Software Stocks - Net Profit Margins

Rob Zenilman submits: Normalized net profit margins in the Software sector for the most recently reported quarter ranged from 35.7% (CHKP) down to 4.5% (LNUX), with a median value of 14.4%

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

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

			Total	Norm. Net	Norm. Net
		Quarter	Revenue	Profit	Profit
Ticker	Company	Ending	($mm)	($mm)	Margin (%)
ADBE	Adobe Systems Inc.	03/03/06	$655.48	$104.23
15.9%
BMC	BMC Software Inc.	12/31/05	$380.30	$44.50
11.7%
CA	CA, Inc.	12/31/05	$967.00	$50.63
5.2%
CHKP	Check Point Software	03/31/06	$133.59	$47.64
35.7%
CRM	Salesforce.com	04/30/06	$104.69	$9.02
8.6%
CTSH	Cognizant Technology	03/31/06	$285.48	$42.95
15.0%
CTXS	Citrix Systems, Inc.	03/31/06	$260.00	$48.54
18.7%
DOX	Amdocs Ltd.	03/31/06	$601.13	$71.88
12.0%
FDC	First Data Corp.	03/31/06	$2701.80	$346.75
12.8%
FISV	Fiserv Inc.	03/31/06	$1096.67	$130.58
11.9%
INFY	Infosys Technologies	03/31/06	$593.00	$107.50
18.1%
INTU	Intuit Inc.	04/30/06	$952.60	$322.69
33.9%
LNUX	VA Software Corp.	01/31/06	$14.73	$0.67
4.5%
MERQ	Mercury Interactive	06/30/05	$207.06	$24.75
12.0%
MFE	McAfee Inc.	03/31/06	$271.97	$52.83
19.4%
MSFT	Microsoft Corp.	03/31/06	$10900.00	$2903.13
26.6%
NVT	NAVTEQ Corp.	04/02/06	$122.33	$17.63
14.4%
ORCL	Oracle Corp.	02/28/06	$3470.00	$791.88
22.8%

Data: CapitalIQ

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