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Helen of Troy has the Highest Gross Margin in the Household Appliances Industry (HELE, IRBT, SWK, DEER, WHR)

Written on Wed, 07/28/2010 - 3:58am
By Chip Brian

Below are the top five companies in the Household Appliances industry as ranked by gross margin. Gross Margin tells you how many of your sales dollars are profit. If efficiency is improved, more profits will result.
Helen of Troy (NASDAQ:HELE) has gross margin of 45.2%, a sales growth of 11.3%, and trailing 12 months sales of $663.9 million.
iRobot (NASDAQ:IRBT) has gross margin of 34.5%, a sales growth of 66.7%, and trailing 12 months sales of $336.6 million.
The Stanley Works (NYSE:SWK) has gross margin of 32.5%, a sales growth of 157.4%, and trailing 12 months sales of $5.5 billion.
Deer Consumer Products (NASDAQ:DEER) has gross margin of 28.8%, a sales growth of 247.8%, and trailing 12 months sales of $98.4 million.
Whirlpool (NYSE:WHR) has gross margin of 16.8%, a sales growth of 8.8%, and trailing 12 months sales of $18.2 billion.
SmarTrend is bullish on shares of IRBT and our subscribers were alerted to Buy on February 16, 2010 at $16.45. The stock has risen 23.6% since the alert was issued.

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Ticker(s): HELE IRBT SWK DEER WHR

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