The historical rank and industry rank for Productivity Technologies's Pretax Margin % or its related term are showing as below:
PRAC's Pretax Margin % is not ranked *
in the Industrial Products industry.
Industry Median: 5.82 * Ranked among companies with meaningful Pretax Margin % only.
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.
Productivity Technologies Pretax Margin % Related Terms
Productivity Technologies Pretax Margin % Historical Data
* 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.
For the Specialty Industrial Machinery subindustry, Productivity 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.
Productivity Technologies Pretax Margin % vs Industrial Products Industry
For the Industrial Products industry and Industrials sector, Productivity Technologies's Pretax Margin % distribution charts can be found below:
* The bar in red indicates where Productivity Technologies's Pretax Margin % falls into.
* 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.
Productivity Technologies (PRAC) has a Pretax Margin % of 0.06% as of Mar. 2005. Pre-Tax margin is the ratio of total pre-tax income to net sales. View historical data on Productivity Technologies and its competitors.
Is Productivity Technologies' Pretax Margin % too high?
Productivity Technologies' current Pretax Margin % is 0.06%. The Industrial Products industry median Pretax Margin % is 5.82. Productivity Technologies' value of 0.06% is 99% below this industry median.
How does Productivity Technologies' Pretax Margin % compare to TNRG?
Productivity Technologies' Pretax Margin % of 0.06% can be compared against companies in the Industrial Products industry. The industry median Pretax Margin % is 5.82. Productivity Technologies' value of 0.06% is 99% below this benchmark. See the competitive comparison table and distribution chart on this page for a detailed peer-by-peer breakdown.
What is a good Pretax Margin % for an Industrial Products company?
The median Pretax Margin % among Industrial Products companies is 5.82, based on 3,027 companies in the industry. Companies in the top quartile (top 25%) have a Pretax Margin % significantly above this median, while those in the bottom quartile fall well below. However, Pretax Margin % should not be evaluated in isolation — investors should consider it alongside profitability, growth, and financial strength metrics. Productivity Technologies's current Pretax Margin % of 0.06% is 99% below the industry median. Use the industry distribution chart on this page to see where any company falls relative to its peers.
What does a high Pretax Margin % mean?
A high Pretax Margin % can signal that a stock is expensive relative to its fundamentals. Pre-Tax margin is the ratio of total pre-tax income to net sales. View historical data on Productivity Technologies and its competitors. For the Industrial Products industry, the median Pretax Margin % is 5.82 — values significantly above this may indicate overvaluation, while values below may suggest a bargain or underlying issues. Productivity Technologies's current Pretax Margin % is 0.06%. However, context matters — high-growth companies often justify higher valuations. Always evaluate alongside other metrics like GF Score™ and GF Value™.
Is Productivity Technologies stock overvalued right now?
Productivity Technologies (PRAC) has a current Pretax Margin % of 0.06%. The current Pretax Margin % is 0.06% and 99% below the Industrial Products industry median of 5.82. Investors should evaluate multiple metrics — including profitability, growth, and financial strength — before making a decision.
How is Pretax Margin % calculated?
Pretax Margin % is calculated from a company's financial statements. For Productivity Technologies (PRAC), the current Pretax Margin % is 0.06% as of Mar. 2005. GuruFocus calculates this using data sourced from SEC filings and annual reports. See the calculation section and 30-year financial data on this page for the full breakdown.
Productivity Technologies Corp is a provider of production machinery, parking systems, and fabricated structures. It is a supplier of quick die change, flexible transfer, and stacking/destacking equipment used to automate metal forming operations. It is a leader in designing, manufacturing and installing fully mechanized automated parking systems. The company is also focused on fabricating shipping containers to support real estate development. This includes using shipping containers for office, retail and multi-family structures.
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