Swisher Hygiene (Swisher Hygiene) Pretax Margin % : % (As of Mar. 2016)

Swisher Hygiene Pretax Margin % Chart

Swisher Hygiene Annual Data
	Trend	Aug06	Aug07	Aug08	Aug09	Aug10	Dec11	Dec12	Dec13	Dec14	Dec15
Pretax Margin %		Get a 7-Day Free Trial					-18.69	-26.91	-71.66	-24.20	-

Swisher Hygiene Quarterly Data
	Jun11	Sep11	Dec11	Mar12	Jun12	Sep12	Dec12	Mar13	Jun13	Sep13	Dec13	Mar14	Jun14	Sep14	Dec14	Mar15	Jun15	Sep15	Dec15	Mar16
Pretax Margin %	Get a 7-Day Free Trial															-20.08	-17.17	-	-	-

Competitive Comparison of Swisher Hygiene's Pretax Margin %

For the Household & Personal Products subindustry, Swisher Hygiene'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.

Swisher Hygiene's Pretax Margin % Distribution in the Consumer Packaged Goods Industry

For the Consumer Packaged Goods industry and Consumer Defensive sector, Swisher Hygiene's Pretax Margin % distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Swisher Hygiene's Pretax Margin % falls into.

Swisher Hygiene 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.

Swisher Hygiene's Pretax Margin for the fiscal year that ended in Dec. 2015 is calculated as

Swisher Hygiene's Pretax Margin for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2016 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.

Swisher Hygiene  (OTCPK:SWSH) 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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