Pre-tax profit margin can also be more useful in comparing the same company's performance over time, especially if tax rates or penalties have varied during that period.

This may sound like a substantial amount, but consider that with a pre-tax profit of margin 4.1 percent, the net income before tax is $156,347 (($1,716,000/0.45 gross margin) X 0.041).

Gross margin focuses on revenue and COGS, unlike the net profit margin, which takes all of a business's expenses into account. Investopedia / Tara Anand Formula and Calculation of Gross Margin ...

Second Quarter Pre-tax Profit Margin Guidance: 10.4% to 10.5%. Second Quarter Diluted EPS Guidance: $0.97 to $1, up 1% to 4%. Warning! GuruFocus has detected 7 Warning Signs with DOMO.