Chart: Software Stocks - Net Income Per Employee

Rob Zenilman submits: Normalized net income (includes the effect of taxes, but excludes any unusual items) per employee in the Software sector for the most recently reported fiscal year ranged from $184,980 (MSFT) down to -$23,169 (LNUX), with a median value of $37,527

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

			FY		Net Income
		FY	Net Income	# of	Per Employee
Ticker	Company	Ending	($mm)	Employees	($000)
ADBE	Adobe Systems Inc.	12/02/05	$479	5,734
$84
ADSK	Autodesk Inc.	01/31/06	$239	4,813
$50
ATRS	Altiris Inc.	12/31/05	$7	878
$8
BMC	BMC Software Inc.	03/31/05	$82	6,905
$12
BORL	Borland Software C	12/31/05	-$6	1,269
-$5
CA	CA, Inc.	03/31/05	$172	15,300
$11
CHKP	Check Point Softwa	12/31/05	$244	1,414
$172
CPWR	Compuware Corp.	03/31/06	$113	7,510
$15
CTXS	Citrix Systems, In	12/31/05	$145	3,171
$46
DOX	Amdocs Ltd.	09/30/05	$233	13,200
$18
INTU	Intuit Inc.	07/31/05	$346	7,000
$49
IVII	InterVideo Inc.	12/31/05	$9	803
$12
LNUX	VA Software Corp.	07/31/05	-$3	127
-$23
LWSN	Lawson Software In	05/31/05	$8	1,400
$6
MERQ	Mercury Interactiv	12/31/04	$78	2,659
$29
MFE	McAfee Inc.	12/31/05	$150	3,290
$46
MSFT	Microsoft Corp.	06/30/05	$11,284	61,000
$185
NOVL	Novell Inc.	10/31/05	$51	5,066
$10
ORCL	Oracle Corp.	05/31/05	$2,753	49,872
$55
QSFT	Quest Software Inc	12/31/05	$50	2,763
$18
RHAT	Red Hat Inc.	02/28/06	$50	1,100
$46
SAP	SAP AG	12/31/05	$1,715	35,873
$48
SYMC	Symantec Corp.	03/31/05	$548	6,500
$84
TMIC	Trend Micro Inc.	12/31/05	$153	N/A
N/A
WBSN	Websense Inc.	12/31/05	$38	635
$59

Data: CapitalIQ

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