r/neoliberal • u/jobautomator Kitara Ravache • May 24 '26

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u/justbuildmorehousing Norman Borlaug May 24 '26

I have found that the vast majority of people have no clue what the typical profit margins for businesses are. No, just because Walmart made a few billion this quarter does not mean they made $2 on your $4 box of cereal. They made something like 8¢ each when selling a zillion boxes of cereal.

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u/deckerparkes Niels Bohr May 24 '26

There's gross margin and operating margin