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