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Highest Gross Margin in the Computer Storage & Peripherals Industry Detected in Shares of Immersion (IMMR, NZ, QLGC, NTAP, ISLN)

Written on Wed, 07/28/2010 - 3:23am
By Chip Brian

Below are the top five companies in the Computer Storage & Peripherals 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.
Immersion (NASDAQ:IMMR) has gross margin of 85.9%, a sales growth of 29.3%, and trailing 12 months sales of $29.9 million.
Netezza (NYSE:NZ) has gross margin of 66%, a sales growth of 28.2%, and trailing 12 months sales of $203.4 million.
QLogic (NASDAQ:QLGC) has gross margin of 65.1%, a sales growth of 16.2%, and trailing 12 months sales of $568.9 million.
NetApp (NASDAQ:NTAP) has gross margin of 63.9%, a sales growth of 33.2%, and trailing 12 months sales of $3.9 billion.
Isilon Systems (NASDAQ:ISLN) has gross margin of 62%, a sales growth of 55.5%, and trailing 12 months sales of $152.4 million.
SmarTrend is bullish on shares of ISLN and our subscribers were alerted to Buy on December 07, 2009 at $6.25. The stock has risen 173% since the alert was issued.

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Ticker(s): IMMR NZ QLGC NTAP ISLN

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