Chart: Computer System Manufacturers - SG&A Margin (MRQ)

Selling, General and Administrative Expenses (most recently reported quarter) as a percentage of total revenue in the Hardware sector ranged from 33.2% (SUNW) down to 7.9% (GTW), with a median value of 18.0%.

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

			Total	SG&A	SG&A
		Quarter	Revenue	Expense	Margin
Ticker	Company	Ending	($mm)	($mm)	(%)
AAPL	Apple Computer Inc.	04/01/06	$4359.00	$610.00
14.0%
CRAY	Cray Inc.	09/30/05	$48.52	$9.40
19.4%
DELL	Dell Inc.	02/03/06	$15183.00	$1338.00
8.8%
FJTSY	Fujitsu Ltd.	12/31/05	$9501.33	$2269.66
23.9%
GTW	Gateway Inc.	12/31/05	$1077.82	$85.29
7.9%
HPQ	Hewlett-Packard Co.	01/31/06	$22659.00	$2692.00
11.9%
IBM	International Business Machines Corp.	03/31/06	$20659.00	$4563.00
22.1%
LNVGY	Lenovo Group Ltd.	03/31/05	$4006.66	$157.00
N/A
SUNW	Sun Microsystems Inc.	12/25/05	$3177.00	$1056.00
33.2%
UIS	Unisys Corp.	03/31/06	$1387.80	$250.00
18.0%

Data: Capital IQ

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