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 February 28, 2012.
CVE Cenovus Energy Inc. 99.76%
MIPS MIPS Technologies Inc. 98.53%
PANL Universal Display Corp. 98.50%
O Realty Income Corp. 98.24%
DFT DuPont Fabros Technology, Inc. 97.88%
HALO Halozyme Therapeutics, Inc. 97.12%
CME CME Group Inc. 97.04%
NPSP NPS Pharmaceuticals, Inc. 96.88%
EP El Paso Corp. 95.88%
CHKP Check Point Software Technologies Ltd. 95.70%
SKM SK Telecom Co. Ltd. 95.47%
LAZ Lazard Ltd. 95.33%
MT Arcelor Mittal 95.09%
HLS HEALTHSOUTH Corp. 94.74%
CHL China Mobile Limited 94.40%
ARMH ARM Holdings plc 94.37%
NNN National Retail Properties, Inc. 94.31%
VRTX Vertex Pharmaceuticals Incorporated 94.29%
SWI SolarWinds, Inc. 94.10%
QCOR Questcor Pharmaceuticals, Inc. 94.09%
SEIC SEI Investments Co. 94.02%
JAZZ Jazz Pharmaceuticals plc 93.75%
CYS CYS Investments Inc 92.75%
KND Kindred Healthcare Inc. 92.57%
NOG Northern Oil and Gas, Inc. 92.43%
AMLN Amylin Pharmaceuticals, Inc. 92.41%
RMBS Rambus Inc. 92.29%
WM Waste Management, Inc. 92.07%
P Pandora Media, Inc. 91.83%
CELG Celgene Corporation 91.21%
TZOO Travelzoo Inc. 91.05%
BIIB Biogen Idec Inc. 90.75%
MRX Medicis Pharmaceutical Corp. 90.39%
CLR Continental Resources Inc. 89.86%
ADSK Autodesk, Inc. 89.77%
ADBE Adobe Systems Inc. 89.61%
OAS Oasis Petroleum Inc. 89.55%
BID Sotheby's 89.53%
TWO Two Harbors Investment Corp. 89.23%
DLB Dolby Laboratories, Inc. 89.17%
QLIK Qlik Technologies, Inc. 89.02%
MITK Mitek Systems Inc. 88.59%
EOG EOG Resources, Inc. 88.29%
UTHR United Therapeutics Corporation 88.28%
ALXN Alexion Pharmaceuticals, Inc. 88.12%
RCI Rogers Communications Inc. 88.08%
ECA Encana Corporation 88.07%
EGY Vaalco Energy Inc. 87.98%
SLW Silver Wheaton Corp. 87.68%
CTXS Citrix Systems, Inc. 87.21%
LAVA Magma Design Automation Inc. 87.15%
KWK Quicksilver Resources Inc. 87.02%
CYOU Changyou.com Limited 86.98%
AREX Approach Resources, Inc. 86.81%
CA CA Technologies 86.79%
HMA Health Management Associates Inc. 86.74%
CYH Community Health Systems, Inc. 86.61%
WCRX Warner Chilcott plc 86.39%
LINE Linn Energy, LLC 86.07%
APC Anadarko Petroleum Corporation 86.03%
AGN Allergan Inc. 86.00%
SHPGY Shire plc 85.98%
CHK Chesapeake Energy Corporation 85.81%
HCP HCP, Inc. 85.61%
JNS Janus Capital Group, Inc. 85.57%
GRPN Groupon, Inc. 85.45%
XCO EXCO Resources Inc. 85.29%
VPHM ViroPharma Inc. 84.97%
RRC Range Resources Corporation 84.64%
LOOP LoopNet, Inc. 84.30%
ROVI Rovi Corporation 84.23%
SYMC Symantec Corporation 84.16%
AMGN Amgen Inc. 84.13%
HCA HCA Holdings, Inc. 83.99%
DVN Devon Energy Corporation 83.91%
RHT Red Hat, Inc. 83.73%
DRIV Digital River Inc. 83.69%
ITG Investment Technology Group Inc. 83.55%
TCAP Triangle Capital Corporation 83.53%
VMW VMware, Inc. 83.49%
LNKD LinkedIn Corporation 83.46%
WLL Whiting Petroleum Corp. 83.45%
ACOM Ancestry.com Inc. 83.42%
ACAS American Capital, Ltd. 83.10%
CDNS Cadence Design Systems Inc. 83.03%
V Visa, Inc. 82.90%
CXO Concho Resources, Inc. 82.82%
SPPI Spectrum Pharmaceuticals, Inc. 82.54%
INTU Intuit Inc. 82.52%
NBL Noble Energy, Inc. 82.48%
APKT Acme Packet, Inc. 82.45%
FFIV F5 Networks, Inc. 82.19%
APA Apache Corp. 82.13%
SFY Swift Energy Co. 82.10%
AZN AstraZeneca PLC 82.06%
UHS Universal Health Services Inc. 81.92%
XEC Cimarex Energy Co. 81.84%
NFX Newfield Exploration Co. 81.83%
INFA Informatica Corporation 81.70%
BBG Bill Barrett Corp. 81.58%
HTGC Hercules Technology Growth Capital, Inc. 81.51%
MGAM Multimedia Games Inc. 81.37%
UPL Ultra Petroleum Corp. 81.36%
SLXP Salix Pharmaceuticals Ltd. 81.12%
NUVA NuVasive, Inc. 81.11%
BMRN BioMarin Pharmaceutical Inc. 80.93%
AAN Aaron's, Inc. 80.70%
CERN Cerner Corporation 80.62%
CRK Comstock Resources Inc. 80.45%
SPG Simon Property Group Inc. 80.39%
CRZO Carrizo Oil & Gas Inc. 80.31%
DRE Duke Realty Corp. 80.31%
WPX WPX Energy, Inc. 80.23%
HLF Herbalife Ltd. 80.12%
KT KT Corp. 79.96%
ABMD Abiomed Inc. 79.95%
EXPE Expedia Inc. 79.91%
KRC Kilroy Realty Corp. 79.78%
SM SM Energy Company 79.64%
EV Eaton Vance Corp. 79.32%
LLY Eli Lilly & Co. 79.13%
KOG Kodiak Oil & Gas Corp. 79.12%
GGP General Growth Properties Inc. 79.04%
DNKN Dunkin' Brands Group, Inc. 78.91%
EL Estee Lauder Companies Inc. 78.89%
CRM Salesforce.com 78.73%
VRSN VeriSign, Inc. 78.59%
FST Forest Oil Corp. 78.52%
MOVE Move, Inc. 78.52%
GPOR Gulfport Energy Corp. 78.49%
CHU China Unicom (Hong Kong) Limited 78.09%
FRX Forest Laboratories Inc. 78.02%
ORCL Oracle Corporation 77.86%
SNPS Synopsys Inc. 77.83%
CTRP Ctrip.com International Ltd. 77.67%
PFE Pfizer Inc. 77.63%
ATPG ATP Oil & Gas Corp. 77.61%
ERF Enerplus Corporation 77.47%
SGY Stone Energy Corp. 77.39%
YNDX Yandex N.V. 77.33%
BCSI Blue Coat Systems Inc. 77.07%
CBST Cubist Pharmaceuticals Inc. 76.79%
LLTC Linear Technology Corp. 76.67%
WTI W&T Offshore Inc. 76.61%
AZPN Aspen Technology, Inc. 76.56%
MSFT Microsoft Corporation 76.38%
RVBD Riverbed Technology, Inc. 76.04%
SVM Silvercorp Metals Inc. 75.88%
GLNG Golar LNG Ltd. 75.84%
LM Legg Mason Inc. 75.59%
COG Cabot Oil & Gas Corporation 75.55%
MDT Medtronic, Inc. 75.19%
DSX Diana Shipping Inc. 75.08%
BMC BMC Software Inc. 74.98%
PXD Pioneer Natural Resources Co. 74.96%
GNK Genco Shipping & Trading Ltd. 74.92%
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