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Lowest Operating Margin in the Oil & Gas Refining & Marketing Industry Detected in Shares of Adams Resources & Energy (AE, INT, SUN, ALJ, CLMT)

Written on Sun, 10/16/2011 - 10:24am
By Chip Brian

Below are the top five companies in the Oil & Gas Refining & Marketing 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.
Adams Resources & Energy (AMEX:AE) had an operating margin of 0.7% in the last quarter on sales of $824.2 million.
World Fuel Services (NYSE:INT) had an operating margin of 0.8% in the last quarter on sales of $8.7 billion.
Sunoco (NYSE:SUN) had an operating margin of 1.2% in the last quarter on sales of $11.4 billion.
Alon USA Energy (NYSE:ALJ) had an operating margin of 2.5% in the last quarter on sales of $1.6 billion.
Calumet Specialty Products (NASDAQ:CLMT) had an operating margin of 3.2% in the last quarter on sales of $733.8 million.
SmarTrend currently has shares of Adams Resources & Energy in a Downtrend and issued the Downtrend alert on August 01, 2011 at $24.81. The stock has fallen 15.8% since the Downtrend alert was issued.

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Ticker(s): INT SUN ALJ CLMT AE

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