Chart: Software Companies - Gross Profit Margins

Gross profit margins in the Software sector ranged from 95.0% (CHKP) down to 31.1% (FISV), with the median for the group at 76.8%.

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Data in table version -- click on a ticker for opinion and analysis of the company:

			Total	Gross	Gross
		Quarter	Revenue	Profit	Profit
Ticker	Company	Ending	($mm)	($mm)	Margin (%)
ADBE	Adobe Systems Inc.	03/03/06	$655.48	$577.73
88.1%
ADP	Automatic Data Processing Inc.	03/31/06	$2,438.60	$1290.10
52.9%
BMC	BMC Software Inc.	12/31/05	$380.30	$292.90
77.0%
CA	CA, Inc.	12/31/05	$967.00	$898.00
92.9%
CHKP	Check Point Software Technologies Ltd.	03/31/06	$133.59	$126.88
95.0%
CRM	Salesforce.com	01/31/06	$91.06	$69.72
76.6%
CTSH	Cognizant Technology Solutions Corp.	12/31/05	$256.90	$120.92
47.1%
CTXS	Citrix Systems, Inc.	03/31/06	$260.00	$243.34
93.6%
DOX	Amdocs Ltd.	03/31/06	$601.13	$211.88
35.2%
FDC	First Data Corp.	03/31/06	$2,714.80	$977.50
36.0%
FISV	Fiserv Inc.	03/31/06	$1,096.67	$341.41
31.1%
INFY	Infosys Technologies Ltd.	03/31/06	$593.00	$239.00
40.3%
INTU	Intuit Inc.	01/31/06	$742.70	$607.57
81.8%
LNUX	VA Software Corp.	01/31/06	$14.73	$6.95
47.2%
MERQ	Mercury Interactive Corp.	06/30/05	$207.06	$167.81
81.0%
MFE	McAfee Inc.	03/31/06	$271.97	$231.57
85.1%
MSFT	Microsoft Corp.	03/31/06	$10,900.00	$8872.00
81.4%
NVT	NAVTEQ Corp.	04/02/06	$122.33	$59.47
48.6%
ORCL	Oracle Corp.	02/28/06	$3,470.00	$2680.00
77.2%
RX	IMS Health Inc.	03/31/06	$446.10	$248.20
55.6%
SAP	SAP AG	03/31/06	$2,469.89	$1530.82
62.0%
SYMC	Symantec Corp.	12/31/05	$1,149.03	$965.58
84.0%
TMIC	Trend Micro Inc.	03/31/06	$174.54	$143.36
82.1%
TSS	Total System Services Inc.	03/31/06	$412.29	$254.20
61.7%

Data: Capital IQ

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