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.
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%
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| CA | CA, Inc. | 12/31/05 | $967.00 | $50.63 | 5.2%
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| CHKP | Check Point Software | 03/31/06 | $133.59 | $47.64 | 35.7%
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| CRM | Salesforce.com | 04/30/06 | $104.69 | $9.02 | 8.6%
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| 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%
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| FDC | First Data Corp. | 03/31/06 | $2701.80 | $346.75 | 12.8%
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| FISV | Fiserv Inc. | 03/31/06 | $1096.67 | $130.58 | 11.9%
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| INFY | Infosys Technologies | 03/31/06 | $593.00 | $107.50 | 18.1%
|
| INTU | Intuit Inc. | 04/30/06 | $952.60 | $322.69 | 33.9%
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| LNUX | VA Software Corp. | 01/31/06 | $14.73 | $0.67 | 4.5%
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| MERQ | Mercury Interactive | 06/30/05 | $207.06 | $24.75 | 12.0%
|
| MFE | McAfee Inc. | 03/31/06 | $271.97 | $52.83 | 19.4%
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| MSFT | Microsoft Corp. | 03/31/06 | $10900.00 | $2903.13 | 26.6%
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| NVT | NAVTEQ Corp. | 04/02/06 | $122.33 | $17.63 | 14.4%
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| ORCL | Oracle Corp. | 02/28/06 | $3470.00 | $791.88 | 22.8% |
Data: CapitalIQ
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