Verlustmarge

Verlust (“loss”) +‎ Marge (“margin”)

• IPA^(key): [fɛɐ̯ˈlʊstˌmaʁʒə]
• Hyphenation: Ver‧lust‧mar‧ge

Verlustmarge f (genitive Verlustmarge, plural Verlustmargen)

1. (finance, economics) loss margin (the ratio of net loss to revenue, or the negative difference between costs and sales price expressed as a percentage)

   In der aggressiven Expansionsphase akzeptierte das Start-up eine hohe Verlustmarge, um schnell Marktanteile zu gewinnen.

   In its aggressive expansion phase, the start-up accepted a high loss margin to quickly gain market share.

   Anhaltende negative Verlustmargen führen zwangsläufig zur Erosion der Eigenkapitalbasis.

   Persistent negative loss margins inevitably lead to the erosion of the equity base.

• Negativmarge (negative margin)

• Gewinnmarge (profit margin)
• Umsatzrendite (return on sales; usually implies a positive result)

• Verlustvortrag (tax loss carryforward; carrying losses into future years)
• Burn-Rate (burn rate; the speed at which a company consumes its cash reserves)
• Kostendeckung (break-even; the point where the margin is exactly zero)
• Sanierungsfall (restructuring case; a company suffering from chronic loss margins)

• verlustbehaftet (loss-making)
• Verlustgeschäft (losing bargain / loss-making deal)

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