# Return on sales also profit-turnover ratio, operating profit margin, percentage return on sales

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## Definition

Unless explicitly defined otherwise, this is the ratio of profit before taxes to sales within an accounting period. It thus indicates how many GE of profit a company has generated per GE of sales. A company with a high return on sales is CETERIS PARIBUS less susceptible to market fluctuations of any kind. - See assertion strategy, contribution margin, earnings, operating, profit, operating, profit cycle, run rate. - Cf. Deutsche Bundesbank Monthly Report of January 2010, p. 20 f. (return on equity and return on sales; assessment of meaningfulness). Attention: The financial encyclopedia is protected by copyright and may only be used for private purposes without express consent! University Professor Dr. Gerhard Merk, Dipl.rer.pol., Dipl.rer.oec. Professor Dr. Eckehard Krah, Dipl.rer.pol. E-mail address: info@ekrah.com https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gerhard_Ernst_Merk https://www.jung-stilling-gesellschaft.de/merk/ https://www.gerhardmerk.de/

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