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Definition of 'Segment Margin'
The amount of profit or loss produced by one component of a business. With large companies, just knowing the gross margin for the entire business is not always enough. Knowing the segment margins for each division of the company that generates both expenses and revenues provides a more accurate picture of where the company is creating the most value and where its strengths and weaknesses lie.
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Investopedia explains 'Segment Margin'
For example, an athletic shoe company might report its profit margin for the company as a whole. To provide greater detail, it could report segment margins - the profit margins for different components of the business, such as women's shoes, men's shoes, children's shoes and athletic accessories. If the company has multiple locations, it could also report the segment (geographic) margins for its Seattle stores, its Chicago stores and its Philadelphia stores, for example.
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Search results for 'Segment Margin'
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http://stocks.investopedia.com/stock-analysis/2012/Costs-Taking-Their-Toll-On-RPM-International-RPM-DD-PPG-HD0109.aspx
... material costs were notably troublesome in the consumer segment, where it was about
70% responsible for the one-and-a-half point drop in segment margin (and 2 ...
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http://www.investopedia.com/articles/stocks/06/segmentdata.asp
... Figure 1 is a chart of the Q2 2006 reported segment data. ... Digital enterprise is 70%
larger than mobility, but contributed fewer operating margin dollars ($931 ...
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http://stocks.investopedia.com/stock-analysis/2011/Hasbros-On-Sale-HAS-MAT-JAKK-LF-KID1116.aspx
... In September 2010, the American and Canadian segment's operating margin was 790
basis points higher, for the first nine months of the year, than its ...
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http://stocks.investopedia.com/stock-analysis/2011/FedEx-Delivers-Strength-FDX-UPS-BA-NSC-CSX-UNP0623.aspx
... Although the Express segment saw is operating margin drop to 6.5% from 7% in the
year-over-year quarter as well as to 5% from 5.2% for the full year, other ...
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http://stocks.investopedia.com/stock-analysis/2010/Honeywells-2011-Outlook-HON-UTX-JCI-TYC1215.aspx
... combined with the improved outlook for the global economy, its management is confident
in their forecast of higher revenues, segment margin expansion, strong ...
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http://stocks.investopedia.com/stock-analysis/2011/Smucker-Makes-Higher-Coffee-Prices-Pay-Off-SJM-SBUX-GMCR-KFT-DF0222.aspx
... additional 10%. Segment profit increased by 19%, while the profit margin
was 28.5%, compared to 28.1% in the year ago quarter. The ...
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http://stocks.investopedia.com/stock-analysis/2011/Agilent-Beaten-Down-To-Bargain-A-ILMN-DHR-AFFX-BRKR-ARX-WAT0817.aspx
... GAAP gross margin increased about 40 basis points, though the company's
segment-by-segment breakdown showed gross margins (non-GAAP) declining in every ...
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http://stocks.investopedia.com/stock-analysis/2011/IBM-Big-Blue-And-Kinda-Cheap-IBM-HPQ-MSFT-ORCL-EMC0120.aspx
... Looking at the segment pretax margin data, it was no surprise to see strong software
margins, but it might surprise some to see that IBM's hardware business is ...
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http://stocks.investopedia.com/stock-analysis/2009/A-Pretty-Painted-Picture-MAS-PPG-SHW-BRK.-AVAL0908.aspx
... Even better, the segment's operating profit grew 30.3% year-over-year, to $116 ... In
the last five years, the paint division's operating profit margin hasn't been ...
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http://stocks.investopedia.com/stock-analysis/2010/Eaton-Dover-And-Ingersoll-Rand-Oh-My-ETN-DOV-IR-HON-UTX-DHR1025.aspx
... Margins were up strongly in every segment but engineered systems (where margin
declined), with fluid management and electronic technologies margins both ...
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