Prime Focus London (LSE:PFO) Pretax Margin % : -51.60% (As of Mar. 2013)

Prime Focus London Pretax Margin % Chart

Prime Focus London Annual Data
	Trend	Aug03	Aug04	Aug05	Aug06	Mar08	Mar09	Mar10	Mar11	Mar12	Mar13
Pretax Margin %		Get a 7-Day Free Trial					-46.14	-2.54	12.77	3.15	-16.23

Prime Focus London Semi-Annual Data
	Feb03	Aug03	Feb04	Aug04	Feb05	Aug05	Feb06	Aug06	Sep07	Mar08	Sep08	Mar09	Sep09	Mar10	Sep10	Mar11	Sep11	Mar12	Sep12	Mar13
Pretax Margin %	Get a 7-Day Free Trial															10.21	8.82	-7.45	1.76	-51.60

Competitive Comparison of Prime Focus London's Pretax Margin %

For the Broadcasting subindustry, Prime Focus London'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.

Prime Focus London's Pretax Margin % Distribution in the Media - Diversified Industry

For the Media - Diversified industry and Communication Services sector, Prime Focus London's Pretax Margin % distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Prime Focus London's Pretax Margin % falls into.

Prime Focus London 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.

Prime Focus London's Pretax Margin for the fiscal year that ended in Mar. 2013 is calculated as

Prime Focus London's Pretax Margin for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2013 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.

Prime Focus London  (LSE:PFO) 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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