Relatively High Gross Margin Detected in Shares of JOS A Bank Clothiers in the Apparel Retail Industry (JOSB, ANF, ANN, CHS, DEST)
Below are the top five companies in the Apparel Retail 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.
JOS A Bank Clothiers (NASDAQ:JOSB) has gross margin of 63.6%, a sales growth of 10%, and trailing 12 months sales of $786.5 million.
Abercrombie & Fitch (NYSE:ANF) has gross margin of 62.7%, a sales growth of 14.3%, and trailing 12 months sales of $3 billion.
AnnTaylor Stores (NYSE:ANN) has gross margin of 59.4%, a sales growth of 11.6%, and trailing 12 months sales of $1.9 billion.
Chico's FAS (NYSE:CHS) has gross margin of 58.5%, a sales growth of 17.3%, and trailing 12 months sales of $1.8 billion.
Destination Maternity (NASDAQ:DEST) has gross margin of 54.4%, a sales growth of 0.8%, and trailing 12 months sales of $531.3 million.
SmarTrend is bearish on shares of CHS and our subscribers were alerted to Sell on May 06, 2010 at $13.67. The stock has fallen 31.2% since the alert was issued.
