Billing Services Group (LSE:BILL) Operating Income : £-0.41 Mil (TTM As of Jun. 2019)

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What is Billing Services Group Operating Income?

Billing Services Group's Operating Income for the six months ended in Jun. 2019 was £-0.07 Mil. Its Operating Income for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Jun. 2019 was £-0.41 Mil.

Warning Sign:

Billing Services Group Ltd had operating loss over the past 3 years.

Operating Margin % is calculated as Operating Income divided by its Revenue. Billing Services Group's Operating Income for the six months ended in Jun. 2019 was £-0.07 Mil. Billing Services Group's Revenue for the six months ended in Jun. 2019 was £5.56 Mil. Therefore, Billing Services Group's Operating Margin % for the quarter that ended in Jun. 2019 was -1.22%.

Billing Services Group'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. Billing Services Group's annualized ROC % for the quarter that ended in Jun. 2019 was -3.29%. Billing Services Group's annualized ROC (Joel Greenblatt) % for the quarter that ended in Jun. 2019 was -5.45%.

Billing Services Group Operating Income Historical Data

The historical data trend for Billing Services Group's Operating Income can be seen below:

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Billing Services Group Operating Income Chart

Billing Services Group Annual Data

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Operating Income

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3.56

2.50

2.95

-0.73

-0.85

Billing Services Group Semi-Annual Data
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Operating Income	Get a 7-Day Free Trial															-0.12	-0.62	-0.48	-0.35	-0.07

Billing Services Group 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 Jun. 2019 adds up the semi-annually data reported by the company within the most recent 12 months, which was £-0.41 Mil.

Billing Services Group (LSE:BILL) Operating Income Explanation

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

Billing Services Group's annualized ROC % for the quarter that ended in Jun. 2019 is calculated as:

	ROC % (Q: Jun. 2019 )
=	NOPAT	/	Average Invested Capital
=	Operating Income * ( 1 - Tax Rate % )	/	( (Invested Capital (Q: Dec. 2018 )	+	Invested Capital (Q: Jun. 2019 ))	/ count )
=	-0.136 * ( 1 - -105.88% )	/	( (8.35	+	8.689)	/ 2 )
=	-0.2799968	/	8.5195
=	-3.29 %

where

	Invested Capital		(Q: Dec. 2018 )
=	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	))
=	17.702	-	4.115	-	( 7.295	-	max(0, 4.38	-	9.617	+	7.295	))
=	8.35

	Invested Capital		(Q: Jun. 2019 )
=	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	))
=	16.209	-	3.265	-	( 5.599	-	max(0, 3.887	-	8.142	+	5.599	))
=	8.689

Note: The Operating Income data used here is two times the semi-annual (Jun. 2019) data.

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

Billing Services Group's annualized ROC (Joel Greenblatt) % for the quarter that ended in Jun. 2019 is calculated as:

	ROC (Joel Greenblatt) %		(Q: Jun. 2019 )
=	EBIT	/	Average of (Net fixed Assets	+	Net Working Capital)
=	EBIT	/	Average of (Property, Plant and Equipment	+	Net Working Capital)
			Q: Dec. 2018		Q: Jun. 2019
=	EBIT	/	( ( (Property, Plant and Equipment + Net Working Capital)	+	(Property, Plant and Equipment + Net Working Capital) )	/	count )
=	-0.136	/	( ( (2.467 + max(-1.962, 0))	+	(2.527 + max(-0.951, 0)) )	/	2 )
=	-0.136	/	( ( 2.467	+	2.527 )	/	2 )
=	-0.136	/	2.497
=	-5.45 %

where Working Capital is:

	Working Capital		(Q: Dec. 2018 )
=	(Accounts Receivable	+	Total Inventories	+	Other Current Assets)	-	(Accounts Payable & Accrued Expense	+	Defer. Rev.	+	Other Current Liabilities)
=	(1.834	+	0	+	0.488)	-	(4.115	+	0	+	0.169)
=	-1.962

	Working Capital		(Q: Jun. 2019 )
=	(Accounts Receivable	+	Total Inventories	+	Other Current Assets)	-	(Accounts Payable & Accrued Expense	+	Defer. Rev.	+	Other Current Liabilities)
=	(2.001	+	0	+	0.542)	-	(3.265	+	0	+	0.229)
=	-0.951

When net working capital is negative, 0 is used.

Note: The EBIT data used here is two times the semi-annual (Jun. 2019) EBIT data.

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

Billing Services Group's Operating Margin % for the quarter that ended in Jun. 2019 is calculated as:

Operating Margin %	=	Operating Income (Q: Jun. 2019 )	/	Revenue (Q: Jun. 2019 )
	=	-0.068	/	5.555
	=	-1.22 %

4. Please click Growth Rate Calculation Example (GuruFocus) to see how GuruFocus calculates Wal-Mart Stores Inc (WMT)'s revenue growth rate. You can apply the same method to get the Operating Income growth rate using Operating Income per share data.

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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Billing Services Group (LSE:BILL) Business Description

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Billing Services Group Ltd is focused on payment solutions. The company offers a powerful suite of financial clearinghouse services for merchants, online stores, and telecommunications companies. Its services include local exchange carrier (LEC) phone clearing, billing and settlement solutions, toll clearing services, a Wi-Fi wholesale settlement solution, and VoiceLog Third Party Verification. The company generates a majority of revenue from LEC billing. Its geographical segment includes North America and Europe, the Middle East and Africa. The company derives the maximum revenue from North America.