The historical rank and industry rank for Heritage Bankshares's Pretax Margin % or its related term are showing as below:
HBKS's Pretax Margin % is not ranked *
in the Banks industry.
Industry Median: 32.88 * Ranked among companies with meaningful Pretax Margin % only.
Heritage Bankshares Pretax Margin % Historical Data
The historical data trend for Heritage Bankshares'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 Heritage Bankshares's Pretax Margin %
For the Banks - Regional subindustry, Heritage Bankshares'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.
Heritage Bankshares's Pretax Margin % Distribution in the Banks Industry
For the Banks industry and Financial Services sector, Heritage Bankshares's Pretax Margin % distribution charts can be found below:
* The bar in red indicates where Heritage Bankshares's Pretax Margin % falls into.
Heritage Bankshares 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.
Heritage Bankshares's Pretax Margin for the fiscal year that ended in Dec. 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.
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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Heritage Bankshares (Heritage Bankshares) Business Description
Heritage Bankshares Inc is a bank holding company incorporated under the laws of the Commonwealth of Virginia in 1983. It serves as the holding company for its wholly-owned subsidiary, Heritage Bank. The Company, through the Bank, engages in a general community and commercial banking business, targeting the banking needs of individuals and small to medium sized businesses in its main service area which includes Chesapeake, Norfolk, and Virginia Beach, Virginia. The main business of the company is to attract deposits and to lend or invest those deposits on profitable terms. These deposits are in varied forms of both demand and time accounts including checking accounts, interest checking, money market accounts, savings accounts, certificates of deposit, and IRA accounts. The Company is involved in the construction and real estate lending market and actively extends both consumer and commercial credit. Loans consist of varying terms and might be secured or unsecured. Loans to individuals are for personal, household, and family purposes. Loans to businesses are made for purposes such as working capital, plant expansion, and equipment purchases. The banking business in the MSA, and the Company's main market area, is highly competitive, and the Company faces competition both in making loans and in attracting deposits. Bank holding companies and banks are regulated under both federal and state law.
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