jgedmond
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You're still a bit confused...like I said it was a subjective comment...you were the one that assumed I was talking about public cos....all I said was "manufacturers"...
...by factual I meant material + labor + (realistic) overhead...not convoluted boilerplate legalese that fluffs up things like R&D, distribution, marketing etc., etc...
I actually mentioned public and private companies in my original reply to you, so I was not assuming anything in that regard. Your original post was not only "subjective" but so non-specific that you can later say that you meant pretty much anything.
Searching SEC databases won't tell you anything about the margins of most private companies - factual or otherwise, individual products or overall.
Pro Tip: most private companies limit the number of common shareholders to avoid SEC reporting requirements although they may make reports to outside investors as a condition of the outside investor funding the business.