Chart: Computer System Manufacturer Stocks - Normalized Net Profit Margins

Rob Zenilman submits: Normalized net profit margins in the Computer System Manufacturer sector for the most recently reported quarter ranged from 9.6% (AAPL) down to -4.4% (CRAY), with a median value of 0.7%

Note: Normalized net income includes the effect of taxes, but excludes any unusual items.

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			Total	Norm. Net	Norm. Net
		Quarter	Revenue	Profit	Profit
Ticker	Company	Ending	($mm)	($mm)	Margin (%)
AAPL	Apple Computer Inc.	04/01/06	$4359.00	$420.13
9.6%
CRAY	Cray Inc.	03/31/06	$48.52	-$2.13
-4.4%
DELL	Dell Inc.	02/03/06	$15183.00	$811.88
5.3%
FJTSY	Fujitsu Ltd.	12/31/05	$9501.33	$18.00
0.2%
GTW	Gateway Inc.	03/31/06	$1077.82	$0.33
0.0%
HPQ	Hewlett-Packard Co.	04/30/06	$22554.00	$1250.25
5.5%
IBM	International Busine	03/31/06	$20659.00	$1550.63
7.5%
LNVGY	Lenovo Group Ltd.	12/31/05	$4006.66	$51.33
1.3%
SUNW	Sun Microsystems Inc	03/26/06	$3177.00	-$36.75
-1.2%
UIS	Unisys Corp.	03/31/06	$1387.80	-$22.94
-1.7%

Data: CapitalIQ

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