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aflowers
Jul 24, 2010, 12:26 AM
Calcualte profit as a perent of sales
Sales $270,000
Less variable costs 110,000
contribution margin 160,000
less fixed costs 70,000
Profit 90,000
Stringer
Jul 24, 2010, 01:35 AM
$90,000,00 divided by $270,000.00 = 0.334
morgaine300
Jul 24, 2010, 04:28 AM
Learn the math behind it. If you want to calculate anything as a percent OF anything else, divide them in order.
Profit as percent of sales: profit/sales.
Accounting majors as percent of class size: majors/class size.
Works for anything.
stormid
Feb 18, 2012, 09:26 AM
Total net sales $17.8 billion
Net income $389 million
pready
Feb 18, 2012, 11:50 AM
Net Sales / Net Income