The historical rank and industry rank for BMC Software,'s Operating Margin % or its related term are showing as below:
FRA:BMS's Operating Margin % is not ranked *
in the Software industry.
Industry Median: 3.81 * Ranked among companies with meaningful Operating Margin % only.
BMC Software,'s 5-Year Average Operating Margin % Growth Rate was 0.00% per year.
The historical data trend for BMC Software,'s Operating Margin % can be seen below:
* For Operating Data section: All numbers are indicated by the unit behind each term and all currency related amount are in USD. * For other sections: All numbers are in millions except for per share data, ratio, and percentage. All currency related amount are indicated in the company's associated stock exchange currency.
Competitive Comparison of BMC Software,'s Operating Margin %
For the Software - Application subindustry, BMC Software,'s Operating Margin %, along with its competitors' market caps and Operating Margin % data, can be viewed below:
* Competitive companies are chosen from companies within the same industry, with headquarter located in same country, with closest market capitalization; x-axis shows the market cap, and y-axis shows the term value; the bigger the dot, the larger the market cap. Note that "N/A" values will not show up in the chart.
BMC Software,'s Operating Margin % Distribution in the Software Industry
For the Software industry and Technology sector, BMC Software,'s Operating Margin % distribution charts can be found below:
* The bar in red indicates where BMC Software,'s Operating Margin % falls into.
Operating Margin % - also known as operating income margin, operating profit margin and return on sales (ROS) - is the ratio of Operating Income divided by net sales or Revenue, usually presented in percent.
BMC Software,'s Operating Margin % for the fiscal year that ended in Mar. 2013 is calculated as
* For Operating Data section: All numbers are indicated by the unit behind each term and all currency related amount are in USD. * For other sections: All numbers are in millions except for per share data, ratio, and percentage. All currency related amount are indicated in the company's associated stock exchange currency.
Just like Gross Margin %, it is important to see a company maintains its operating margin over time. Among the same industry, a company with higher operating margin is more efficient in its operation. It is also more stable during industry slowdown or recessions. Peter Lynch prefers those with higher margins than those with lower margins.
Be Aware
Operating Margin % can be manipulated by adjusting the rate of depreciation, depletion and amortization (DDA).
If a company is facing competition, its Operating Margin % may decline. Often the Operating Margin % declines well before the company's Revenue or even profit decline. Therefore, Operating Margin % is a very important indicator of whether the company is facing problems.
For instance, by 2012, Nokia (NOK)'s problems were well known and its stock had lost more than 90% of its market value since 2007. But Nokias Operating Margin % had already been in decline since 2002, although its Earnings per Share (Diluted) were still rising. Investors who paid attention to Operating Margin % would have avoided this huge loss. The same can be said for Research-in-Motion (RIMM).
Therefore, Operating Margin % is a very important screening filter for GuruFocus. GuruFocus's Buffett-Munger screener requires that the profit margin is either consistent or expanding. The Model Portfolio of the Buffett-Munger screener has outperformed the market every year since inception in 2009.
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BMC Software, Inc., was organized as a Texas corporation in 1980 and was reincorporated in Delaware in July 1988. It is a software company which provides IT management solutions for large, mid-sized and small enterprises and public sector organizations around the world. The Company's portfolios of IT management software solutions simplifies and automates the management of IT processes, mainframe, distributed, virtualized and cloud computing environments, as well as applications and databases. It also provides its customers with maintenance and support services for its products and assist customers with software implementation, integration, IT process and organizational transformation, and education services. The Company is organized into two business segments, Enterprise Service Management (ESM) and Mainframe Service Management (MSM). The Company's ESM segment consists of its solutions and related professional services in the following IT management areas: Service Assurance; Service Automation; Service Support; and BMC Atrium. The Company's MSM segment addresses IT requirements for mainframe data and performance management, middleware management, job scheduling and enterprise workload automation. The Company's customers include manufacturers, telecommunication companies, financial service providers, educational institutions, retailers, distributors, hospitals, service providers, government agencies and channel partners including resellers, distributors and system integrators. Its competitors are International Business Machines Corporation (IBM), CA, Inc. (CA) and Hewlett-Packard Company (HP). The Company's solutions are used by some of the largest, demanding IT organizations in the world including over 16,000 companies.
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