A company's profit margin reveals how much of its earnings it gets to keep after it pays all of its expenses. It is a ratio of earnings to revenue. Companies with strong earnings report high profit ...

In retail terms, shrinkage refers to a company's percent loss resulting from damage, product expiration and theft of unsold products. Retail shrinkage can happen anywhere along the production and sale ...

Daniel Jassy, CFA, is an Investopedia Academy instructor and the founder of SPYderCRusher Research. He contributes to Excel and Algorithmic Trading. Robert Kelly is managing director of XTS Energy LLC ...