Peoples Educational Holdings (Peoples Educational Holdings) Pretax Margin % : -113.41% (As of May. 2012)

Peoples Educational Holdings Pretax Margin % Chart

Peoples Educational Holdings Annual Data
	Trend	Dec02	Dec03	Dec04	Dec05	May07	May08	May09	May10	May11	May12
Pretax Margin %		Get a 7-Day Free Trial					-3.28	-1.84	1.19	-2.79	-30.01

Peoples Educational Holdings Quarterly Data
	Aug07	Nov07	Feb08	May08	Aug08	Nov08	Feb09	May09	Aug09	Nov09	Feb10	May10	Aug10	Nov10	Feb11	May11	Aug11	Nov11	Feb12	May12
Pretax Margin %	Get a 7-Day Free Trial															-9.17	11.48	-30.19	-43.54	-113.41

Competitive Comparison of Peoples Educational Holdings's Pretax Margin %

For the Publishing subindustry, Peoples Educational Holdings'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.

Peoples Educational Holdings's Pretax Margin % Distribution in the Media - Diversified Industry

For the Media - Diversified industry and Communication Services sector, Peoples Educational Holdings's Pretax Margin % distribution charts can be found below:

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Peoples Educational Holdings 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.

Peoples Educational Holdings's Pretax Margin for the fiscal year that ended in May. 2012 is calculated as

Peoples Educational Holdings's Pretax Margin for the quarter that ended in May. 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.

Peoples Educational Holdings  (OTCPK:PEDH) 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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