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May 14th, 2011

SmarTrend®... The Top Five...


[SatNews] The Company has ranked the top five companies in the Cable & Satellite Industry by the lowest operating margin, which is used to pay for fixed costs and to generate cash.

The companies are...
  • RRSat Global Communications Network (NASDAQ:RRST) had an operating margin of 4.4 percent in the last quarter on sales of $25.8 million
  • Knology (NASDAQ:KNOL) had an operating margin of 17.1 percent in the last quarter on sales of $128 million
  • DIRECTV (NASDAQ:DTV) had an operating margin of 18.3 percent in the last quarter on sales of $6.3 billion
  • Comcast (NASDAQ:CMCSA) had an operating margin of 18.3 percent in the last quarter on sales of $12.1 billion
  • Comcast (NASDAQ:CMCSK) had an operating margin of 18.3 percent in the last quarter on sales of $12.1 billion
SmarTrend itself owns shares of DIRECTV in an Uptrend and issued the Uptrend alert on January 13, 2011 at $42.05. The stock has risen 17.8 percent since the Uptrend alert was issued.