StockDecksNet margin
The share of sales left as profit after every cost, including interest and tax.
How it’s calculated
Net income ÷ revenue. Also called net profit margin.
How to read it
It is the bottom line expressed as a percentage of sales. Negative means the company made a loss.
Net income includes one-off gains and losses, so the operating margin is often a steadier read of the underlying business.
How StockDecks scores it
Higher scores better. On the general benchmark, 0% counts as weak, 7% as typical and 15% as strong.
It is one of the measures behind the Profitability rating. Every measure, benchmark and weighting is set out on the methodology page.
Real examples
Across the 110 companies StockDecks has a page for with this figure available, as of 24 October 2026, the middle value is 14.6%.
Lowest
Lucid -249.2% · Rivian Automotive -55% · Intel -19.8%
Highest
Smiths 101.7% · 3i Group Ord 94.8% · NVIDIA 63.7%
Figures from Yahoo Finance, captured 24 October 2026. Being high or low on one measure says little on its own — each company page shows how this measure sits alongside the others.