[May 22, 2012] Top 5 Companies in the Electronic Equipment & Instruments Industry With the Lowest Operating Margin (DAKT, ITI, TESS, LCRY, ELT) Tweet May 22, 2012 (SmarTrend(R) News Watch via COMTEX) -- Below are the three companies in the Electronic Equipment & Instruments industry with the lowest operating margin. A healthy operating margin is required for a company to pay for its fixed costs and generate cash.Daktronics ranks lowest with a an operating margin of 1.5%. Iteris is next with a an operating margin of 2.5%. Tessco Technologies ranks third lowest with a an operating margin of 3.0%. LeCroy follows with a an operating margin of 3.8%, and Elster Group rounds out the bottom five with a an operating margin of 4.7%. SmarTrend recommended that its subscribers protect gains by selling shares of Daktronics on February 21st, 2012 by issuing a Downtrend alert when the shares were trading at $10.21. Since that call, shares of Daktronics have fallen 27.6%. 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 ]