Below are the top five companies in the Computer Hardware industry as ranked by lowest operating margin. A healthy operating margin is required for a company to pay for its fixed costs and generate cash.
NCR (NYSE:NCR) has an operating margin of 2.6% on trailing 12 months sales of $4.7 billion and sales growth of 4.7%.
Dell (NASDAQ:DELL) has an operating margin of 3.5% on trailing 12 months sales of $55.4 billion and sales growth of 20.5%.
Super Micro Computer (NASDAQ:SMCI) has an operating margin of 5.6% on trailing 12 months sales of $721.4 million and sales growth of 63.4%.
Hewlett-Packard (NYSE:HPQ) has an operating margin of 10.1% on trailing 12 months sales of $120.4 billion and sales growth of 12.7%.
Stratasys (NASDAQ:SSYS) has an operating margin of 13.4% on trailing 12 months sales of $108.6 million and sales growth of 22%.
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Source:http://www.zacks.com/research/get_news.php?id=229l9180
