Financial & Sales Operating Performance Report
Most comprehensive and in-depth compilation of current performance statistics for evangelical Christian publishing industry to date
ECPA's Financial & Sales Performance Report presents detailed sales and operating data including sales by product type and by market channels. The information is designed and presented in order to provide easy-to-understand guidelines for identifying sales statistics and business performance improvement opportunities.
The report breaks down comparative financial ratios and statistics in several different ways: by participants overall, by company sales volume size, by sales focus related to books, and by corporate structure (non-profits and for-profits), including a special grouping of high profit firms.
In-depth analysis of data is presented in a user-friendly format with graphs and charts, and includes the following categories:
• Overall profitability
• Expense management: gross margin v. expenses ratio
• Top expense categories that are most closely monitored
• Inventory turn
• Sales and gross margins per employee
• Total payroll as percentage of sales
• Asset turnover
• Debt to equity ratios
• Percent change in net sales over the past year
• Forecasted sales growth
• Detailed sales analysis by product type and by market channel
Participating companies automatically received a highly valuable and confidential Company Performance Report, which compares their individual company data alongside the industry norms.
To order the current report - or to participate in the next industry study - contact Michael Covington .
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