What Does Gross Margin Means?
A company's total sales revenue minus its cost of goods sold, divided by the total sales revenue, expressed as a percentage. The gross margin represents the percent of total sales revenue that the company retains after incurring the direct costs associated with producing the goods and services sold by a company. The higher the percentage, the more the company retains on each dollar of sales to service its other costs and obligations.
Revenue-Cost of Goods Sold
Gross Margin(%) = --------------------------------------------------
Revenue
This number represents the proportion of each dollar of revenue that the company retains as gross profit. For example, if a company's gross margin for the most recent quarter was 35%, it would retain $0.35 from each dollar of revenue generated, to be put towards paying off selling, general and administrative expenses, interest expenses and distributions to shareholders. The levels of gross margin can vary drastically from one industry to another depending on the business. For example, software companies will generally have a much higher gross margin than a manufacturing firm.
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Below these are the Gross Margin Stocks October 1, 2011.
PANL Universal Display Corp. 100.89%
TROW T. Rowe Price Group, Inc. 99.87%
CVE Cenovus Energy Inc. 99.75%
EXAS Exact Sciences Corporation 99.50%
MIPS MIPS Technologies Inc. 98.39%
O Realty Income Corp. 98.11%
DFT DuPont Fabros Technology, Inc. 97.66%
CME CME Group Inc. 97.03%
NPSP NPS Pharmaceuticals, Inc. 96.76%
CHKP Check Point Software Technologies Ltd. 95.70%
SKM SK Telecom Co. Ltd. 95.47%
EP El Paso Corp. 95.41%
RMBS Rambus Inc. 95.03%
DEPO DepoMed Inc. 94.90%
MT Arcelor Mittal 94.90%
HLS HEALTHSOUTH Corp. 94.57%
NNN National Retail Properties, Inc. 94.54%
SWI SolarWinds, Inc. 94.54%
CHL China Mobile Limited 94.40%
QCOR Questcor Pharmaceuticals, Inc. 93.90%
ARMH ARM Holdings plc 93.85%
VRTX Vertex Pharmaceuticals Incorporated 93.42%
JAZZ Jazz Pharmaceuticals, Inc. 93.29%
TZOO Travelzoo Inc. 93.19%
NOG Northern Oil and Gas, Inc. 93.11%
SEIC SEI Investments Co. 92.98%
CYS Cypress Sharpridge Investments, Inc. 92.87%
TSRA Tessera Technologies Inc. 92.80%
WM Waste Management, Inc. 92.71%
DHX Dice Holdings, Inc. 92.64%
KND Kindred Healthcare Inc. 92.35%
AMLN Amylin Pharmaceuticals, Inc. 92.03%
P Pandora Media, Inc. Common Stoc 91.89%
BIIB Biogen Idec Inc. 91.68%
BEXP Brigham Exploration Co. 90.56%
GMXR GMX Resources Inc. 90.34%
MRX Medicis Pharmaceutical Corp. 90.17%
OAS Oasis Petroleum Inc. 89.99%
CELG Celgene Corporation 89.97%
ADSK Autodesk, Inc. 89.95%
FTR Frontier Communications Corporation 89.82%
ADBE Adobe Systems Inc. 89.55%
CLR Continental Resources Inc. 89.37%
TWO Two Harbors Investment Corp. 89.01%
QLIK Qlik Technologies, Inc. 88.85%
BID Sotheby's 88.75%
DLB Dolby Laboratories, Inc. 88.09%
ALXN Alexion Pharmaceuticals, Inc. 88.04%
UTHR United Therapeutics Corp. 87.89%
ECA Encana Corporation 87.87%
EOG EOG Resources, Inc. 87.83%
CTXS Citrix Systems, Inc. 87.77%
AINV Apollo Investment Corporation 87.76%
EGY Vaalco Energy Inc. 87.46%
MITK Mitek Systems Inc. 87.42%
CA CA Technologies 86.78%
QSFT Quest Software Inc. 86.58%
CYH Community Health Systems, Inc. 86.54%
HMA Health Management Associates Inc. 86.54%
WCRX Warner Chilcott plc 86.50%
FVE Five Star Quality Care Inc. 86.42%
KWK Quicksilver Resources Inc. 86.42%
LAVA Magma Design Automation Inc. 86.40%
SLW Silver Wheaton Corp. 86.09%
AGN Allergan Inc. 85.61%
APC Anadarko Petroleum Corporation 85.46%
CHK Chesapeake Energy Corporation 85.13%
VPHM ViroPharma Inc. 85.08%
GA Giant Interactive Group, Inc. 84.64%
AMGN Amgen Inc. 84.53%
ROVI Rovi Corporation 84.36%
XCO EXCO Resources Inc. 83.88%
HCA HCA Inc. 83.87%
SYMC Symantec Corporation 83.79%
HCP HCP, Inc. 83.57%
ACOM Ancestry.com Inc. 83.56%
RHT Red Hat, Inc. 83.47%
RRC Range Resources Corporation 83.12%
CDNS Cadence Design Systems Inc. 83.09%
MENT Mentor Graphics Corp. 83.06%
CXO Concho Resources, Inc. 83.04%
ANSS Ansys, Inc. 82.97%
WLL Whiting Petroleum Corp. 82.94%
VMW VMware, Inc. 82.83%
V Visa, Inc. 82.78%
MCGC MCG Capital Corporation 82.69%
APKT Acme Packet, Inc. 82.68%
DVN Devon Energy Corporation 82.65%
INTU Intuit Inc. 82.58%
ROSE Rosetta Resources, Inc. 82.49%
CIM Chimera Investment Corporation 82.35%
BBG Bill Barrett Corp. 82.25%
NBL Noble Energy, Inc. 82.01%
XEC Cimarex Energy Co. 82.00%
INFA Informatica Corporation 81.90%
UHS Universal Health Services Inc. 81.88%
SPPI Spectrum Pharmaceuticals, Inc. 81.87%
APA Apache Corp. 81.87%
FFIV F5 Networks, Inc. 81.78%
NFX Newfield Exploration Co. 81.66%
CERN Cerner Corporation 81.64%
AZN AstraZeneca PLC 81.59%
NUVA NuVasive, Inc. 81.52%
BSFT BroadSoft, Inc. 81.44%
BMRN BioMarin Pharmaceutical Inc. 81.28%
JCOM j2 Global Communications, Inc. 81.28%
UPL Ultra Petroleum Corp. 80.97%
ACAS American Capital, Ltd. 80.72%
LLY Eli Lilly & Co. 80.66%
AAN Aaron's, Inc. 80.53%
SLXP Salix Pharmaceuticals Ltd. 80.48%
SM SM Energy Company 80.47%
KRC Kilroy Realty Corp. 80.29%
HLF Herbalife Ltd. 80.15%
CEPH Cephalon Inc. 80.13%
SPG Simon Property Group Inc. 80.12%
KT KT Corp. 79.96%
FXEN FX Energy Inc. 79.79%
KOG Kodiak Oil & Gas Corp. 79.72%
EXPE Expedia Inc. 79.61%
GGP General Growth Properties Inc. 79.49%
CRM Salesforce.com 79.42%
EV Eaton Vance Corp. 79.34%
EBIX Ebix Inc. 79.21%
DNKN Dunkin' Brands Group 78.88%
XXIA Ixia 78.86%
CRK Comstock Resources Inc. 78.42%
CRZO Carrizo Oil & Gas Inc. 78.21%
LLTC Linear Technology Corp. 78.14%
CTRP Ctrip.com International Ltd. 78.10%
VRSN VeriSign Inc. 78.09%
EL Estee Lauder Companies Inc. 78.01%
SNPS Synopsys Inc. 77.98%
FRX Forest Laboratories Inc. 77.91%
GPOR Gulfport Energy Corp. 77.90%
KCG Knight Capital Group Inc. 77.76%
MSFT Microsoft Corporation 77.73%
CHU China Unicom (Hong Kong) Limited 77.61%
BCSI Blue Coat Systems Inc. 77.61%
CBST Cubist Pharmaceuticals Inc. 77.56%
WTI W&T Offshore Inc. 77.54%
GNK Genco Shipping & Trading Ltd. 77.35%
AUXL Auxilium Pharmaceuticals Inc. 77.32%
HCN Health Care REIT Inc. 77.00%
SGY Stone Energy Corp. 76.93%
FST Forest Oil Corp. 76.78%
DRE Duke Realty Corp. 76.75%
PFE Pfizer Inc. 76.68%
SVM Silvercorp Metals Inc. 76.58%
ORCL Oracle Corp. 76.42%
RVBD Riverbed Technology, Inc. 76.36%
COG Cabot Oil & Gas Corporation 76.29%
LNG Cheniere Energy, Inc. 76.18%
BMC BMC Software Inc. 76.04%
VIP VimpelCom Ltd. 75.92%
ZMH Zimmer Holdings, Inc. 75.64%
AMT American Tower Corp. 75.58%
GILD Gilead Sciences Inc. 75.52%
PQ PetroQuest Energy Inc. 75.41%
MDT Medtronic, Inc. 75.17%
NKTR Nektar Therapeutics 75.07%
ATPG ATP Oil & Gas Corp. 74.95%
TLM Talisman Energy Inc. 74.78%
CAKE The Cheesecake Factory Incorporated 74.71%
IL IntraLinks Holdings, Inc. 74.62%
PVA Penn Virginia Corp. 74.61%
FTNT Fortinet Inc. 74.49%
ERF Enerplus Corporation 74.42%
REG Regency Centers Corporation 74.27%
PXD Pioneer Natural Resources Co. 74.01%
AMP Ameriprise Financial Inc. 73.96%
BIDU Baidu, Inc. 73.90%
SOHU Sohu.com Inc. 73.59%
AZPN Aspen Technology Inc. 73.58%
GS The Goldman Sachs Group, Inc. 73.56%
DRYS DryShips, Inc. 73.41%
GG Goldcorp Inc. 73.33%
TRI Thomson Reuters Corporation 73.25%
TIBX Tibco Software, Inc. 73.11%
GLNG Golar LNG Ltd. 73.10%
ALKS Alkermes, Inc. 72.97%
DX Dynex Capital Inc. 72.91%
BMY Bristol-Myers Squibb Company 72.89%
GSK GlaxoSmithKline plc 72.83%
CNQR Concur Technologies, Inc. 72.78%
COH Coach Inc. 72.71%
MBT Mobile Telesystems OJSC 72.62%
EQY Equity One Inc. 72.31%
SFL Ship Finance International Limited 72.28%
CMO Capstead Mortgage Corp. 72.26%
STJ St. Jude Medical Inc. 72.23%
EQT EQT Corporation 72.17%
GLUU Glu Mobile, Inc. 72.17%
RCII Rent-A-Center Inc. 71.94%
OPEN OpenTable, Inc. 71.91%
EBAY eBay Inc. 71.69%
VCLK ValueClick, Inc. 71.30%
UNP Union Pacific Corporation 71.23%
EW Edwards Lifesciences Corp. 71.22%
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