- Operating margins rise and SG&A spending
increases.
When sales growth lags, companies look to increase profits and drive earnings through cost cutting and increased productivity. Over the last two years, companies have benefited from these activities with record profit growth and higher operating margins. Instrument companies have been no different. The economic downturn earlier in the decade, ......
- International sales index: efficiency boosts profit
margins.
Total IBO International Instrumentation Sales Index revenues for calendar year 2006 grew 7.1% in converted US dollars to $3,026 million, while operating profits jumped 35.3% to $654 million, leading operating margin to improved 450 basis points to 21.6% of sales. First-half 2007 Index sales improved 3.7% over the first ......
- Samsung Reports Record Year-End Profit
Seoul, South Korea— For the first time in its 35 years in business, Samsung Electronics racked up a 12-month profit of over $10 billion, with consolidated net income for 2004 reaching $10.5 billion, an 81 percent increase over the $5.8 billion net registered one year ago. Consolidated sales for the ......
- People's Liberation Reports Second Quarter 2007 Improved Operating and Financial Performance.
* Net Sales Up 39% From a Year Ago * Gross Margin Increased to 49% from 39% a Year Ago * Reiterates Target of Profitability in Second Half of 2007 LOS ANGELES -- People's Liberation, Inc. (OTCBB:PPLB), designer of premium denim and high-end casual apparel under the brand names People's ......
- IBO International sales index for 2001 falls in
dollars.
Annual revenues for 2001 for the IBO International Instrumentation Sales Index declined 1.5% (converted to dollars) over 2000. Operating profits in 2001 continued to fall, down 9.7% from 2000, after falling 13.9% in the previous comparable year. Operating profit margins for 2001 were 4.2% of sales, down from 4.6% of ......
- Instrument companies rebound in third quarter.
The third quarter 2006 Laboratory Instrument Sales Index features results for 22 of 24 companies in the Index, with estimated sales and operating profit included for Oxford Instruments and Analytik Jena. There was one change to the Index this quarter: Biacore has been removed due to its acquisition by GE ......
- Sales increase at Blackwell Publishers
Strong sales growth from Blackwell Science and continued profit growth at Blackwell Publishers helped Blackwell's publishing companies achieve combined sales of £138m, with an operating profit of £14m, in the year to end-1998.