Looking at the Numbers -- Dickeson
| Item | All Firms | Upper Quartile |
Lower 3 Quartiles |
| Sales | 100.00% | 100.00% | 100.00% |
| Materials/DOAs | 35.97% | 35.72% | 36.22% |
| VA/Contribution | 64.03% | 64.28% | 63.78% |
| Oper. Expense | 56.46% | 49.36% | 63.56% |
| EBITDA | 7.57% | 14.92% | 0.22% |
| Number of Firms | 785 | 198 | 587 |
In place of "Profit," the Earnings Before Income Taxes, Depreciation and Amortization (EBITDA) is shown. As many are aware, the definition of profit has become so sophisticated that it's now called an "accounting opinion."
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