COMMERCIAL PRINTING Outlook -- Shadows Cast on 2006

Sales are great, but what about profits? Davis recently published an analysis of profit performance based on the 2005 PIA/GATF Ratios study. The chart below is part of his findings for all sheetfed printers, broken down by Profit Leaders (printers in the top 25 percent of profitability) and Profit Challengers (all the rest).