P Spx: Earnings and Profit Margins

p spx: The S&P 500 operating profit margins hit record levels in 2014 and have declined slightly since, according to Market Watch. Profit margin measures how much of every dollar in sales a company gets to keep in earnings. Don't look now, but declining profit margins may put a damper on those hopes. In other words, the more companies are able to control their costs, the higher their bottom line. Read:Earnings recession expected to extend to sixth straight quarter The earnings outlook for the S&P 500 SPX, +0.02% for the next year is fairly optimistic. If large U.S. corporations manage to beat earnings estimates by a few percentage points this time around, instead of the -2% projected decline we will see the first positive earnings growth in five quarters, and the first revenue growth since the end of 2014. (news.financializer.com). As reported in the news.