[May 22, 2013] ACCO Brands is Among the Companies in the Office Services & Supplies Industry With the Lowest Operating Margin (ABD, KBALB, SYKE, SCS, KNL) Tweet May 22, 2013 (SmarTrend(R) News Watch via COMTEX) -- Below are the three companies in the Office Services & Supplies industry with the lowest operating margin. A healthy operating margin is required for a company to pay for its fixed costs and generate cash.ACCO Brands ranks lowest with a an operating margin of 0.1%. Following is Kimball International with a an operating margin of 1.1%. SYKES Enterprises ranks third lowest with a an operating margin of 3.3%. Steelcase follows with a an operating margin of 4.8%, and Knoll rounds out the bottom five with a an operating margin of 5.1%. SmarTrend recommended that its subscribers protect gains by selling shares of ACCO Brands on April 19th, 2012 by issuing a Downtrend alert when the shares were trading at $11.06. Since that call, shares of ACCO Brands have fallen 4.6%. 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 ]