Gewinnmarge

German

Etymology

Gewinn (“profit”) +‎ Marge (“margin”)

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ɡəˈvɪnˌmaʁʒə]
  • Hyphenation: Ge‧winn‧mar‧ge

Noun

Gewinnmarge f (genitive Gewinnmarge, plural Gewinnmargen)

  1. (finance, economics) profit margin (the ratio of profit to revenue, indicating what percentage of sales has turned into profit)
    Durch Prozessoptimierungen konnte das Unternehmen seine Gewinnmarge im letzten Quartal deutlich steigern.
    Through process optimizations, the company was able to significantly increase its profit margin in the last quarter.
    Im Niedrigpreissegment ist die Gewinnmarge oft sehr gering, weshalb hohe Absatzzahlen entscheidend sind.
    In the low-price segment, the profit margin is often very low, which is why high sales figures are crucial.

Declension

Declension of Gewinnmarge [feminine]
singular plural
indef. def. noun def. noun
nominative eine die Gewinnmarge die Gewinnmargen
genitive einer der Gewinnmarge der Gewinnmargen
dative einer der Gewinnmarge den Gewinnmargen
accusative eine die Gewinnmarge die Gewinnmargen

Synonyms

  • Umsatzrendite (return on sales; the more technical term for the same ratio)
  • Handelsspanne (trade margin; specifically the difference between purchase and selling price)

Antonyms

  • Verlustmarge (loss margin; when costs per unit exceed revenue)

Coordinate terms

  • Bruttomarge (gross margin; revenue minus cost of goods sold)
  • Nettomarge (net margin; profit after all expenses and taxes)
  • EBIT-Marge (EBIT margin; earnings before interest and taxes as a percentage of revenue)
  • Preiskalkulation (price calculation; the process of setting prices to achieve a certain margin)
  • margenstark (having high profit margins)
  • Margenausweitung (margin expansion)

References

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