NoFire Technologies (NoFire Technologies) Pretax Margin % : -155.87% (As of May. 2010)

NoFire Technologies Pretax Margin % Chart

NoFire Technologies Annual Data
	Trend	Aug00	Aug01	Aug02	Aug03	Aug04	Aug05	Aug06	Aug07	Aug08	Aug09
Pretax Margin %		Get a 7-Day Free Trial					-328.13	-491.76	-384.78	-244.04	-181.53

NoFire Technologies Quarterly Data
	Aug05	Nov05	Feb06	May06	Aug06	Nov06	Feb07	May07	Aug07	Nov07	Feb08	May08	Aug08	Nov08	Feb09	May09	Aug09	Nov09	Feb10	May10
Pretax Margin %	Get a 7-Day Free Trial															-211.01	-169.00	-576.67	-170.00	-155.87

Competitive Comparison of NoFire Technologies's Pretax Margin %

For the Specialty Chemicals subindustry, NoFire Technologies'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.

NoFire Technologies's Pretax Margin % Distribution in the Chemicals Industry

For the Chemicals industry and Basic Materials sector, NoFire Technologies's Pretax Margin % distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where NoFire Technologies's Pretax Margin % falls into.

NoFire Technologies 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.

NoFire Technologies's Pretax Margin for the fiscal year that ended in Aug. 2009 is calculated as

NoFire Technologies's Pretax Margin for the quarter that ended in May. 2010 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.

NoFire Technologies  (OTCPK:NFTI) 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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