PIA/GATF Ratios Show Printing Industry Profits Decreasing

Profit leaders (printers in the top 25 percent of profitability) saw profits decrease slightly to 9.7 percent as compared to 10.1 percent in the prior year. Despite the small decrease, profit as a percentage of sales for profit leaders remains at the same level it was at in the mid- to late-1990s. For all printers, the average profit of 3.1 percent equals the rate earned in 2001 before falling during and after the last recession.