Pre-Tax margin is calculated as Pre-Tax Income divided by its Revenue. Lonrho's Pre-Tax Income for the
six
months ended in Dec. 2012 was £-30.1 Mil. Lonrho's Revenue for the
six
months ended in Dec. 2012 was £83.6 Mil. Therefore, Lonrho's pretax margin for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2012 was -36.00%.
The historical rank and industry rank for Lonrho's Pretax Margin % or its related term are showing as below:
LSE:LONR'
s Pretax Margin % Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: -117.65 Med: -0.59 Max: 40.4
Current: -36
LSE:LONR's Pretax Margin % is not ranked
in the Conglomerates industry.
Industry Median: 5.63
vs LSE:LONR: -36.00
Lonrho Pretax Margin % Historical Data
The historical data trend for Lonrho'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 Lonrho's Pretax Margin %
For the Conglomerates subindustry, Lonrho'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.
Lonrho's Pretax Margin % Distribution in the Conglomerates Industry
For the Conglomerates industry and Industrials sector, Lonrho's Pretax Margin % distribution charts can be found below:
* The bar in red indicates where Lonrho's Pretax Margin % falls into.
Lonrho 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.
Lonrho's Pretax Margin for the fiscal year that ended in Dec. 2012 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.
Lonrho (LSE:LONR) 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.
Lonrho Pretax Margin % Related Terms
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Lonrho PLC is engaged in providing the infrastructure and services required for the growing oil, mineral and agricultural sectors in Africa. The Company has a diverse portfolio of investments across Sub-Saharan Africa in four core operating sectors: Agribusiness, Infrastructure, Hotels and Support Services. Agribusiness vertically integrates the production, sourcing, logistics, processing and distribution of agricultural products from Sub-Saharan Africa to the consumer. The division supplies to its retailers in Sub-Saharan Africa, Europe, the USA, Middle East, Scandinavia and the Far East. The division also distributes agricultural and heavy machinery. Infrastructure division develops and manages oil logistics terminals. Luba Freeport, the oil service terminal in the Gulf of Guinea, has attracted oil service companies to be long term tenants at the port to service offshore exploration and production rigs. The Company's Hotel division includes hotels centred on the commercial, conference and business related markets across the Continent. It owns or manages hotels in Lubumbashi and Kinshasa in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Maputo in Mozambique, Gaborone in Botswana and Mutare in Zimbabwe. IT business is a full systems integrator and manager that designs, builds, develops and integrates IT solutions for large corporate clients, banks and governments and then undertakes management contracts to run and manage installations. The IT division is a distributor for Cisco, Microsoft, Dell and Hewlett Packard systems and equipment.
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