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CMA Intermediate · Financial Management and Business Data Analytics · Data Presentation: Visualisation and Graphical Presentation

A dashboard for Mehta Pharma shows a KPI tile for operating profit margin. Sales are ₹8,00,00,000 in both Q1 and Q2. Operating profit was ₹96,00,000 in Q1 and ₹1,12,00,000 in Q2. The tile displays the change in margin in percentage points from Q1 to Q2. What does it display?

The tile shows +2.0 percentage points. Q1 margin is 96 lakh over 800 lakh, or 12 percent, and Q2 margin is 112 lakh over 800 lakh, or 14 percent. The difference in margins is 2 points; the 16.7 percent is profit growth, not margin change.

  1. A+2.0 percentage pointsCorrect
  2. B+16.7 percentage points
  3. C+1.6 percentage points
  4. D+14.0 percentage points

Explanation

Q1 margin = 96/800 = 12%. Q2 margin = 112/800 = 14%. Change = 2 percentage points. The 16.7 figure is the percentage growth in profit (16/96), a different measure and not a percentage-point change in margin.

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