Pre-Tax margin is calculated as Pre-Tax Income divided by its Revenue. Viasat's Pre-Tax Income for the
three
months ended in Dec. 2023 was $-157 Mil. Viasat's Revenue for the
three
months ended in Dec. 2023 was $1,129 Mil. Therefore, Viasat's pretax margin for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was -13.87%.
The historical rank and industry rank for Viasat's Pretax Margin % or its related term are showing as below:
VSAT'
s Pretax Margin % Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: -30.56 Med: -3.32 Max: 3.89
Current: -30.56
VSAT's Pretax Margin % is ranked worse than 88.75% of 2463
companies
in the Hardware industry
Industry Median: 3.59
vs VSAT: -30.56
Viasat Pretax Margin % Historical Data
The historical data trend for Viasat'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 Viasat's Pretax Margin %
For the Communication Equipment subindustry, Viasat'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.
Viasat's Pretax Margin % Distribution in the Hardware Industry
For the Hardware industry and Technology sector, Viasat's Pretax Margin % distribution charts can be found below:
* The bar in red indicates where Viasat's Pretax Margin % falls into.
Viasat 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.
Viasat's Pretax Margin for the fiscal year that ended in Mar. 2023 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.
Viasat (NAS:VSAT) 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.
Viasat Pretax Margin % Related Terms
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Viasat Inc provides bandwidth technologies and services in three segments: satellite services, which provides satellite-based high-speed broadband services to consumers, enterprises, and commercial airlines; commercial networks, which develops end-to-end communication and connectivity systems; and government systems, which produces network-centric Internet Protocol-based secure government communication systems. A large majority of the firm's revenue is generated in the United States, with the rest coming from the Americas, Europe, Middle East, Africa, and Asia-Pacific.
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