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Comtex News Network (Comtex News Network) Profitability Rank : 0 (As of Mar. 2010)


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What is Comtex News Network Profitability Rank?

Comtex News Network has the Profitability Rank of 0.

GuruFocus Profitability Rank ranks how profitable a company is and how likely the company's business will stay that way. It is based on these factors:

1. Operating Margin %
2. Piotroski F-Score
3. Trend of the Operating Margin % (5-year average). The company with an uptrend profit margin has a higher rank.
4. Consistency of the profitability
5. Predictability Rank

Comtex News Network's Operating Margin % for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2010 was -13.20%. As of today, Comtex News Network's Piotroski F-Score is 0.


Competitive Comparison of Comtex News Network's Profitability Rank

For the Publishing subindustry, Comtex News Network's Profitability Rank, along with its competitors' market caps and Profitability Rank 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.


Comtex News Network's Profitability Rank Distribution in the Media - Diversified Industry

For the Media - Diversified industry and Communication Services sector, Comtex News Network's Profitability Rank distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Comtex News Network's Profitability Rank falls into.



Comtex News Network Profitability Rank Calculation

GuruFocus Profitability Rank ranks how profitable a company is and how likely the company's business will stay that way.

The maximum rank is 10. A rank of 7 or higher means a higher profitability and may stay that way. A rank of 3 or lower indicates that the company has had trouble to make a profit.

Comtex News Network has the Profitability Rank of 0.

Profitability Rank is not directly related to the Financial Strength. But if a company is consistently profitable, its financial strength will be stronger.

Profitability Rank is based on these factors:

1. Operating Margin %

Operating Margin % - also known as operating income margin, operating profit margin and return on sales (ROS) - is the ratio of Operating Income divided by net sales or Revenue, usually presented in percent.

Comtex News Network's Operating Margin % for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2010 is calculated as:

Operating Margin %=Operating Income (Q: Mar. 2010 ) / Revenue (Q: Mar. 2010 )
=-0.251 / 1.901
=-13.20 %

* 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.

2. Piotroski F-Score

The zones of discrimination were as such:

Good or high score = 8 or 9
Bad or low score = 0 or 1

Comtex News Network has an F-score of 0. It is a bad or low score, which usually implies poor business operation.

3. Trend of the Operating Margin % (5-year average). The company with an uptrend profit margin has a higher rank.

4. Consistency of the profitability

5. Predictability Rank


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Comtex News Network (Comtex News Network) Business Description

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Address
295 Madison Avenue, 12th Floor, New York, NY, USA, 10017
Comtex News Network Inc is a provider of economically useful electronic real-time news, content and SmarTrend(r) market products. It receives, enhances, combines and filters news and content received from national and international news bureaus, agencies and publications, and distributes more than one million total stories per day.
Executives
Chip Brian officer: President and COO 625 N WASHINGTON STREET STE 301 ALEXANDRIA VA 22314
Tepco Corp 10 percent owner 25 CHURCH STREET THE CONTINENTAL BUILDING HAMILTON D0 HM 12
C W Gilluly director, officer: Interim C.E.O. 625 N. WASHINGTON ST. STE 301 ALEXANDRIA VA 22314

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