Below are the top five companies in the Computer Hardware industry as ranked by operating margin. A healthy operating margin is required for a company to pay for its fixed costs and generate cash.
Apple has an operating margin of 27% on trailing 12 months sales of $57.1 billion and sales growth of 61.3%.
Teradata has an operating margin of 22.6% on trailing 12 months sales of $1.8 billion and sales growth of 11.6%.
International Business Machines has an operating margin of 18% on trailing 12 months sales of $97.4 billion and sales growth of 2%.
Stratasys has an operating margin of 13.4% on trailing 12 months sales of $108.6 million and sales growth of 22%.
Hewlett-Packard has an operating margin of 9.9% on trailing 12 months sales of $123.5 billion and sales growth of 11.4%.
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Source:http://www.mysmartrend.com/news-briefs/news-watch/highest-operating-margin-computer-hardware-industry-detected-shares-apple-aa-1
