Premier Farnell (STU:PML) Pretax Margin % : 6.14% (As of Jul. 2015)

Premier Farnell Pretax Margin % Chart

Premier Farnell Annual Data
	Trend	Jan01	Jan05	Jan06	Jan07	Jan10	Jan11	Jan12	Jan13	Jan14	Jan15
Pretax Margin %		Get a 7-Day Free Trial					9.42	10.75	7.25	7.73	7.20

Premier Farnell Semi-Annual Data
	Jan05	Jul05	Jan06	Jul06	Jan07	Jul07	Jul08	Jul09	Jan10	Jul10	Jan11	Jul11	Jan12	Jul12	Jan13	Jul13	Jan14	Jul14	Jan15	Jul15
Pretax Margin %	Get a 7-Day Free Trial															7.65	7.81	7.59	6.80	6.14

Competitive Comparison of Premier Farnell's Pretax Margin %

For the Electronics & Computer Distribution subindustry, Premier Farnell'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.

Premier Farnell's Pretax Margin % Distribution in the Hardware Industry

For the Hardware industry and Technology sector, Premier Farnell's Pretax Margin % distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Premier Farnell's Pretax Margin % falls into.

Premier Farnell 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.

Premier Farnell's Pretax Margin for the fiscal year that ended in Jan. 2015 is calculated as

Premier Farnell's Pretax Margin for the quarter that ended in Jul. 2015 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.

Premier Farnell  (STU:PML) 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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