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 March 18, 2012.
VNDA Vanda Pharmaceuticals, Inc. 100.00%
CVE Cenovus Energy Inc. 99.77%
EXAS Exact Sciences Corporation 99.42%
CXS Crexus Investment Corp. 97.76%
DFT DuPont Fabros Technology, Inc. 97.76%
TNK Teekay Tankers Ltd. 97.54%
HALO Halozyme Therapeutics, Inc. 97.12%
CME CME Group Inc. 97.04%
NPSP NPS Pharmaceuticals, Inc. 97.01%
TRIP TripAdvisor Inc. 96.85%
EP El Paso Corp. 96.28%
CHKP Check Point Software Technologies Ltd. 95.70%
SKM SK Telecom Co. Ltd. 95.47%
LAZ Lazard Ltd. 95.11%
MT Arcelor Mittal 95.03%
HLS HEALTHSOUTH Corp. 94.93%
JAZZ Jazz Pharmaceuticals plc 94.77%
CHL China Mobile Limited 94.40%
ARMH ARM Holdings plc 94.37%
NNN National Retail Properties, Inc. 94.35%
QCOR Questcor Pharmaceuticals, Inc. 94.29%
VRTX Vertex Pharmaceuticals Incorporated 94.29%
CTCM CTC Media, Inc 94.28%
SEIC SEI Investments Co. 94.02%
PANL Universal Display Corp. 93.91%
SZYM Solazyme, Inc. 93.79%
OPTR Optimer Pharmaceuticals, Inc. 93.72%
AMLN Amylin Pharmaceuticals, Inc. 92.57%
RMBS Rambus Inc. 92.29%
WM Waste Management, Inc. 91.99%
CYS CYS Investments Inc 91.93%
NOG Northern Oil and Gas, Inc. 91.82%
P Pandora Media, Inc. 91.70%
CELG Celgene Corporation 91.21%
BIIB Biogen Idec Inc. 90.75%
ECA Encana Corporation 90.16%
CLR Continental Resources Inc. 90.09%
OAS Oasis Petroleum Inc. 89.69%
ADSK Autodesk, Inc. 89.66%
ADBE Adobe Systems Inc. 89.61%
QLIK Qlik Technologies, Inc. 89.29%
TWO Two Harbors Investment Corp. 88.74%
QIHU Qihoo 360 Technology Co. Ltd 88.73%
EOG EOG Resources, Inc. 88.60%
ALXN Alexion Pharmaceuticals, Inc. 88.11%
UTHR United Therapeutics Corporation 88.04%
RRC Range Resources Corporation 88.01%
EGY Vaalco Energy Inc. 87.98%
MYGN Myriad Genetics Inc. 87.78%
SLW Silver Wheaton Corp. 87.68%
CTXS Citrix Systems, Inc. 87.21%
KWK Quicksilver Resources Inc. 87.02%
CA CA Technologies 86.79%
HMA Health Management Associates Inc. 86.62%
GDP Goodrich Petroleum Corp. 86.55%
CYH Community Health Systems, Inc. 86.54%
WCRX Warner Chilcott plc 86.50%
HCP HCP, Inc. 86.46%
APC Anadarko Petroleum Corporation 86.43%
AGN Allergan Inc. 86.00%
CHK Chesapeake Energy Corporation 85.67%
QSFT Quest Software Inc. 85.64%
LINE Linn Energy, LLC 85.62%
XCO EXCO Resources Inc. 85.60%
JNS Janus Capital Group, Inc. 85.57%
GA Giant Interactive Group, Inc. 85.35%
VPHM ViroPharma Inc. 85.31%
ACAS American Capital, Ltd. 84.77%
GRPN Groupon, Inc. 84.62%
ROSE Rosetta Resources, Inc. 84.47%
ROVI Rovi Corporation 84.44%
LNKD LinkedIn Corporation 84.40%
SYMC Symantec Corporation 84.16%
AMGN Amgen Inc. 84.13%
HCA HCA Holdings, Inc. 84.07%
PWRD Perfect World Co., Ltd. 83.80%
RHT Red Hat, Inc. 83.73%
DRIV Digital River Inc. 83.69%
WBSN Websense, Inc. 83.63%
WLL Whiting Petroleum Corp. 83.58%
VMW VMware, Inc. 83.49%
SB Safe Bulkers, Inc. 83.39%
V Visa, Inc. 83.10%
CDNS Cadence Design Systems Inc. 83.03%
MENT Mentor Graphics Corp. 82.90%
APA Apache Corp. 82.74%
NBL Noble Energy, Inc. 82.68%
SFY Swift Energy Co. 82.60%
DVN Devon Energy Corporation 82.49%
SPPI Spectrum Pharmaceuticals, Inc. 82.46%
APKT Acme Packet, Inc. 82.45%
INTU Intuit Inc. 82.39%
SLXP Salix Pharmaceuticals Ltd. 82.36%
CXO Concho Resources, Inc. 82.30%
FFIV F5 Networks, Inc. 82.19%
AZN AstraZeneca PLC 82.06%
GTY Getty Realty Corp. 82.00%
CRK Comstock Resources Inc. 81.88%
INFA Informatica Corporation 81.70%
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