A company's operating margin is the profit it makes on a dollar of sales after accounting for the direct costs involved in ...

Most owner-operators know how to figure out what it costs to run their truck — that’s your breakeven point. But there’s another number that rarely gets enough attention in this industry. It’s the one ...

Profitability ratios are financial metrics used to evaluate a business's degree of success in generating a profit.

For 25 years or longer, operating ratio (the ratio of operating expenses to operating revenue) has been a common measure of profitability and efficiency in the truckload transportation industry.

Watching Washington, February 2019: Sizzle sells product. No wonder the sizzle of ever-lower operating ratios is leading to remarkably higher railroad share prices. But as operating ratios—operating ...

Business accountants measure financial performance and success in myriad ways, including the percentage or ratio known as "operating margin." Operating margin helps accountants and business managers ...

Operational performance ratios measure how different aspects of a company's finances are performing. The fixed-asset turnover ratio, operating cycle ratio and revenue per employee ratio each provide a ...

It is no secret that the transportation sector had a very tough time last year, thanks to the COVID-19 outbreak. Railroads, being one of the most important corners of this widely-diversified sector, ...

Saia’s operating ratio worsened to 91.9% in Q4 2025, according to earnings releases, a level even less desirable than what the carrier posted in Q1 when profitability is typically subdued. Excluding ...

Marten Transport reports increases in average miles per trip and quarterly operating ratio, indicating positive performance in the industry. The installation of solar panels in the company's ...

According to cotton farmers on the High Plains, the weather makes no judgments, raining or hailing with equal fury on the just and the unjust. Based on responses to requests for information for this ...