Ocean Power Technologies (Ocean Power Technologies) Net Margin %

Ocean Power Technologies Annual Data
	Trend	Apr14	Apr15	Apr16	Apr17	Apr18	Apr19	Apr20	Apr21	Apr22	Apr23
Net Margin %		Get a 7-Day Free Trial					-1,937.66	-615.46	-1,223.88	-1,073.00	-963.62

Ocean Power Technologies Quarterly Data
	Apr19	Jul19	Oct19	Jan20	Apr20	Jul20	Oct20	Jan21	Apr21	Jul21	Oct21	Jan22	Apr22	Jul22	Oct22	Jan23	Apr23	Jul23	Oct23	Jan24
Net Margin %	Get a 7-Day Free Trial															-829.70	-973.47	-553.38	-811.36	-363.23

For the Specialty Industrial Machinery subindustry, Ocean Power Technologies'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.

For the Industrial Products industry and Industrials sector, Ocean Power Technologies's Net Margin % distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Ocean Power Technologies's Net Margin % falls into.

Ocean Power Technologies 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.

Ocean Power Technologies's Net Margin for the fiscal year that ended in Apr. 2023 is calculated as

Ocean Power Technologies's Net Margin for the quarter that ended in Jan. 2024 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.

Ocean Power Technologies  (AMEX:OPTT) 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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