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Glossary
Technical Foundations
Profit Margin
A company’s net profit margin, expressed in percent, refers to how much profit it makes on a net basis from the total revenues it generates i.e. of every dollar of revenue a company generates, x% is profit. The gross profit margin takes gross profit (cf.) as the numerator.