[August 06, 2012] ChinaCast Education is Among the Companies in the Education Services Industry With the Highest Operating Margin (CAST, BPI, LOPE, APEI, LRN) Tweet Aug 06, 2012 (SmarTrend(R) News Watch via COMTEX) -- Below are the three companies in the Education Services industry with the highest operating margin. A healthy operating margin is required for a company to pay for its fixed costs and generate cash.ChinaCast Education ranks highest with a an operating margin of 32.1%. Following is Bridgepoint Education with a an operating margin of 20.9%. Grand Canyon Education ranks third highest with a an operating margin of 20.7%. American Public Education follows with a an operating margin of 19.6%, and K12 rounds out the top five with a an operating margin of 6.5%. SmarTrend recommended that its subscribers protect gains by selling shares of K12 on July 16th, 2012 by issuing a Downtrend alert when the shares were trading at $21.62. Since that call, shares of K12 have fallen 13.6%. 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 ]