General Steel Holdings (General Steel Holdings) Pretax Margin % : -94.48% (As of Jun. 2019)

General Steel Holdings Pretax Margin % Chart

General Steel Holdings Annual Data
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Pretax Margin %		Get a 7-Day Free Trial					-0.35	-	-	-	-

General Steel Holdings Quarterly Data
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Pretax Margin %	Get a 7-Day Free Trial															-	-	-	-	-94.48

Competitive Comparison of General Steel Holdings's Pretax Margin %

For the Steel subindustry, General Steel Holdings'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.

General Steel Holdings's Pretax Margin % Distribution in the Steel Industry

For the Steel industry and Basic Materials sector, General Steel Holdings's Pretax Margin % distribution charts can be found below:

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General Steel Holdings 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.

General Steel Holdings's Pretax Margin for the fiscal year that ended in Dec. 2018 is calculated as

General Steel Holdings's Pretax Margin for the quarter that ended in Jun. 2019 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.

General Steel Holdings  (OTCPK:GSIH) 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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