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Net Margin

The best and worst margins



TOP TEN (1997)

                      PERCENT

MBIA                   57.2%
MGIC INVESTMENT        37.2
SUNAMERICA             34.5
UST                    31.3
MICROSOFT              29.7
INTEL                  27.7
PARAMETRIC             27.4
 TECHNOLOGY
AMGEN                  26.8
COMPUTER               24.7
 ASSOCIATES INTL.
MELLON BANK            23.6


BOTTOM TEN (1997)

                      PERCENT

ALZA                  -56.2%
DOW JONES             -31.2
HOMESTAKE MINING      -25.6
PLACER DOME           -20.6
QUAKER OATS           -18.6
FRUIT OF THE LOOM     -18.0
WASTE MGMT.           -13.9
APPLE COMPUTER        -13.4
MALLINCKRODT          -13.0
NOVELL                -13.0


DATA: STANDARD & POOR'S COMPUSTAT, A DIVISION OF THE McGRAW-HILL COMPANIES


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