As long as growth is sufficient (and it is), there is room to offset video cost pressures in the U.S. with scale benefits below the gross margin line.
The company after the close yesterday reported January quarter results that were ahead of expectations in terms of revenue and profits, but which disappointed the Street at the gross margin line.
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However, our gross margin and bottom line have been impacted by worse than anticipated market conditions and inventory provisions.
None is a true bottom-line margin that relates profits to sales after deducting all costs, including the opportunity cost of equity capital.
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The figures right now, with Gore leading by a small but steady margin, are right in line with the predictions of seven political scientists' models unveiled at a conference in September, all of which predicted a Gore victory.
If the retailer's overall costs--such as labor, shipping, marketing and other products--remain static, that extra penny of margin can flow to the bottom line.
That shortfall comes on both the top line as well as its margin forecast.
The most important step was to extend the product line to include higher-margin items.
But we have to be very careful indeed in translating a per unit gross margin into the effect on the bottom line of the company.
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It may not be long before the Nook business begins contributing to the bottom line, thanks to high-margin book downloads.
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In fact, if it weren't for a fumble by Michael Crabtree inches from the goal line, San Francisco's margin of victory could even have been greater.
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Should bonuses come off the top-line, bottom-line, be based on contribution margin, be subjectively or objectively distributed, be paid in cash, stock, options, profit sharing, perks, or some other mechanism?
Best Buy also said it continues to expect 2013 comp store sales, gross margin, earnings and inventory levels to be in line with previous expectations.
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Operating margin stood at 20.0%, in line with the prior year.
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The company sees adjusted gross margin for the quarter of 40%, about in line with the 39.6% in Q2.
"We continue to expect solid-top-line growth and expansion of our annual operating margin to approximately 5% of revenue, " says JimMuehlbauerJim Muehlbauer, Best Buy's chief financial officer.
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"We continue to expect solid-top-line growth and expansion of our annual operating margin to approximately 5% of revenue, " says Jim Muehlbauer , Best Buy's chief financial officer.
At EM, although overall sales were relatively in line with initial expectations, the lower-margin Asia business had a stronger than expected quarter, which was offset by a pronounced slowdown in the Americas region.
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Extensive financial rigor was applied to Sears to improve the profitability of every line item, dropping poor performers and closing low margin stores.
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In particular, why does EMC do so well, with a 35% market share in its line of business and a 19% net profit margin?
With the new 40, 000-wafers-per-month Israeli mega-factory due to come on line next year, these factors point to continued margin expansion from already sharply rising levels.
But she says the company now should be able to growing more in line with the markets, after pruning low-margin PCs and shifting focus to corporate PC upgrades and adding Wyse, while also acquiring companies in storage, networking, software and services.
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If you see a line of credit attached you've probably got a margin account.
Gross margin for Q2 is expected to be approximately 44% and in line with historical trends.
Toyota's operating margin will be 13.5% this year, estimates Value Line.
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They were to drop on the spot he played that shot from, drop in the drop zone, or drop on a line between himself and the hole from where the ball last crossed the margin of the hazard.
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