Edac Technologies (EDAC)

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TOP 5 COMPANIES IN THE AEROSPACE & DEFENSE INDUSTRY WITH THE LOWEST OPERATING MARGIN (AVAV, EDAC, ORB, KTOS, GY)Print Share Dec 28, 2010 (SmarTrend(R) News Watch via COMTEX) -- Below are the top five companies in the Aerospace & Defense industry as ranked by lowest operating margin. A healthy operating margin is required for a company to pay for its fixed costs and generate cash.

Aerovironment (NASDAQ:AVAV) has an operating margin of 0.6% on trailing 12 months sales of $262.2 million and sales growth of 24.2%.

Edac Technologies (NASDAQ:EDAC) has an operating margin of 2% on trailing 12 months sales of $71.5 million and sales growth of 22.4%.

Orbital Sciences (NYSE:ORB) has an operating margin of 6.2% on trailing 12 months sales of $1.2 billion and sales growth of 13.5%.

Kratos Defense & Security Solutions (NASDAQ:KTOS) has an operating margin of 6.2% on trailing 12 months sales of $362.9 million and sales growth of 39.3%.

GenCorp (NYSE:GY) has an operating margin of 6.8% on trailing 12 months sales of $871.7 million and sales growth of 4.6%.

SmarTrend currently has shares of Orbital Sciences in an Uptrend and issued the Uptrend alert on September 21, 2010 at $14.49. The stock has risen 21.4% since the Uptrend alert was issued.

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