Below are the top five companies in the Application Software industry as ranked by operating margin. A healthy operating margin is required for a company to pay for its fixed costs and generate cash.
Intuit (NASDAQ:INTU) has an operating margin of 55.9% on trailing 12 months sales of $3.4 billion and sales growth of 13.4%.
Ebix (NASDAQ:EBIX) has an operating margin of 40.4% on trailing 12 months sales of $108.6 million and sales growth of 52.9%.
ANSYS (NASDAQ:ANSS) has an operating margin of 38% on trailing 12 months sales of $552.4 million and sales growth of 12.9%.
Net 1 UEPS Technologies (NASDAQ:UEPS) has an operating margin of 37.2% on trailing 12 months sales of $273.3 million and sales growth of 29.4%.
Factset Research Systems (NYSE:FDS) has an operating margin of 34.7% on trailing 12 months sales of $628.3 million and sales growth of 3.8%.
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Source:http://www.mysmartrend.com/news-briefs/news-watch/intuit-among-companies-application-software-industry-highest-operating-margin
