David Jones (ASX:DJS) Net Margin % : 6.62% (As of Jan. 2014)

David Jones Net Margin % Chart

David Jones Annual Data
	Trend	Jul04	Jul05	Jul06	Jul07	Jul08	Jul09	Jul10	Jul11	Jul12	Jul13
Net Margin %		Get a 7-Day Free Trial					7.88	8.30	8.56	5.41	5.16

David Jones Semi-Annual Data
	Jul04	Jan05	Jul05	Jan06	Jul06	Jan07	Jul07	Jan08	Jul08	Jan09	Jul09	Jan10	Jul10	Jan11	Jul11	Jan12	Jul12	Jan13	Jul13	Jan14
Net Margin %	Get a 7-Day Free Trial															8.41	1.88	7.32	2.57	6.62

Competitive Comparison of David Jones's Net Margin %

For the Department Stores subindustry, David Jones's Net Margin %, along with its competitors' market caps and Net 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.

David Jones's Net Margin % Distribution in the Retail - Cyclical Industry

For the Retail - Cyclical industry and Consumer Cyclical sector, David Jones's Net Margin % distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where David Jones's Net Margin % falls into.

David Jones Net Margin % Calculation

Net margin - also known as net profit margin is the ratio of Net Income divided by net sales or Revenue, usually presented in percent.

David Jones's Net Margin for the fiscal year that ended in Jul. 2013 is calculated as

David Jones's Net Margin for the quarter that ended in Jan. 2014 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.

David Jones  (ASX:DJS) Net Margin % Explanation

Although Net Income and Earnings-per-Share (EPS) are the most widely used parameter in measuring a company's profitability and valuation, it is the least reliable. The reason is that reported earnings can be manipulated easily by adjusting any numbers such as Depreciation, Depletion and Amotorization and non-recurring items.

But the long term trend of the net margin is a good indicator of the competitiveness and health of the business.

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