Operating profit margin $($or return on sales$)$ shows $\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_$

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the percentage of revenues available to cover operating expenses and yield a profit.

the profitability of current operations without regard to interest charges and income taxes. Earnings before interest and taxes is known as EBIT in financial and business accounting.

after$-$tax profits per dollar of sales.

a measure of the return on total investment in the enterprise. Interest is added to after$-$tax profits to form the numerator, since total assets are financed by creditors as well as by stockholders.