Dell's net margin was more than 7.6% last quarter and Microsoft turned in a stunning 35.4%.
Merrill Lynch analyst Steven Milunovich expects NCR's net margin to rise to 3% by 1999.
Gross margin for the quarter was 48.8%, operating margin was 37.2%, and net margin was 34.9%.
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Its net margin fell to 1.4% in the second quarter from 1.5% in the first.
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Although Albertsons had an estimated 2.4% net margin last year, Wall Street is doubtful about its prospects.
That translates to a razor-thin 4.5% net margin- but also marks an industry-leading 30% return on equity.
The most profitable area of the country was software-heavy San Francisco, posting a median net margin of 12%.
That 2% net margin is half that of larger rivals such as USX- U.S. Steel, Bethlehem and Inland.
The world's third-largest telecom equipment maker saw its earnings and net margin impeded by the 2006 acquisition of Britain's ailing Marconi.
But its revenue is rising 80% a year, and its net margin is closing in on the 21% that BMC gets.
The industry average for net margin over the last twelve months was 5.5% while WETF was able to post 13% net margin.
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It has also boosted its margins, with the fourth quarter marking its fourth in a row of net margin expansion, to 1.8%.
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Rising costs, intense competition from Bajaj Auto dented net margin, stock price.
In fact, Apple's net margin of 3.9% is more comparable to metal-benders like General Motors (4% last quarter) than to the computer industry.
The Philadelphia-Wilmington area came in a surprising second-place in profitability, with a 10% median net margin, boosted by such money machines as Merck and CoreStates Financial.
This helped Unimarc's operating margin to increase to 5.7%, one of the best among supermarkets in the region, as is its expected 4.1% net margin this year.
For example, its return on equity has risen from 25.5% to 40.6% from 2006 to 2010 while its net margin declined just slightly from 30.8% to 30%.
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LabCorp lowered its sales, general and administrative expenses to 21% of revenue last year from 26% in 1999, enabling it to almost triple the net margin to 11.8%.
Buoyed by a surge in exports, SQM (as it is commonly known) enjoyed a net margin of more than 14% in 1996 -- its closest U.S. competitor, Trans-Resources, Inc.
Hon Hai's net margin fell to 1.4% in the second quarter from 1.5% in the first, continuing a downward trend from double digits at the end of the 1990s.
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Size gives Wallace an edge with suppliers, but he gives back some of that spread in commissions and cocktails at the Crown Club, leaving a net margin of just 3%.
Meanwhile, Amazon which already operates at a razor thin net margin of 0.6% is going to have to find a way to cut costs if it hopes to maintain profitability and keep its prices as low as they were to consumers before it collects state sales taxes from them.
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Sageworks calculates net profit margin using pretax net profit, with owner compensation added back in to reflect true operational profits.
That maybe a good short-term decision in terms of managing to the net interest margin.
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That may be a good short-term decision in terms of managing to the net interest margin.
The biggest concern for Wells Fargo continues to remain its steadily declining net interest margin.
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Small consolation that Xerox edges out HP in net profit margin, 8% to 7.3%.
However, net interest margin decreased 70 basis points (bps) year over year to 6.52%.
However, its net profit margin was halved owing to discounting and a supply glut.
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