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Top 5 Companies in the Health Care Supplies Industry With the Highest Gross Margin (ALGN, ACL, ELGX, BLUD, VASC)

Written on Wed, 07/28/2010 - 3:49am
By Chip Brian

Below are the top five companies in the Health Care Supplies 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.
Align Technology (NASDAQ:ALGN) has gross margin of 80.4%, a sales growth of 41.8%, and trailing 12 months sales of $364.2 million.
Alcon (NYSE:ACL) has gross margin of 77.2%, a sales growth of 15.2%, and trailing 12 months sales of $6.7 billion.
Endologix (NASDAQ:ELGX) has gross margin of 76.9%, a sales growth of 18.9%, and trailing 12 months sales of $57.6 million.
Immucor (NASDAQ:BLUD) has gross margin of 72.6%, a sales growth of 4.9%, and trailing 12 months sales of $329.1 million.
Vascular Solutions (NASDAQ:VASC) has gross margin of 66.6%, a sales growth of 13.7%, and trailing 12 months sales of $73.2 million.
SmarTrend is bullish on shares of ALGN and our subscribers were alerted to Buy on July 14, 2010 at $15.72. The stock has risen 14.7% since the alert was issued.

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Ticker(s): ALGN ACL ELGX BLUD VASC

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