Chart: Freight Transportation Stocks - Normalized Net Profit Margins

Rob Zenilman submits: Normalized net profit margins in the Freight Transportation sector for the most recently reported quarter ranged from 11.8% (CPA) down to 1.7% (EAGL), with a median value of 5.3%

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 (%)
CHRW	CH Robinson Worldwid	03/31/06	$1499.12	$73.97
4.9%
CPA	Copa Holdings SA	03/31/06	$191.73	$22.69
11.8%
EAGL	EGL Inc.	03/31/06	$752.36	$12.89
1.7%
EXPD	Expeditors Internati	03/31/06	$1024.59	$65.47
6.4%
FDX	FedEx Corporation	02/28/06	$8003.00	$426.88
5.3%
LFL	LAN Airlines S.A.	12/31/05	$664.15	$26.48
4.0%
PACR	Pacer International	04/07/06	$469.40	$14.59
3.1%
SKYW	SkyWest Inc.	03/31/06	$742.86	$35.08
4.7%
TP	TNT NV	03/31/06	$3203.23	$247.32
7.7%
UPS	United Parcel Servic	03/31/06	$11521.00	$1024.25
8.9%
UTIW	UTI Worldwide, Inc.	01/31/06	$253.71	$18.91
7.5%

Data: CapitalIQ

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