[May 18, 2013] Top 5 Companies in the Computer Hardware Industry With the Lowest Return on Equity (HPQ, AVID, SGI, SSYS, DBD) Tweet May 18, 2013 (SmarTrend(R) News Watch via COMTEX) -- Below are the three companies in the Computer Hardware industry with the lowest return on equity. The ROE is a general indication of the company's efficiency; investors usually look for companies with ROEs that are high and are growing.Hewlett-Packard ranks lowest with a ROE of -41.5%. Following is Avid Technology with a ROE of -17.9%. Silicon Graphics International ranks third lowest with a ROE of -12.8%. Stratasys follows with a ROE of -1.3%, and Diebold rounds out the bottom five with a ROE of 2.3%. SmarTrend is tracking the current trend status for Diebold and will alert subscribers who have DBD in their portfolio or watchlist when shares have changed trend direction. 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 ]