• Gold Fields average pre-tax profit margin for 2014 was -2.08%, a 363.29% decline from 2013.
• Gold Fields average pre-tax profit margin for 2013 was 0.79%, a 96.52% decline from 2012.
• Gold Fields average pre-tax profit margin for 2012 was 22.73%, a 15.73% decline from 2011.

Pre-tax profit margin can be defined as earnings before taxes as a portion of total revenue.