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Primal Solutions (Primal Solutions) Net Margin % : -0.83% (As of Sep. 2008)


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What is Primal Solutions Net Margin %?

Net margin is calculated as Net Income divided by its Revenue. Primal Solutions's Net Income for the three months ended in Sep. 2008 was $-0.01 Mil. Primal Solutions's Revenue for the three months ended in Sep. 2008 was $1.68 Mil. Therefore, Primal Solutions's net margin for the quarter that ended in Sep. 2008 was -0.83%.

The historical rank and industry rank for Primal Solutions's Net Margin % or its related term are showing as below:


PMSO's Net Margin % is not ranked *
in the Software industry.
Industry Median: 1.89
* Ranked among companies with meaningful Net Margin % only.

Primal Solutions Net Margin % Historical Data

The historical data trend for Primal Solutions's Net Margin % 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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Primal Solutions Net Margin % Chart

Primal Solutions Annual Data
Trend Dec01 Dec02 Dec03 Dec04 Dec05 Dec06 Dec07
Net Margin %
Get a 7-Day Free Trial -4.28 -15.77 -16.37 -55.98 -4.55

Primal Solutions Quarterly Data
Dec03 Mar04 Jun04 Sep04 Dec04 Mar05 Jun05 Sep05 Dec05 Mar06 Jun06 Sep06 Dec06 Mar07 Jun07 Sep07 Dec07 Mar08 Jun08 Sep08
Net Margin % 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 -2.99 -0.99 5.37 46.96 -0.83

Competitive Comparison of Primal Solutions's Net Margin %

For the Software - Application subindustry, Primal Solutions'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.


Primal Solutions's Net Margin % Distribution in the Software Industry

For the Software industry and Technology sector, Primal Solutions's Net Margin % distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Primal Solutions's Net Margin % falls into.



Primal Solutions 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.

Primal Solutions's Net Margin for the fiscal year that ended in Dec. 2007 is calculated as

Net Margin=Net Income (A: Dec. 2007 )/Revenue (A: Dec. 2007 )
=-0.29/6.372
=-4.55 %

Primal Solutions's Net Margin for the quarter that ended in Sep. 2008 is calculated as

Net Margin=Net Income (Q: Sep. 2008 )/Revenue (Q: Sep. 2008 )
=-0.014/1.68
=-0.83 %

* 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.


Primal Solutions  (OTCPK:PMSO) 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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Primal Solutions (Primal Solutions) Business Description

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Address
19732 Macarthur Boulevard, Suite 100, Irvine, CA, USA, 92612
Website
Primal Solutions Inc is a provider of managed software solutions that enable CSPs in the United States to capture, correlate, track, manage, monetize, and analyze their communications transaction data.
Executives
Marxe Austin W & Greenhouse David M 10 percent owner C/O SPECIAL SITUATIONS FUNDS, 527 MADISON AVENUE, SUITE 2600, NEW YORK NY 10022

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