[July 30, 2012] Shares of Great Northern Iron Ore Rank the Highest in Terms of Revenue Per Employee in the Steel Industry (GNI, FRD, STLD, ZEUS, SCHN) Tweet Jul 30, 2012 (SmarTrend(R) News Watch via COMTEX) -- Below are the three companies in the Steel industry with the highest Revenue Per Employee (RPE). Analysts use RPE as a measure to compare the productivity of companies in the same industry.Great Northern Iron Ore ranks highest with a an RPE of $2.9 million. Following is Friedman Industries with a an RPE of $1.6 million. Steel Dynamics ranks third highest with a an RPE of $1.3 million. Olympic Steel follows with a an RPE of $1.2 million, and Schnitzer Steel Industries rounds out the top five with a an RPE of $1.1 million. SmarTrend recommended that its subscribers protect gains by selling shares of Olympic Steel on February 23rd, 2012 by issuing a Downtrend alert when the shares were trading at $23.91. Since that call, shares of Olympic Steel have fallen 36.0%. 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 ]