P&L Reader: Margins and Common-Size

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Sales $

Cost of goods sold $

Overheads

Staff $

Rent $

Marketing $

Utilities and other $

Depreciation $

Interest $

Tax as shown, $

Last year, optional

Sales $

Gross profit $

Overheads $

Enter your numbers, then press Calculate.

From the book, Chapter 8. Northgate Bikes: $2.4m of sales, gross margin 39.5%, operating margin 3.7%, net margin 2.4%. Against last year, sales rose 6.7% but operating profit fell 20%, because overheads grew 8.9% and the gross margin slipped from 40% to 39.5%.

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