"The net profit of the bus companies of São Paulo is a third higher than the national average, according to the spreadsheets SPTrans. Values were compared with data from the NTU (National Association of Urban Transport), which brings together 538 companies in the country.
Net income is the feature that the entrepreneur earns after paying investments, operation and taxes.
Bus companies have a net profit of 6.8% on the R $ 6 billion this year should receive as compensation the city, according to SPTrans. Income equivalent to U.S. $ 406.8 million.
In the rest of the country, the business net profit is 4.5%, according to the president of the association of companies, Octavio Cunha. If this rate were applied to São Paulo, the business net profit would fall to U.S. $ 270 million.
The profit rate of 6.8% is considered high by economists and businessmen polled by Leaf, because in the urban transport sector profit margins ranging from 4% to 5% in the country.
Not only is the profit in São Paulo that is high, experts say. The rate of return of 14% is also above the national average for buses and is almost twice the rate that the federal government will pay for roads (7.2%). "(Source, site FSP)
This matter of FSP, can answer the question of where to draw money to lower the value of bus fares?
I think so!
