Gross profitability
Gross profit divided by total assets: what the business earns per dollar of capital tied up to sell.
How to read it
Separates a fat margin earned on a mountain of assets from the same margin earned on very little.
How to use it
One of the best-documented quality measures in academic work.
In Kereon
Investing · company. Withheld for banks, which have no gross profit.
Also called: gross profitability.