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Deteriorating Profit Margin

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Profit margin measures the proportion of revenue left over after paying the variable costs of production. Declining operating margins can point out significant weaknesses in company growth. This flag identifies companies where Profit Margin for the most recent fiscal year is significantly lower than same ratio from the prior fiscal year, both in an absolute sense and also relative to rest of the universe.

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