All owner-operators want to know the answer to the same question before taking a load -- is this run actually going to make me money? After delivery, a variation on the same question too often goes un ...

Overdrive June Trucker of the Month Scott Smith, owner-operator of Sapphire Cartage out of Searcy, Arkansas, has a couple secret weapons for bookkeeping, tax accounting and business analysis. The ...

Learn about underlying profit, a key metric many companies use to illustrate true profitability by excluding one-time charges, with examples and pros and cons.

Learn how to calculate the pretax profit margin, understand its uses in financial analysis, and explore examples for evaluating company efficiency before taxes.