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# How to Generate Profitability Reports by Project or Client
- URL: https://blog.jestor.com/profitability-reports-by-project-client/
- Published: 2026-04-22T19:22:12.000Z
- Updated: 2026-04-22T19:22:12.000Z
- Author: Bruno Bannach

Profitability reports by project or client reveal which contracts, clients, or projects are genuinely profitable — and which consume resources without proportional return. This visibility is what enables managers to make strategic decisions about pricing, client mix, and team allocation.

## Why Overall Profitability Hides Specific Problems

A company can have positive margins in its consolidated results while losing money on 30% of its projects. Without the per-project view, those deficit contracts are subsidized by the profitable ones — and no one notices until the situation worsens.

The per-project profitability report is what exposes this reality and allows action to be taken.

## What the Project Profitability Report Needs to Show

- Total project revenue: what was billed to the client
- Direct costs: allocated team, inputs, subcontractors, and project-specific expenses
- Allocated indirect costs: overhead, systems, administrative
- Gross margin and net margin for the project
- Comparison between budgeted and actual figures

## How to Structure Project Profitability Calculation

- Configure cost centers per project in the ERP to concentrate all entries
- Record all expenses directly to the corresponding project cost center
- Calculate team cost based on hours logged per person
- Compare recognized revenue against accumulated costs throughout the project
- Produce the margin report when each phase closes or when the project is completed

## How Jestor Supports Project Profitability Visibility

- Project pipelines with cost, task, and hour tracking per phase
- Custom fields to record relevant financial data per project
- Integration with Omie to cross-reference financial entries with Jestor projects
- Project dashboards combining operational and financial information

## FAQ: Project Profitability

**Can the ERP automatically generate a margin report per project?** Yes, when costs are entered with the project cost center assigned. The report is generated from the recorded data.

**How do I include internal team costs in project profitability?** Configure a cost-per-hour per team member and use per-project time tracking to calculate internal labor cost.

**Does [Jestor](https://jestor.com/?ref=blog.jestor.com) integrate project data with Omie's financial module?** Yes. Projects managed in Jestor can have their entries synced with cost centers in Omie.

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