Business GCSE
Profitability and margins
What Profitability and margins means in Business GCSE, as defined for AQA.
Definition of Profitability and margins
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Reference: AQA
Judging performance by calculating key margins from income statement figures, such as gross profit divided by revenue and multiplied by 100 to give a percentage.
Topics that use Profitability and margins
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