Increased sales mean the operating costs, which are more or less fixed, spreading over a greater revenue which will result in higher operating margins for the company.
Result: Operating profit (net before depreciation, interest and taxes) in the truck group rose to 15% of revenue last year, from 8% in 1996.
As a result, operating margins declined 150 basis points to 24.6%.
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Earnings quality is a measure of how much a company's earnings growth is a result of operating success as opposed to quirks of bookkeeping or taxation.
The decreased operating profit is a result of the seasonal increased marketing expenditure leading into the holiday season and expenses related to the anticipated opening of new salons in China during early 2012.
This modeled application of an STT-MRAM integrating the memory as cache memory and recorded a two-thirds reduction in power consumption by a standard mobile chip set carrying out standard operating functions, a result confirming that the new MRAM element has the lowest power consumption yet achieved.
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It was the result of people operating from entirely different assumptions about their respective responsibilities.
It will also result in lower operating costs, enabling Best Buy to better compete with online retailers on prices.
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As a result, adjusted operating income came in roughly flat as compared with last year and operating income margin declined 13 basis points.
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The prospect of lower revenues would be expected to result in an operating deficit at our current level of expenses in the first half of 2013.
This effectively shuts down any ( limited) plans UberTAXI and others had for getting back in business in Gotham -- both Uber and Hailo are being stopped from operating in NYC as a result.
It takes the software packages developed by Linux volunteers, tests them, assembles them into a working operating system and ships the result on a compact disc along with a manual and a promise of support.
The result has been lousy operating earnings for property owners and thus falling prices.
As a result it had been operating at a loss for several years and this was not sustainable.
Food sales have been sluggish, and operating margins have fallen as a result of the extra space and staff needed for these services.
Gathering donations via text messages would cut the Salvation Army's operating costs, and as a result would free up more money for the needy.
On the whole, Boeing posted better-than-expected numbers in Q2 on strong core operating performance and, as a result, has also raised earnings per share outlook for 2012.
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As a result, its automotive operating margin for the year is expected to be about 5.7 percent, compared to the 6.1 percent Ford achieved in 2010 and down from the 6.5 percent achieved through the first nine months of the year.
Some small businesses change its operating procedures during this time as a result of the heat.
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As a result, management expects the operating profit margin to hit 10% soon.
Regional carrier Cincinnati Bell was faced with a problem: Customers were returning too many Android devices, and operating costs were slowly rising as a result.
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So the result could be that banks operating in the U.S. use the identifier while continuing to use their own internal identifiers in their other operations.
Extensive tests on the plane's engine revealed the crack was a result of the "unique operating environment" of the test flight, and was not a widespread issue, he added.
We believe margins could improve as a result of improved efficiencies across several operating divisions.
On Wednesday the New York-based media conglomerate said an impairment charge for its cable, publishing and AOL units would result in a fourth-quarter operating loss.
It is said that the requirement for America's Amtrak to become free of operating subsidy by early 2004 is largely the result of competition from low-cost airlines.
These developments are likely to result in accelerated decommissioning costs, increased capital expenditures for higher cost replacement generation, lower reserve margins, and higher operating costs at existing nuclear plants as a result of increased scrutiny, more stringent safety procedures, and longer required maintenance outages.
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As a result, we expect to report an operating loss for the quarter.
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Birmingham International Airport said it was operating normally on Friday with no cancellations as a result of the weather.
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