The historical rank and industry rank for Atlantic Power's Pretax Margin % or its related term are showing as below:
AT's Pretax Margin % is not ranked *
in the Utilities - Independent Power Producers industry.
Industry Median: 10.62 * Ranked among companies with meaningful Pretax Margin % only.
Atlantic Power Pretax Margin % Historical Data
The historical data trend for Atlantic Power's Pretax Margin % can be seen below:
* For Operating Data section: All numbers are indicated by the unit behind each term and all currency related amount are in USD. * For other sections: All numbers are in millions except for per share data, ratio, and percentage. All currency related amount are indicated in the company's associated stock exchange currency.
Competitive Comparison of Atlantic Power's Pretax Margin %
For the Utilities - Independent Power Producers subindustry, Atlantic Power's Pretax Margin %, along with its competitors' market caps and Pretax Margin % data, can be viewed below:
* Competitive companies are chosen from companies within the same industry, with headquarter located in same country, with closest market capitalization; x-axis shows the market cap, and y-axis shows the term value; the bigger the dot, the larger the market cap. Note that "N/A" values will not show up in the chart.
Atlantic Power's Pretax Margin % Distribution in the Utilities - Independent Power Producers Industry
For the Utilities - Independent Power Producers industry and Utilities sector, Atlantic Power's Pretax Margin % distribution charts can be found below:
* The bar in red indicates where Atlantic Power's Pretax Margin % falls into.
Atlantic Power Pretax Margin % Calculation
Pretax margin - also known as pretax profit margin is the ratio of Pretax Income divided by net sales or Revenue, usually presented in percent.
Atlantic Power's Pretax Margin for the fiscal year that ended in Dec. 2020 is calculated as
* For Operating Data section: All numbers are indicated by the unit behind each term and all currency related amount are in USD. * For other sections: All numbers are in millions except for per share data, ratio, and percentage. All currency related amount are indicated in the company's associated stock exchange currency.
Atlantic Power (NYSE:AT) Pretax Margin % Explanation
The pretax margin, as know as pretax profit margin, is widely used to measure the operating efficiency of a company before deducting taxes.
The pretax margin is sometimes preferred over the net margin as tax expenditures can make profitability comparisons between companies misleading.
It is a useful tool to compare companies operating in the same sector and less effective when comparing companies from other sectors as each industry generally has different operating expenses and sales patterns.
The long term trend of the pretax margin is a good indicator of the competitiveness and health of the business.
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Atlantic Power (Atlantic Power) Business Description
Atlantic Power Corp is an independent power producer that owns power generation assets in the United States and Canada. Its power generation projects, which are diversified by geography, fuel type, dispatch profile, and offtaker, sell electricity to utilities and other large customers predominantly under long-term power purchase agreements, which seek to minimize exposure to changes in commodity prices. It has four reportable segments: Solid Fuel, Natural Gas, Hydroelectric and Corporate. A vast majority of the revenues are generated from the natural gas segment.
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