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THE BOTTOM LINE

Profit before taxes, also known as the pretax profit margin, is a tool I use in analyzing companies. That’s what’s left of a company’s annual sales dollar after all the costs, including depreciation and interest expenses, have been deducted

Retailers have lower profit margins than manufacturers. On the other hand, companies that make highly profitable drugs got 25 percent pretax or better.

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