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Relatively High Gross Margin Detected in Shares of Coach in the Apparel, Accessories & Luxury Industry (COH, TRLG, FOSL, APP, LULU)

Written on Thu, 05/06/2010 - 10:09pm
By Chip Brian

Below are the top five companies in the Apparel, Accessories & Luxury 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.
Coach (NYSE:COH) has gross margin of 74.1%, a sales growth of 12.3%, and trailing 12 months sales of $3.4 billion.
True Religion Apparel (NASDAQ:TRLG) has gross margin of 63.2%, a sales growth of 27.2%, and trailing 12 months sales of $311 million.
Fossil (NASDAQ:FOSL) has gross margin of 56.4%, a sales growth of 13.7%, and trailing 12 months sales of $1.5 billion.
American Apparel (AMEX:APP) has gross margin of 55%, a sales growth of 8.6%, and trailing 12 months sales of $558.8 million.
Lululemon Athletica (NASDAQ:LULU) has gross margin of 53.9%, a sales growth of 54.5%, and trailing 12 months sales of $452.9 million.
SmarTrend is bullish on shares of COH and our subscribers were alerted to Buy on February 19, 2010 at $36.26. The stock has risen 7.9% since the alert was issued.

Keywords: coach gross margin

Ticker(s): COH TRLG FOSL LULU APP

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