Queste Communications (ASX:QUE) Operating Income : A$-0.54 Mil (TTM As of Dec. 2023)

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What is Queste Communications Operating Income?

Queste Communications's Operating Income for the six months ended in Dec. 2023 was A$-0.12 Mil. Its Operating Income for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Dec. 2023 was A$-0.54 Mil.

Operating Margin % is calculated as Operating Income divided by its Revenue. Queste Communications's Operating Income for the six months ended in Dec. 2023 was A$-0.12 Mil. Queste Communications's Revenue for the six months ended in Dec. 2023 was A$0.00 Mil. Therefore, Queste Communications's Operating Margin % for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was %.

Queste Communications's 5-Year average Growth Rate for Operating Margin % was 0.00% per year.

Operating Income or EBIT is linked to Return on Capital for both regular definition and Joel Greenblatt's definition. Queste Communications's annualized ROC % for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was -10.97%. Queste Communications's annualized ROC (Joel Greenblatt) % for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was -12,880.00%.

Queste Communications Operating Income Historical Data

The historical data trend for Queste Communications's Operating Income can be seen below:

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Queste Communications Operating Income Chart

Queste Communications Annual Data

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Operating Income

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-0.67

-0.72

-0.24

-0.13

-0.54

Queste Communications Semi-Annual Data
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Operating Income	Get a 7-Day Free Trial															0.05	-0.09	-0.05	-0.12	-0.43

Queste Communications Operating Income Calculation

Operating Income, is the profit a company earned through operations. All expenses, including cash expenses such as cost of goods sold (COGS), research & development, wages, and non-cash expenses, such as depreciation, depletion and amortization, have been deducted from the sales.

Operating Income for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Dec. 2023 adds up the semi-annually data reported by the company within the most recent 12 months, which was A$-0.54 Mil.

Queste Communications (ASX:QUE) Operating Income Explanation

1. Operating Income or EBIT is linked to Return on Capital for both regular definition and Joel Greenblatt's definition.

Queste Communications's annualized ROC % for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 is calculated as:

	ROC % (Q: Dec. 2023 )
=	NOPAT	/	Average Invested Capital
=	Operating Income * ( 1 - Tax Rate % )	/	( (Invested Capital (Q: Jun. 2023 )	+	Invested Capital (Q: Dec. 2023 ))	/ count )
=	-0.232 * ( 1 - 0% )	/	( (2.105	+	2.125)	/ 2 )
=	-0.232	/	2.115
=	-10.97 %

where

	Invested Capital		(Q: Jun. 2023 )
=	Total Assets	-	Accounts Payable & Accrued Expense	-	Excess Cash
=	Total Assets	-	Accounts Payable & Accrued Expense	-	( Cash, Cash Equivalents, Marketable Securities	-	max(0, Total Current Liabilities	-	Total Current Assets	+	Cash, Cash Equivalents, Marketable Securities	))
=	2.603	-	0.145	-	( 0.748	-	max(0, 0.397	-	0.75	+	0.748	))
=	2.105

	Invested Capital		(Q: Dec. 2023 )
=	Total Assets	-	Accounts Payable & Accrued Expense	-	Excess Cash
=	Total Assets	-	Accounts Payable & Accrued Expense	-	( Cash, Cash Equivalents, Marketable Securities	-	max(0, Total Current Liabilities	-	Total Current Assets	+	Cash, Cash Equivalents, Marketable Securities	))
=	2.471	-	0.206	-	( 0.618	-	max(0, 0.479	-	0.619	+	0.618	))
=	2.125

Note: The Operating Income data used here is two times the semi-annual (Dec. 2023) data.

2. Joel Greenblatt's definition of Return on Capital:

Queste Communications's annualized ROC (Joel Greenblatt) % for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 is calculated as:

	ROC (Joel Greenblatt) %		(Q: Dec. 2023 )
=	EBIT	/	Average of (Net fixed Assets	+	Net Working Capital)
=	EBIT	/	Average of (Property, Plant and Equipment	+	Net Working Capital)
			Q: Jun. 2023		Q: Dec. 2023
=	EBIT	/	( ( (Property, Plant and Equipment + Net Working Capital)	+	(Property, Plant and Equipment + Net Working Capital) )	/	count )
=	-0.322	/	( ( (0.003 + max(-0.395, 0))	+	(0.002 + max(-0.478, 0)) )	/	2 )
=	-0.322	/	( ( 0.003	+	0.002 )	/	2 )
=	-0.322	/	0.0025
=	-12,880.00 %

where Working Capital is:

	Working Capital		(Q: Jun. 2023 )
=	(Accounts Receivable	+	Total Inventories	+	Other Current Assets)	-	(Accounts Payable & Accrued Expense	+	Defer. Rev.	+	Other Current Liabilities)
=	(0.001	+	0	+	0.001)	-	(0.145	+	0	+	0.252)
=	-0.395

	Working Capital		(Q: Dec. 2023 )
=	(Accounts Receivable	+	Total Inventories	+	Other Current Assets)	-	(Accounts Payable & Accrued Expense	+	Defer. Rev.	+	Other Current Liabilities)
=	(0.001	+	0	+	0)	-	(0.206	+	0	+	0.273)
=	-0.478

When net working capital is negative, 0 is used.

Note: The EBIT data used here is two times the semi-annual (Dec. 2023) EBIT data.

3. Operating Income is also linked to Operating Margin %:

Queste Communications's Operating Margin % for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 is calculated as:

Operating Margin %	=	Operating Income (Q: Dec. 2023 )	/	Revenue (Q: Dec. 2023 )
	=	-0.116	/	0
	=	%

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Be Aware

Compared with a company's EBITDA margin, Operating Margin can be manipulated by adjusting the rate of depreciation, depletion and amortization (DDA).

If a company is facing competition, its Operating Margin may decline. Often the Operating Margin declines well before the company's revenue or even profit decline. Therefore, Operating Margin is a very important indicator of whether the company is facing problems.

For instance, by 2012, Nokia (NOK)'s problems were well known and its stock had lost more than 90% of its market value since 2007. But Nokia's Operating Margin had already been in decline since 2002, although its earnings per share were still rising. Investors who paid attention to Operating Margin would have avoided this huge loss. The same can be said for Research-in-Motion (RIMM).

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680 Murray Street, Suite 1, Level 1, West Perth, Perth, WA, AUS, 6005

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http://www.queste.com.au

Queste Communications Ltd along with its subsidiaries is engaged in the management of assets. Its principal activity include investment in listed and unlisted securities and real estate held for development and Resale.

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