Below are the top five companies in the Computer Hardware industry as ranked by gross margin. Gross Margin tells you how many of your sales dollars are profit. If efficiency is improved, more profits will result.
3PAR (NYSE:PAR) has gross margin of 64.2%, a sales growth of 10.7%, and trailing 12 months sales of $194.3 million.
Teradata (NYSE:TDC) has gross margin of 55%, a sales growth of 16.9%, and trailing 12 months sales of $1.8 billion.
Stratasys (NASDAQ:SSYS) has gross margin of 51.5%, a sales growth of 21%, and trailing 12 months sales of $103.2 million.
Avid Technology (NASDAQ:AVID) has gross margin of 50.7%, a sales growth of 7.7%, and trailing 12 months sales of $644.9 million.
International Business Machines (NYSE:IBM) has gross margin of 45.6%, a sales growth of 2%, and trailing 12 months sales of $97.4 billion.
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Source:http://www.mysmartrend.com/news-briefs/news-watch/3par-has-highest-gross-margin-computer-hardware-industry-par-tdc-ssys-avid-i-1
