and private sector clients around the world. It is also a U.S. federal government contractor in the areas of systems engineering and technical assistance, and operations and maintenance. The Company expertise is focused in four market sectors: power, infrastructure, federal, and industrial and commercial. Within these markets, it offers a broad range of services, including program management; planning, design and engineering; systems engineering and technical assistance; IT services; construction and construction management; operations and maintenance; and decommissioning and closure. In the power sector, the Company plans, designs, engineers, constructs, retrofits and maintains a wide range of power-generating facilities, as well as the systems that transmit and distribute electricity. Its services include planning, siting and licensing, permitting, engineering, procurement, construction and construction management, facility start-up, operations and maintenance, upgrades and modifications, and decommissioning and closure. It provides these services to utilities, industrial co-generators, independent power producers, original equipment manufacturers and government utilities. In the infrastructure sector, the Company plans, designs, engineers, constructs, retrofits and maintains a wide range of power-generating facilities, as well as the systems that transmit and distribute electricity. Its services include planning, siting and licensing, permitting, engineering, procurement, construction and construction management, facility start-up, operations and maintenance, upgrades and modifications, and decommissioning and closure. As a contractor to the U.S. federal government and national governments of other countries, it serves a wide variety of government departments and agencies, including the DOD, DHS, Department of Energy, as well as the General Services Administration, the Environmental Protection Agency, NASA and other federal agencies. The Company's services range from program management; planning, design and engineering; systems engineering and technical assistance; and IT services to construction and construction management; operations and maintenance; and decommissioning and closure. In industrial and commercial sector it provides a wide range of engineering, procurement and construction services for new industrial and commercial

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