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One metric that investors use to evaluate companies and industries is profit margin, which speaks of the company's ability to manage its cost and effectively price its products. In May 2015, the profit margin for companies in the food and beverage sector ranged from -24.1% to 24%. The average profit margin was 5.2%.Profit margin is calculated as net income divided by the company's total revenues.n May 2015, the profit margin for companies in the food and beverage sector ranged from -24.1% to 24%. The average profit margin was 5.2%.
Once you have the ratio for gross profit / total revenue, simply multiply the resulting decimal by 100 to get a percent value. 1  Example: For the sporting goods shop, the gross profit margin is: 55,000/100,000 = .55 Ã 100 = 55% 2  . In other words, on average, for each product we sell, we make 55% of the cost as profit.ross profit is a fairly simple comparison of the cost of the goods your company sells to the income derived from those goods. Gross profit margin is the ratio of gross profit to total revenue expressed as a percentage.