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Top 5 Companies in the Life Sciences Tools & Services Industry With the Highest Gross Margin (BDSI, ACCL, TECH, ILMN, DNEX)

Written on Wed, 07/28/2010 - 4:12am
By Chip Brian

Below are the top five companies in the Life Sciences Tools & Services 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.
BioDelivery Sciences (NASDAQ:BDSI) has gross margin of 94.5%, a sales growth of 3699.8%, and trailing 12 months sales of $63 million.
Accelrys (NASDAQ:ACCL) has gross margin of 83.2%, a sales growth of 4%, and trailing 12 months sales of $83 million.
Techne (NASDAQ:TECH) has gross margin of 79.5%, a sales growth of 3.6%, and trailing 12 months sales of $267.2 million.
Illumina (NASDAQ:ILMN) has gross margin of 69.6%, a sales growth of 15.9%, and trailing 12 months sales of $692.7 million.
Dionex (NASDAQ:DNEX) has gross margin of 68.7%, a sales growth of 19.5%, and trailing 12 months sales of $406.8 million.
SmarTrend is bullish on shares of ILMN and our subscribers were alerted to Buy on January 06, 2010 at $31.33. The stock has risen 31.7% since the alert was issued.

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Ticker(s): BDSI ACCL TECH ILMN DNEX

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