CanAm Coal (FRA:RHE) Pretax Margin % : -16.87% (As of Sep. 2014)

CanAm Coal Pretax Margin % Chart

CanAm Coal Annual Data
	Trend	Jan04	Jan05	Jan06	Jan07	Jan08	Jan09	Jan10	Jan11	Dec12	Dec13
Pretax Margin %		Get a 7-Day Free Trial					-	-172.88	-36.82	-14.49	-17.09

CanAm Coal Quarterly Data
	Oct09	Jan10	Apr10	Jul10	Oct10	Jan11	Apr11	Jul11	Oct11	Mar12	Jun12	Sep12	Dec12	Mar13	Jun13	Sep13	Dec13	Mar14	Jun14	Sep14
Pretax Margin %	Get a 7-Day Free Trial															-6.68	-31.79	-12.93	-13.43	-16.87

Competitive Comparison of CanAm Coal's Pretax Margin %

For the Thermal Coal subindustry, CanAm Coal'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.

CanAm Coal's Pretax Margin % Distribution in the Other Energy Sources Industry

For the Other Energy Sources industry and Energy sector, CanAm Coal's Pretax Margin % distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where CanAm Coal's Pretax Margin % falls into.

CanAm Coal Pretax Margin % Calculation

Pretax margin - also known as pretax profit margin is the ratio of Pretax Income divided by net sales or Revenue, usually presented in percent.

CanAm Coal's Pretax Margin for the fiscal year that ended in Dec. 2013 is calculated as

CanAm Coal's Pretax Margin for the quarter that ended in Sep. 2014 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.

CanAm Coal  (FRA:RHE) Pretax Margin % Explanation

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.

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CanAm Coal (FRA:RHE) Business Description