The Profit margin of Cadiz Inc. is -1,579.41%
Profit margin is a measure of profitability and is calculated by finding the net profit as a percentage of the revenue.
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Profit margin is calculated with the selling price (or revenue) taken as base times 100. It is the percentage of selling price that is turned into profit. Profit percentages are calculated to find the ratio of profit to cost of an investment. Profit margin is an indicator of a company's pricing strategies and how well it controls costs. Differences in competitive strategy and product mix cause the profit margin to vary among different companies. The profit margin is used mostly for internal comparisons. It is difficult to accurately compare the net profit ratio for different entities. Individual businesses' operating and financing arrangements vary so much that different entities are bound to have different levels of expenditure, so that comparison of one with another can have little meaning. A low profit margin indicates a low margin of safety: higher risk that a decline in sales will erase profits and result in a net loss, or a negative margin.
founded in 1983, cadiz inc. is a renewable resource company that owns over 70 square miles of land with significant water resources in southern california. the company's properties, which are located at three sites in california's eastern mojave desert, offer abundant and renewable sources of clean water, an ideal environment for organic farming, and excellent land conservation opportunities. the company maintains an organic agricultural operation at its primary property in the cadiz valley and manages the largest desert tortoise land conservation bank in california. the company is also pursuing the cadiz valley water conservation, recovery and storage project, known as the cadiz water project, which will capture and conserve billions of gallons of renewable groundwater that is presently lost to evaporation and provide a new, sustainable water supply. through the active and safe management of the groundwater aquifer system at the site, the cadiz water project will reduce an ongoing los