The historical rank and industry rank for Winthrop Realty Trust's Operating Margin % or its related term are showing as below:
FUR's Operating Margin % is not ranked *
in the REITs industry.
Industry Median: 52.205 * Ranked among companies with meaningful Operating Margin % only.
Winthrop Realty Trust's 5-Year Average Operating Margin % Growth Rate was 0.00% per year.
Winthrop Realty Trust Operating Margin % Historical Data
The historical data trend for Winthrop Realty Trust's Operating 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.
Competitive Comparison of Winthrop Realty Trust's Operating Margin %
For the REIT - Diversified subindustry, Winthrop Realty Trust's Operating Margin %, along with its competitors' market caps and Operating 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.
Winthrop Realty Trust's Operating Margin % Distribution in the REITs Industry
For the REITs industry and Real Estate sector, Winthrop Realty Trust's Operating Margin % distribution charts can be found below:
* The bar in red indicates where Winthrop Realty Trust's Operating Margin % falls into.
Operating Margin % - also known as operating income margin, operating profit margin and return on sales (ROS) - is the ratio of Operating Income divided by net sales or Revenue, usually presented in percent.
Winthrop Realty Trust's Operating Margin % for the fiscal year that ended in Dec. 2013 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.
Just like Gross Margin %, it is important to see a company maintains its operating margin over time. Among the same industry, a company with higher operating margin is more efficient in its operation. It is also more stable during industry slowdown or recessions. Peter Lynch prefers those with higher margins than those with lower margins.
Be Aware
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 Nokias Operating Margin % had already been in decline since 2002, although its Earnings per Share (Diluted) 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).
Therefore, Operating Margin % is a very important screening filter for GuruFocus. GuruFocus's Buffett-Munger screener requires that the profit margin is either consistent or expanding. The Model Portfolio of the Buffett-Munger screener has outperformed the market every year since inception in 2009.
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Winthrop Realty Trust (Winthrop Realty Trust) Business Description
Winthrop Realty Trust Inc is a real estate investment trust (REIT), is an unincorporated association in the form of a business trust organized in Ohio under a Declaration of Trust dated August 1, 1961. The Company conducts its business through its wholly owned operating partnership, WRT Realty L.P., a Delaware limited partnership. The Company is engaged in the business of owning real property and real estate related assets which it categorize into three reportable segments: (i) the ownership of investment properties including wholly owned properties and investments in joint ventures which own investment properties, which it refer to as operating properties; (ii) the origination and acquisition of senior loans, mezzanine loans and debt securities collateralized directly or indirectly by commercial and multi-family real property, which it refer to as loan assets; and (iii) the ownership of equity and debt interests in other real estate investment trusts (REITs), which it refer to as REIT securities. Its primary sources of income are rental income and tenant recoveries from leases of its operating properties, interest income and discount accretion from its loan assets, and interest and dividend income and appreciation from its investments in REIT securities. The Company competes with many other companies, including other REITs, insurance companies, commercial banks, private investment funds, hedge funds, specialty finance companies and other investors. Its operations and properties are subject to various federal, state and local laws.
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