COVER STORY
Net Margin
The best and worst margins
TOP TEN (1999)
PERCENT
MEDIAONE GROUP 130.4%
MGIC INVESTMENT 47.0
TRIBUNE 46.0
MICROSOFT 40.0
MBIA 33.2
AMGEN 32.8
BANK OF
NEW YORK 31.2
UST 31.0
CARNIVAL 29.4
CITRIX
SYSTEMS 29.0
BOTTOM TEN (1999)
PERCENT
SPRINT PCS GROUP -78.0%
NEXTEL COMMUNS. -38.2
NATIONAL
SEMICONDUCTOR -33.7
FORTUNE BRANDS -17.4
PEOPLESOFT -12.4
AMERICAN HOME
PRODUCTS -9.1
PHELPS DODGE -8.2
ALLIED WASTE INDUSTRIES -6.6
BETHLEHEM STEEL -4.7
CENDANT -4.2
DATA: COMPUSTAT, PROVIDED BY STANDARD & POOR'S INSTITUTIONAL MARKET SERVICES
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