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Komag
(NasdaqNM: KOMG)
USA
The dominant provider of the thin-film disks that go inside disk drives, Komag has made the most of the booming demand for data storage capacity. Sales ballooned 59% in 2005, to $754 million. Since Komag revamped operations to slash costs, the stock has risen from $2.50 in mid-2002 to $42. Now the company is focused on aluminum-based media that can store far more gigabytes than existing glass-based disks.
Company Info |
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| 2005 Rank | Not Ranked |
| Sales* ($ Millions) | 754.2 |
| Sales Growth (over prev. year) |
59 % |
| Profits* ($ Millions) | 133.3 |
| Return on Equity | 28.9 % |
| Total Return on Sales (12-mo.) | 44.0 |
| Share Price As of 5/31/06 | 41.53 |
| CURRENT MARKET INFO | NasdaqNM: KOMG |
| No. of Employees | 6,141 |
| Industry | Computers & Peripherals |
| COMPANY WEB SITE > | |
*Trailing 12 months
Stock price data as of 5/31/06
DATA: Standard & Poor's Compustat
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Company Snapshot
Komag engages in the design, manufacture, and marketing of thin-film media (disks) for incorporation into hard disk drives. These drives are used to record, store, retrieve, and protect digital information in personal computers, high-end server (enterprise) storage systems, communications infrastructure, and consumer electronics appliances. It also offers single-sided disks, aluminum substrate disks, plated disks, textured disks, and polished disks. The company's products offer a range of coercivities, glide height capabilities, and other parameters to meet specific customer requirements. Komag sells its products to original equipment manufacturers in the disk drive market worldwide. Komag was founded in 1983 and is headquartered in San Jose, Calif.
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