Chart: Software Companies - SG&A Margin (MRQ)

Selling, General and Administrative Expenses (most recently reported quarter) as a percentage of total revenue in Software sector ranged from 63.2% (CRM) down to 13.1% (DOX), with a median value of 31.3%.

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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)	(%)
ADBE	Adobe Systems Inc.	03/03/06	$655.48	$274.11
41.8%
ADP	Automatic Data Processing Inc.	12/31/05	$2438.60	$489.00
20.1%
BMC	BMC Software Inc.	12/31/05	$380.30	$177.00
46.5%
CA	CA, Inc.	12/31/05	$967.00	$492.00
50.9%
CHKP	Check Point Software Technologies Ltd.	12/31/05	$133.59	$42.27
31.6%
CRM	Salesforce.com	01/31/06	$91.06	$57.52
63.2%
CTSH	Cognizant Technology Solutions Corp.	12/31/05	$285.48	$64.60
22.6%
CTXS	Citrix Systems, Inc.	12/31/05	$260.00	$146.42
56.3%
DOX	Amdocs Ltd.	12/31/05	$601.13	$78.55
13.1%
FDC	First Data Corp.	03/31/06	$2701.80	$407.50
15.1%
FISV	Fiserv Inc.	03/31/06	$1096.67	$148.45
13.5%
INFY	Infosys Technologies Ltd.	03/31/06	$593.00	$83.00
14.0%
INTU	Intuit Inc.	01/31/06	$742.70	$262.20
35.3%
LNUX	VA Software Corp.	01/31/06	$14.73	$4.50
30.6%
MERQ	Mercury Interactive Corp.	03/31/05	$207.06	$104.37
50.4%
MFE	McAfee Inc.	03/31/06	$271.97	$126.88
46.7%
MSFT	Microsoft Corp.	03/31/06	$10900.00	$2970.00
27.2%
NVT	NAVTEQ Corp.	12/31/05	$122.33	$40.87
33.4%

Data: Capital IQ

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