The higher the cost of the input goods, the slimmer the basic profit margin, the more the sales price matters. Most stations are highly sensitive to this. Your actual return on a station is going to depend on the local price modifier, which is visible if you have an Orange or better trade system. Quite a few of the entries have math errors, I discovered. Note that the profitability listed in the Wiki is always wrong, because it ignores the 25% bonus you get for selling to NPC traders from a factory. I decided to do a comprehensive study of the financial return on stations.
