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Global Companies Make a 5% Net Profit Margin

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Global companies has made a 5% net profit margin on average | #ChartOfTheDay

 

  • We have combined the financial statements of globally-listed non-financial companies into one for the past 23 years
  • The average number of companies included in this study was 12,586 per year and as of 2017, it was 17,159
  • Net profit margin has averaged 5.1% and varied between 3.3% and 7.1%, 95% of the time in the past 23 years
  • With a low of 1.1% in 2002 and a high of 7.1% in 2007

 

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