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 December 18, 2011.
PANL Universal Display Corp. 100.89%
TROW T. Rowe Price Group, Inc. 99.88%
CVE Cenovus Energy Inc. 99.76%
AJG Arthur J Gallagher & Co. 99.35%
MIPS MIPS Technologies Inc. 98.70%
O Realty Income Corp. 98.24%
DFT DuPont Fabros Technology, Inc. 97.88%
SZYM Solazyme, Inc. 97.58%
CME CME Group Inc. 97.09%
NPSP NPS Pharmaceuticals, Inc. 96.76%
IMMR Immersion Corporation 95.82%
CHKP Check Point Software Technologies Ltd. 95.70%
SKM SK Telecom Co. Ltd. 95.47%
EP El Paso Corp. 95.41%
MT Arcelor Mittal 95.09%
HLS HEALTHSOUTH Corp. 94.74%
NNN National Retail Properties, Inc. 94.54%
CTCM CTC Media, Inc 94.40%
CHL China Mobile Limited 94.40%
RMBS Rambus Inc. 94.20%
VRTX Vertex Pharmaceuticals Incorporated 94.15%
SWI SolarWinds, Inc. 94.10%
QCOR Questcor Pharmaceuticals, Inc. 94.09%
ARMH ARM Holdings plc 94.08%
JAZZ Jazz Pharmaceuticals, Inc. 93.75%
SEIC SEI Investments Co. 93.52%
NOG Northern Oil and Gas, Inc. 93.11%
DHX Dice Holdings, Inc. 92.80%
CYS CYS Investments Inc 92.75%
KND Kindred Healthcare Inc. 92.57%
AMLN Amylin Pharmaceuticals, Inc. 92.41%
WM Waste Management, Inc. 92.07%
P Pandora Media, Inc. 91.89%
BIIB Biogen Idec Inc. 91.35%
BEXP Brigham Exploration Co. 90.56%
MRX Medicis Pharmaceutical Corp. 90.17%
CELG Celgene Corporation 90.03%
OAS Oasis Petroleum Inc. 89.99%
ADSK Autodesk, Inc. 89.95%
FTR Frontier Communications Corporation 89.88%
CLR Continental Resources Inc. 89.86%
ADBE Adobe Systems Inc. 89.47%
BLK BlackRock, Inc. 89.33%
TWO Two Harbors Investment Corp. 89.23%
QLIK Qlik Technologies, Inc. 89.02%
BID Sotheby's 88.75%
EOG EOG Resources, Inc. 88.29%
UTHR United Therapeutics Corporation 88.28%
ALXN Alexion Pharmaceuticals, Inc. 88.12%
DLB Dolby Laboratories, Inc. 88.09%
ECA Encana Corporation 88.07%
EGY Vaalco Energy Inc. 87.46%
MITK Mitek Systems Inc. 87.42%
CTXS Citrix Systems, Inc. 87.41%
HMA Health Management Associates Inc. 86.74%
CA CA Technologies 86.65%
CYH Community Health Systems, Inc. 86.61%
QSFT Quest Software Inc. 86.58%
WCRX Warner Chilcott plc 86.50%
KWK Quicksilver Resources Inc. 86.42%
SLW Silver Wheaton Corp. 86.09%
LINE Linn Energy, LLC 86.07%
APC Anadarko Petroleum Corporation 86.03%
CHK Chesapeake Energy Corporation 85.81%
JNS Janus Capital Group, Inc. 85.79%
AGN Allergan Inc. 85.74%
HCP HCP, Inc. 85.61%
XCO EXCO Resources Inc. 85.29%
SLRC Solar Capital Ltd. 84.98%
VPHM ViroPharma Inc. 84.97%
RRC Range Resources Corporation 84.64%
AMGN Amgen Inc. 84.53%
ROVI Rovi Corporation 84.36%
ITG Investment Technology Group Inc. 84.11%
SYMC Symantec Corporation 84.00%
HCA HCA Holdings, Inc. 83.99%
DVN Devon Energy Corporation 83.91%
LNKD LinkedIn Corporation 83.46%
WLL Whiting Petroleum Corp. 83.45%
ACOM Ancestry.com Inc. 83.42%
RHT Red Hat, Inc. 83.40%
VMW VMware, Inc. 83.19%
MENT Mentor Graphics Corp. 83.06%
APKT Acme Packet, Inc. 83.04%
CDNS Cadence Design Systems Inc. 83.02%
DRIV Digital River Inc. 83.00%
V Visa, Inc. 82.90%
CXO Concho Resources, Inc. 82.82%
INTU Intuit Inc. 82.58%
SPPI Spectrum Pharmaceuticals, Inc. 82.54%
ROSE Rosetta Resources, Inc. 82.49%
NBL Noble Energy, Inc. 82.48%
APA Apache Corp. 82.13%
FFIV F5 Networks, Inc. 81.94%
INFA Informatica Corporation 81.84%
XEC Cimarex Energy Co. 81.84%
NFX Newfield Exploration Co. 81.83%
AZN AstraZeneca PLC 81.60%
BBG Bill Barrett Corp. 81.58%
BSFT BroadSoft, Inc. 81.44%
UPL Ultra Petroleum Corp. 81.36%
BMRN BioMarin Pharmaceutical Inc. 80.93%
CERN Cerner Corporation 80.62%
SLXP Salix Pharmaceuticals Ltd. 80.48%
CRK Comstock Resources Inc. 80.45%
SPG Simon Property Group Inc. 80.39%
KRC Kilroy Realty Corp. 80.31%
HLF Herbalife Ltd. 80.12%
EXPE Expedia Inc. 79.91%
SM SM Energy Company 79.64%
LLY Eli Lilly & Co. 79.62%
GGP General Growth Properties Inc. 79.49%
CRM Salesforce.com 79.42%
EV Eaton Vance Corp. 79.34%
KOG Kodiak Oil & Gas Corp. 79.12%
ACAS American Capital, Ltd. 78.77%
VRSN VeriSign, Inc. 78.62%
OPNT OPNET Technologies Inc. 78.51%
EL Estee Lauder Companies Inc. 78.43%
FIRE Sourcefire, Inc. 78.21%
CRZO Carrizo Oil & Gas Inc. 78.21%
CTRP Ctrip.com International Ltd. 78.10%
CHU China Unicom (Hong Kong) Limited 78.09%
SNPS Synopsys Inc. 77.98%
FRX Forest Laboratories Inc. 77.93%
AUXL Auxilium Pharmaceuticals Inc. 77.73%
KCG Knight Capital Group Inc. 77.68%
FST Forest Oil Corp. 77.60%
LLTC Linear Technology Corp. 77.51%
SGY Stone Energy Corp. 77.39%
PFE Pfizer Inc. 77.35%
YNDX Yandex N.V. 77.33%
MSFT Microsoft Corporation 77.20%
ORCL Oracle Corporation 77.18%
CBST Cubist Pharmaceuticals Inc. 77.17%
PVA Penn Virginia Corporation 77.00%
SVM Silvercorp Metals Inc. 76.58%
DRE Duke Realty Corp. 76.58%
MDAS MedAssets, Inc. 76.51%
RVBD Riverbed Technology, Inc. 76.32%
LNG Cheniere Energy, Inc. 76.18%
ALGN Align Technology Inc. 76.06%
COG Cabot Oil & Gas Corporation 75.55%
GILD Gilead Sciences Inc. 75.41%
ZMH Zimmer Holdings, Inc. 75.27%
BMC BMC Software Inc. 75.19%
MDT Medtronic, Inc. 75.17%
LM Legg Mason Inc. 75.02%
PXD Pioneer Natural Resources Co. 74.96%
ATPG ATP Oil & Gas Corp. 74.95%
GNK Genco Shipping & Trading Ltd. 74.92%
AMT American Tower Corp. 74.84%
TTGT TechTarget, Inc. 74.84%
IL IntraLinks Holdings, Inc. 74.62%
TLM Talisman Energy Inc. 74.48%
CAKE The Cheesecake Factory Incorporated 74.46%
ERF Enerplus Corporation 74.42%
GG Goldcorp Inc. 74.28%
VIP VimpelCom Ltd. 74.28%
REG Regency Centers Corporation 74.27%
FTNT Fortinet Inc. 74.08%
ALKS Alkermes plc 74.08%
HCN Health Care REIT Inc. 74.05%
TRI Thomson Reuters Corporation 73.86%
BIDU Baidu, Inc. 73.65%
EQT EQT Corporation 73.39%
PQ PetroQuest Energy Inc. 73.31%
AMP Ameriprise Financial Inc. 73.15%
GLNG Golar LNG Ltd. 73.10%
BMY Bristol-Myers Squibb Company 72.99%
TIBX TIBCO Software Inc. 72.95%
CMO Capstead Mortgage Corp. 72.91%
SOHU Sohu.com Inc. 72.87%
GSK GlaxoSmithKline plc 72.78%
COH Coach, Inc. 72.42%
STJ St. Jude Medical Inc. 72.40%
AER AerCap Holdings N.V. 72.19%
PXP Plains Exploration & Production Company 71.89%
MBT Mobile Telesystems OJSC 71.82%
RCII Rent-A-Center Inc. 71.65%
OPEN OpenTable, Inc. 71.62%
NXY Nexen Inc. 71.16%
EXXI Energy XXI (Bermuda) Limited 71.03%
ARE Alexandria Real Estate Equities Inc. 71.00%
EBAY eBay Inc. 70.95%
ITMN InterMune Inc. 70.75%
FSC Fifth Street Finance Corp. 70.73%
CLGX CoreLogic, Inc. 70.67%
CBL CBL & Associates Properties Inc. 70.65%
ALTR Altera Corp. 70.64%
KIM Kimco Realty Corporation 70.64%
CCI Crown Castle International Corp. 70.52%
EW Edwards Lifesciences Corp. 70.52%
UNP Union Pacific Corporation 70.32%
LNCR Lincare Holdings Inc. 70.07%
BMR BioMed Realty Trust Inc. 69.97%
SBAC SBA Communications Corp. 69.92%
FICO Fair Isaac Corp. 69.91%
NCMI National CineMedia, Inc. 69.83%
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