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
Competitive Comparison of Pandora Media's Profitability Rank
For the Broadcasting subindustry, Pandora Media'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.
Pandora Media's Profitability Rank Distribution in the Media - Diversified Industry
For the Media - Diversified industry and Communication Services sector, Pandora Media's Profitability Rank distribution charts can be found below:
* The bar in red indicates where Pandora Media's Profitability Rank falls into.
Pandora Media 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.
Pandora Media 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.
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.
* 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.
Good or high score = 8 or 9
Bad or low score = 0 or 1
Pandora Media 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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Pandora Media (Pandora Media) Business Description
Pandora Medic Inc is a radio broadcasting company that offers music streaming and automated music recommendation services. Pandora allows users to listen to music selections based on the user's artist or genre preference and then provide positive or negative feedback, which is utilized by the program to choose subsequent musical selections. Pandora can be accessed through a web browser or the company's application that can be downloaded to a personal computer or mobile phone. The service is available in the United States, Australia, and New Zealand. Pandora derives the majority of its revenue in the United States.
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