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Lowest Operating Margin in the Electrical Components & Equipment Industry Detected in Shares of Real Goods Solar (RSOL, POWL, LYTS, WIRE, BGC)

Written on Sun, 10/09/2011 - 9:35am
By Chip Brian

Below are the top five companies in the Electrical Components & Equipment industry as ranked by lowest operating margin. A healthy operating margin is required for a company to pay for its fixed costs and generate cash.
Real Goods Solar (NASDAQ:RSOL) had an operating margin of 0.7% in the last quarter on sales of $20 million.
Powell Industries (NASDAQ:POWL) had an operating margin of 2% in the last quarter on sales of $142.1 million.
LSI Industries (NASDAQ:LYTS) had an operating margin of 3.4% in the last quarter on sales of $74.2 million.
Encore Wire (NASDAQ:WIRE) had an operating margin of 4.7% in the last quarter on sales of $309.5 million.
General Cable (NYSE:BGC) had an operating margin of 5.2% in the last quarter on sales of $1.5 billion.
SmarTrend currently has shares of General Cable in an Downtrend and issued the Downtrend alert on July 29, 2011 at $39.86. The stock has fallen 37.8% since the Downtrend alert was issued.

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Ticker(s): RSOL POWL LYTS WIRE BGC

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