PRZM (Prism Technologies Group) Profitability Rank: 0 (As of Sep. 2017)

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What is Prism Technologies Group Profitability Rank?

Prism Technologies Group has the Profitability Rank of 0.

GuruFocus Profitability Rank ranks how profitable a company is and how likely the company's business will stay that way. It is rated on a scale of 1 to 10 and is based on these factors:

1. Operating Margin %
2. Piotroski F-Score
3. Trend of the Operating Margin % (5-year average). The company with an uptrend profit margin has a higher rank.
4. Consistency of the profitability
5. Predictability Rank

A higher score indicates superior profitability, with companies rated 7 or above considered to have more robust and sustainable profit generation. Conversely, a score of 3 or lower suggests challenges in generating consistent profits.

Prism Technologies Group's Operating Margin % for the quarter that ended in Sep. 2017 was %. As of today, Prism Technologies Group's Piotroski F-Score is 0.


Prism Technologies Group Profitability Rank Related Terms


PRZM vs SYSX: Profitability Rank Comparison

For the Information Technology Services subindustry, Prism Technologies Group's Profitability Rank, along with its competitors' market caps and Profitability Rank 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.


Prism Technologies Group Profitability Rank vs Software Industry

For the Software industry and Technology sector, Prism Technologies Group's Profitability Rank distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Prism Technologies Group's Profitability Rank falls into.



Prism Technologies Group Profitability Rank Calculation

GuruFocus Profitability Rank ranks how profitable a company is and how likely the company's business will stay that way.

The rank is rated on a scale of 1 to 10. A higher score indicates superior profitability, with companies rated 7 or above considered to have more robust and sustainable profit generation. Conversely, a score of 3 or lower suggests challenges in generating consistent profits.

Prism Technologies Group has the Profitability Rank of 0.

Profitability Rank is not directly related to the Financial Strength. But if a company is consistently profitable, its financial strength will be stronger.

Profitability Rank is based on these factors:

1. Operating Margin %

Operating Margin % - also known as operating income margin, operating profit margin and return on sales (ROS) - is the ratio of Operating Income divided by net sales or Revenue, usually presented in percent.

Prism Technologies Group's Operating Margin % for the quarter that ended in Sep. 2017 is calculated as:

Operating Margin %=Operating Income (Q: Sep. 2017 ) / Revenue (Q: Sep. 2017 )
=-0.282 / 0
= %

* 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.

2. Piotroski F-Score

The zones of discrimination were as such:

Good or high score = 8 or 9
Bad or low score = 0 or 1

Prism Technologies Group has an F-score of 0. It is a bad or low score, which usually implies poor business operation.

3. Trend of the Operating Margin % (5-year average). The company with an uptrend profit margin has a higher rank.

4. Consistency of the profitability

5. Predictability Rank


Prism Technologies Group Business Description

Address 101 Parkshore Drive, Suite 100, Folsom, CA, USA, 95630
Prism Technologies Group Inc together with its subsidiaries operates as an intellectual property licensing and technology research and development company. It owns a patent portfolio consisting of nine patent families in the computer and network security, semiconductors and medical technology space. Prism continues to develop and patent new technologies and is committed to ongoing research and development efforts in several fields. Its objective is to develop and invent new technologies in the computer and network security, wearable computing, transaction processing and healthcare to speed time to market opportunities for the customers. Geographically all the operation of the firm is functioned through the region of US.