The Tasmanian devil is NOT just a Loony Tunes cartoon character! It is a most unusual mammal, found only on the island state of Tasmania, a part of Australia. It is also a marsupial, related to koalas and kangaroos.he Tasmanian devil is NOT just a Loony Tunes cartoon character! It is a most unusual mammal, found only on the island state of Tasmania, a part of Australia. It is also a marsupial, related to koalas and kangaroos.
Also found in: Dictionary, Thesaurus, Acronyms, Wikipedia. Related to Operating margin: profit margin, Operating income, Net operating margin. Indicator of profitability. The ratio of earnings available to stockholders to net sales. Determined by dividing net income by revenue for the same 12-month period. Result is shown as a percentage. Also known as net profit margin.
Operating income, or operating profit as it is frequently called, is the total pre-tax profit a business generated from its operations. For a business like cereal and snack maker Kellogg's, operating income is going to represent the pre-tax profit generated from selling cereal and breakfast items. For a business like Papa John's, it's going to represent the pre-tax profit generated from selling pizzas.