The historical rank and industry rank for Cardinal Ethanol LLC's Pretax Margin % or its related term are showing as below:
CRDE'
s Pretax Margin % Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: -2.53 Med: 6.39 Max: 25.87
Current: 9.34
CRDE's Pretax Margin % is ranked better than 66.67% of 1533
companies
in the Chemicals industry
Industry Median: 5.28
vs CRDE: 9.34
Cardinal Ethanol LLC Pretax Margin % Historical Data
The historical data trend for Cardinal Ethanol LLC's Pretax 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 Cardinal Ethanol LLC's Pretax Margin %
For the Chemicals subindustry, Cardinal Ethanol LLC's Pretax Margin %, along with its competitors' market caps and Pretax 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.
Cardinal Ethanol LLC's Pretax Margin % Distribution in the Chemicals Industry
For the Chemicals industry and Basic Materials sector, Cardinal Ethanol LLC's Pretax Margin % distribution charts can be found below:
* The bar in red indicates where Cardinal Ethanol LLC's Pretax Margin % falls into.
* 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.
The pretax margin, as know as pretax profit margin, is widely used to measure the operating efficiency of a company before deducting taxes.
The pretax margin is sometimes preferred over the net margin as tax expenditures can make profitability comparisons between companies misleading.
It is a useful tool to compare companies operating in the same sector and less effective when comparing companies from other sectors as each industry generally has different operating expenses and sales patterns.
The long term trend of the pretax margin is a good indicator of the competitiveness and health of the business.
Cardinal Ethanol LLC Pretax Margin % Related Terms
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Cardinal Ethanol LLC is a producer and seller of fuel-grade ethanol, distiller's grains, corn oil, and carbon dioxide throughout the continent of the United States. The company's prime selling products include ethanol, dried distillers grains, corn oil, and carbon dioxide. Its two operating segments are ethanol production through the Ethanol Division; and trading of agricultural grains through the Trading Division. The revenues from Ethanol Division come from primary sources: sales of fuel ethanol which is the key revenue driver. Revenues from the Trading Division are derived from procuring, transporting, and selling grain commodities. The majority of the revenue for the company is generated from its Ethanol Division.
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