[May 22, 2012] Lowest Operating Margin in the Industrial Conglomerates Industry Detected in Shares of Tredegar (TG, SEB, SXI, CSL, TYC) Tweet May 22, 2012 (SmarTrend(R) News Watch via COMTEX) -- Below are the three companies in the Industrial Conglomerates industry with the lowest operating margin. A healthy operating margin is required for a company to pay for its fixed costs and generate cash.Tredegar ranks lowest with a an operating margin of 6.3%. Following is Seaboard with a an operating margin of 6.3%. Standex International ranks third lowest with a an operating margin of 7.3%. Carlisle Cos follows with a an operating margin of 10.8%, and Tyco International rounds out the bottom five with a an operating margin of 13.1%. SmarTrend recommended that its subscribers protect gains by selling shares of Tredegar on March 1st, 2012 by issuing a Downtrend alert when the shares were trading at $23.29. Since that call, shares of Tredegar have fallen 41.6%. We are now looking for when a new Uptrend will commence and will alert SmarTrend subscribers in real time. Write to Chip Brian at [email protected] --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- SmarTrend analyzes over 5,000 securities simultaneously throughout the trading day and provides its subscribers with trend change alerts in real time. To get a free trial of our trading calls and maximize your trading results, please visit http://www.MySmarTrend.com Get exclusive, actionable insight into how the market is expected to trend prior to market open with our free morning newsletter. Sign up at: http://www.MySmarTrend.com/signup [ Back To TMCnet.com's Homepage ]