The historical rank and industry rank for MKS Instruments's Pretax Margin % or its related term are showing as below:
MKSI'
s Pretax Margin % Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: -53.25 Med: 17.81 Max: 23.36
Current: -53.25
MKSI's Pretax Margin % is ranked worse than 92.41% of 2465
companies
in the Hardware industry
Industry Median: 3.56
vs MKSI: -53.25
MKS Instruments Pretax Margin % Historical Data
The historical data trend for MKS Instruments's Pretax Margin % can be seen below:
* 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.
Competitive Comparison of MKS Instruments's Pretax Margin %
For the Scientific & Technical Instruments subindustry, MKS Instruments'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.
MKS Instruments's Pretax Margin % Distribution in the Hardware Industry
For the Hardware industry and Technology sector, MKS Instruments's Pretax Margin % distribution charts can be found below:
* The bar in red indicates where MKS Instruments's Pretax Margin % falls into.
MKS Instruments 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.
MKS Instruments's Pretax Margin for the fiscal year that ended in Dec. 2023 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.
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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MKS Instruments (MKS Instruments) Business Description
MKS Instruments Inc is engaged in providing instruments, subsystems, and process control systems used to measure, monitor, deliver, and control parameters of manufacturing processes. The company's product portfolio includes instruments, components, and systems required in manufacturing products such as flat panel displays, medical devices, and electronic materials, among others used in industrial technologies, semiconductor, life and health sciences, and research and defense markets. The company organizes itself into three reportable business segments: Vacuum Solutions, Photonics Solutions, and Materials Solutions. The Vacuum Solutions segment contributes to roughly half of the company's revenue, and the majority of its revenue is earned in the United States.
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