[May 22, 2013] Lowest Operating Margin in the Application Software Industry Detected in Shares of PROS Holdings (PRO, ASIA, RP, ININ, EPIQ) Tweet May 22, 2013 (SmarTrend(R) News Watch via COMTEX) -- Below are the three companies in the Application Software industry with the lowest operating margin. A healthy operating margin is required for a company to pay for its fixed costs and generate cash.PROS Holdings ranks lowest with a an operating margin of 2.0%. Following is AsiaInfo Holdings with a an operating margin of 2.1%. RealPage ranks third lowest with a an operating margin of 2.4%. Interactive Intelligence follows with a an operating margin of 4.7%, and EPIQ Systems rounds out the bottom five with a an operating margin of 5.8%. SmarTrend recommended that its subscribers protect gains by selling shares of EPIQ Systems on May 1st, 2013 by issuing a Downtrend alert when the shares were trading at $12.76. Since that call, shares of EPIQ Systems have fallen 3.9%. 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 ]