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Hercules Site Services (LSE:HERC) Degree of Operating Leverage : 3.26 (As of Sep. 2024)


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What is Hercules Site Services Degree of Operating Leverage?

Degree of Operating Leverage (DOL) measures the percentage change in EBIT for a unit change in Revenue. Hercules Site Services's Degree of Operating Leverage for the quarter that ended in Sep. 2024 was 3.26. The higher Degree of Operating Leverage, the higher operating risk the company will take.

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

LSE:HERC's Degree of Operating Leverage is ranked worse than
72.65% of 1667 companies
in the Construction industry
Industry Median: 0.99 vs LSE:HERC: 3.26

Hercules Site Services Degree of Operating Leverage Historical Data

The historical data trend for Hercules Site Services'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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Hercules Site Services Degree of Operating Leverage Chart

Hercules Site Services Annual Data
Trend Sep17 Sep18 Sep19 Sep20 Sep21 Sep22 Sep23 Sep24
Degree of Operating Leverage
Get a 7-Day Free Trial 1.07 -0.74 -0.10 2.68 3.26

Hercules Site Services Semi-Annual Data
Sep18 Sep19 Mar20 Sep20 Mar21 Sep21 Mar22 Sep22 Mar23 Sep23 Mar24 Sep24
Degree of Operating Leverage Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only -0.10 -6.08 2.68 2.62 3.26

Competitive Comparison of Hercules Site Services's Degree of Operating Leverage

For the Engineering & Construction subindustry, Hercules Site Services'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.


Hercules Site Services's Degree of Operating Leverage Distribution in the Construction Industry

For the Construction industry and Industrials sector, Hercules Site Services's Degree of Operating Leverage distribution charts can be found below:

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



Hercules Site Services Degree of Operating Leverage Calculation

Hercules Site Services's Degree of Operating Leverage for the quarter that ended in Sep. 2024 is calculated as:

Degree of Operating Leverage=% Change in EBIT**/% Change in Revenue
=( 3.431 (Sep. 2024) / 2.061 (Sep. 2023) - 1 )/( 101.934 (Sep. 2024) / 84.665 (Sep. 2023) - 1 )
=0.6647/0.204
=3.26***

* 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.


Hercules Site Services  (LSE:HERC) 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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Hercules Site Services Business Description

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Address
Broadway Lane, South Cerney, Lakeside Business Park, Hercules Court, Cirencester, GBR, GL7 5XZ
Hercules Site Services PLC provides labour and construction services to blue-chip clients in the UK infrastructure sector. has four reportable segments: Labour supply, civil projects, the provision of suction excavator services and other activities. It generates maximum revenue from Labour supply segment. Labour supply is its core business, supplying skilled and qualified labour to construction companies to deliver key infrastructure, civil engineering, utilities, groundworks, highway, and railway projects. Its construction services business is made up of Civil Projects, where it partners with contractors to provide end-to-end project delivery for civil engineering contracts, and Specialist Plant Hire, where the company hires out its fleet of suction excavators.

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