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The interpretation of financial statements

4.4 Operating profit margin

The operating margin is an expansion of the gross margin. It includes all of the items
that come after gross profit but before finance charges and taxation, such as
distribution and administration costs in the statement of profit or loss.

The operating profit margin is calculated as follows:

Operating Profit
Sales Revenue × 100%

Illustrations and further practice

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