Dragon Oil (LSE:DGO) Pretax Margin % : 40.63% (As of Jun. 2015)

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What is Dragon Oil Pretax Margin %?

Pre-Tax margin is calculated as Pre-Tax Income divided by its Revenue. Dragon Oil's Pre-Tax Income for the six months ended in Jun. 2015 was £117.3 Mil. Dragon Oil's Revenue for the six months ended in Jun. 2015 was £288.8 Mil. Therefore, Dragon Oil's pretax margin for the quarter that ended in Jun. 2015 was 40.63%.

The historical rank and industry rank for Dragon Oil's Pretax Margin % or its related term are showing as below:

LSE:DGO' s Pretax Margin % Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 37.98 Med: 66.31 Max: 75.77
Current: 37.98

LSE:DGO's Pretax Margin % is not ranked
in the Oil & Gas industry.
Industry Median: 5.98 vs LSE:DGO: 37.98

Dragon Oil Pretax Margin % Historical Data

The historical data trend for Dragon Oil's Pretax Margin % can be seen below:

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Dragon Oil Pretax Margin % Chart

Dragon Oil Annual Data

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65.95

75.77

70.05

66.66

53.93

Dragon Oil Semi-Annual Data
	Jun09	Dec09	Jun10	Dec10	Jun11	Dec11	Jun12	Dec12	Jun13	Dec13	Jun14	Dec14	Jun15
Pretax Margin %	Get a 7-Day Free Trial								67.09	66.29	72.02	35.79	40.63

Competitive Comparison of Dragon Oil's Pretax Margin %

For the Oil & Gas E&P subindustry, Dragon Oil's Pretax Margin %, along with its competitors' market caps and Pretax Margin % data, can be viewed below:

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Dragon Oil's Pretax Margin % Distribution in the Oil & Gas Industry

For the Oil & Gas industry and Energy sector, Dragon Oil's Pretax Margin % distribution charts can be found below:

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Dragon Oil 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.

Dragon Oil's Pretax Margin for the fiscal year that ended in Dec. 2014 is calculated as

Pretax Margin	=	Pre-Tax Income (A: Dec. 2014 )	/	Revenue (A: Dec. 2014 )
	=	376.649	/	698.463
	=	53.93 %

Dragon Oil's Pretax Margin for the quarter that ended in Jun. 2015 is calculated as

Pretax Margin	=	Pre-Tax Income (Q: Jun. 2015 )	/	Revenue (Q: Jun. 2015 )
	=	117.336	/	288.817
	=	40.63 %

Dragon Oil (LSE:DGO) 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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Dragon Oil PLC is an independent oil and gas exploration, development and production company. The Company's producing asset is the Cheleken Contract Area, in the eastern section of the Caspian Sea, offshore Turkmenistan. It has exploration blocks offshore Tunisia (the Bargou Exploration Permit), in Iraq (Block 9), Afghanistan (Sanduqli and Mazar-i-Sharif blocks), offshore the Philippines (Service Contract 63) in partnership with other companies and Block 19 in Egypt. The Company develops the hydrocarbon reserves in the Cheleken Contract Area in accordance with the terms of the Production Sharing Agreement (PSA). As at 31 December 2014 the Company had probably oil reserves of 663 million barrels of oil and condensate, gas 2P reserves and contingent gas resources of c. 2.7 TCF. The Bargou Exploration Permit contains prospective resources, while Block 9, Sanduqli and Mazar-i-Sharif blocks and Block 19 are at an early stage of exploration. The Company is subject to the international laws and regulations that it operates in.

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