Ranking Leading Tech Stocks by Profit Margin as of 12/22/2009
Below is a ranking of 100 leading technology stocks based on net profit margin in the past 12 months.
Ranking | Company (Ticker) | Net Profit Margin (Last 12 Months)
1 Warner Chilcott Plc (NASDAQ:WCRX) 41.1%
2 Check Point Software Technologies Ltd. (NASDAQ:CHKP) 38.5%
3 Gilead Sciences, Inc. (NASDAQ:GILD) 37.4%
5 Baidu, Inc.(ADR) (NASDAQ:BIDU) 32.9%
6 Amgen, Inc. (NASDAQ:AMGN) 31.8%
7 Linear Technology Corporation (NASDAQ:LLTC) 29.3%
8 Infosys Technologies Limited (ADR) (NASDAQ:INFY) 28.1%
9 Oracle Corporation (NASDAQ:ORCL) 25.0%
10 Microsoft Corporation (NASDAQ:MSFT) 24.5%
11 Paychex, Inc. (NASDAQ:PAYX) 24.4%
12 Google Inc. (NASDAQ:GOOG) 21.7%
13 Intuitive Surgical, Inc. (NASDAQ:ISRG) 21.4%
14 Microchip Technology Inc. (NASDAQ:MCHP) 21.4%
15 FLIR Systems, Inc. (NASDAQ:FLIR) 20.7%
16 Biogen Idec Inc. (NASDAQ:BIIB) 20.3%
17 Altera Corporation (NASDAQ:ALTR) 20.2%
18 priceline.com Incorporated (NASDAQ:PCLN) 20.2%
19 Garmin Ltd. (NASDAQ:GRMN) 19.9%
20 Xilinx, Inc. (NASDAQ:XLNX) 19.0%
21 BMC Software, Inc. (NASDAQ:BMC) 18.3%
22 eBay Inc. (NASDAQ:EBAY) 16.7%
23 CA, Inc. (NASDAQ:CA) 16.6%
24 Verisign, Inc. (NASDAQ:VRSN) 16.5%
25 Cisco Systems, Inc. (NASDAQ:CSCO) 16.4%
26 Sigma-Aldrich Corporation (NASDAQ:SIAL) 16.2%
27 Cognizant Technology Solutions Corp. (NASDAQ:CTSH) 16.1%
28 Research In Motion Limited (USA) (NASDAQ:RIMM) 15.8%
29 Apple Inc. (NASDAQ:AAPL) 15.6%
30 QUALCOMM, Inc. (NASDAQ:QCOM) 15.3%
31 Automatic Data Processing (NASDAQ:ADP) 15.2%
32 Stericycle, Inc. (NASDAQ:SRCL) 15.0%
33 Apollo Group, Inc. (NASDAQ:APOL) 14.9%
34 Celgene Corporation (NASDAQ:CELG) 14.6%
35 Illumina, Inc. (NASDAQ:ILMN) 13.8%
36 Intuit Inc. (NASDAQ:INTU) 13.5%
37 Vodafone Group Plc (ADR) (NASDAQ:VOD) 13.3%
38 Adobe Systems Incorporated (NASDAQ:ADBE) 13.1%
39 DENTSPLY International Inc. (NASDAQ:XRAY) 12.8%
40 Qiagen NV (NASDAQ:QGEN) 12.3%
41 Joy Global Inc. (NASDAQ:JOYG) 12.2%
42 Cerner Corporation (NASDAQ:CERN) 12.2%
43 Millicom International Cellular SA (USA) (NASDAQ:MICC) 11.6%
44 Genzyme Corporation (NASDAQ:GENZ) 10.5%
45 Citrix Systems, Inc. (NASDAQ:CTXS) 10.3%
46 Fastenal Company (NASDAQ:FAST) 10.1%
47 Fiserv, Inc. (NASDAQ:FISV) 9.9%
48 Urban Outfitters, Inc. (NASDAQ:URBN) 9.8%
49 Cephalon, Inc. (NASDAQ:CEPH) 9.3%
50 Comcast Corporation (NASDAQ:CMCSA) 8.7%
51 NII Holdings, Inc. (NASDAQ:NIHD) 8.0%
52 Activision Blizzard, Inc. (NASDAQ:ATVI) 7.5%
53 Teva Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd (ADR) (NASDAQ:TEVA) 7.4%
54 Foster Wheeler Ltd. (NASDAQ:FWLT) 7.3%
55 Intel Corporation (NASDAQ:INTC) 7.1%
56 Mattel, Inc. (NASDAQ:MAT) 7.0%
57 DIRECTV (NASDAQ:DTV) 6.6%
58 Patterson Companies, Inc. (NASDAQ:PDCO) 6.3%
59 Bed Bath & Beyond Inc. (NASDAQ:BBBY) 6.2%
60 Expeditors International of Washington (NASDAQ:EXPD) 6.0%
61 O'Reilly Automotive, Inc. (NASDAQ:ORLY) 5.8%
62 DISH Network Corp. (NASDAQ:DISH) 5.8%
63 Ross Stores, Inc. (NASDAQ:ROST) 5.7%
64 Cintas Corporation (NASDAQ:CTAS) 5.5%
65 C.H. Robinson Worldwide, Inc. (NASDAQ:CHRW) 4.8%
66 Henry Schein, Inc. (NASDAQ:HSIC) 4.8%
67 J.B. Hunt Transport Services, Inc. (NASDAQ:JBHT) 4.6%
68 NetApp Inc. (NASDAQ:NTAP) 4.4%
69 Starbucks Corporation (NASDAQ:SBUX) 4.0%
70 Mylan Inc. (NASDAQ:MYL) 3.9%
71 Express Scripts, Inc. (NASDAQ:ESRX) 3.7%
72 Amazon.com, Inc. (NASDAQ:AMZN) 3.4%
73 Marvell Technology Group Ltd. (NASDAQ:MRVL) 3.4%
74 Staples, Inc. (NASDAQ:SPLS) 3.4%
75 Dell Inc. (NASDAQ:DELL) 2.8%
76 PACCAR Inc (NASDAQ:PCAR) 2.1%
77 Costco Wholesale Corporation (NASDAQ:COST) 1.5%
78 Sears Holdings Corporation (NASDAQ:SHLD) 0.0%
79 Invitrogen Corporation (NASDAQ:LIFE) -0.4%
80 Logitech International SA (USA) (NASDAQ:LOGI) -0.6%
81 Maxim Integrated Products Inc. (NASDAQ:MXIM) -1.0%
82 Yahoo! Inc. (NASDAQ:YHOO) -1.4%
83 Broadcom Corporation (NASDAQ:BRCM) -3.6%
84 Wynn Resorts, Limited (NASDAQ:WYNN) -4.7%
85 Autodesk, Inc. (NASDAQ:ADSK) -5.6%
86 Applied Materials, Inc. (NASDAQ:AMAT) -6.1%
87 Liberty Media Corporation (Interactive) (NASDAQ:LINTA) -7.7%
88 News Corporation (NASDAQ:NWSA) -10.8%
89 Virgin Media Inc. (NASDAQ:VMED) -11.4%
90 NVIDIA Corporation (NASDAQ:NVDA) -12.3%
91 Flextronics International Ltd. (NASDAQ:FLEX) -25.2%
92 Lam Research Corporation (NASDAQ:LRCX) -29.6%
93 Seagate Technology (NASDAQ:STX) -31.5%
94 Electronic Arts Inc. (NASDAQ:ERTS) -33.2%
95 KLA-Tencor Corporation (NASDAQ:KLAC) -39.3%
96 SanDisk Corporation (NASDAQ:SNDK) -55.7%
97 Expedia, Inc. (NASDAQ:EXPE) -89.0%
98 Symantec Corporation (NASDAQ:SYMC) -115.0%
99 Hologic, Inc. (NASDAQ:HOLX) -132.9%
100 Vertex Pharmaceuticals Incorporated (NASDAQ:VRTX) -620.8%
