Stock Market Investing for Beginners by Tycho Press

Author:Tycho Press
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Tycho Press

You can gather the data you need to assess profitability for most stocks from financial websites and the companies’ earnings releases. However, for a few companies that don’t provide balance-sheet information in their quarterly releases, you’ll need to visit the SEC filings.

Analysis on the Margin

Profit margins measure operating efficiency and show how much of a company’s sales it keeps. Taken individually, profit margins may not tell you much. In context, margins and other profitability measures offer plenty of insight.

Margins track a company’s efficiency from sales to profits, allowing investors to find weak points. Table 6.2 focuses on three types of profit margins: gross, operating, and net. For this section, the table features Honeywell, a defense contractor.

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