What does the company do?
EMC Corporation (EMC) develops, delivers and supports the information technology (IT) industry’s range of information infrastructure technologies and solutions. EMC’s Information Infrastructure business provides a foundation for customers to manage and secure their information, automate their data center operations. EMC’s VMware Virtual Infrastructure business, VMware, Inc., is the provider of virtual infrastructure software solutions from the desktop to the data center. VMware’s virtual infrastructure software solutions run on industry-standard desktops and servers and support a range of operating system and application environments. EMC’s Information Infrastructure business comprises three segments: Information Storage, Content Management and Archiving, and RSA Information Security. During the year ended December 31, 2008, the Company acquired Pi Corporation, Document Sciences Corporation, Infra Corporation Pty Limited, WysDM Software Inc., Conchango plc. and Iomega Corporation.
How much does the company sell and earn?
Investors need to know how much stuff or services a company sells, and how much of that total it keeps as income (or profit) to grow its business or return to shareholders. The more of each, the better. In general, look for companies that sell and earn more than peers.
- EMC Corp one-year sales: 13.94 Bil.
Difference from the average for the Data Storage Devices group: 43.94% - EMC Corp one-year income: 1.00 Bil.
Difference from the average for the Data Storage Devices group: 297.47%| Sales & Income (past 12 months) | Company | Industry |
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| Sales | 13.94 Bil | 9.69 Bil | | Income | 1.00 Bil | 252.59 Mil |
How fast is the company growing?
- EMC Corp one-year sales growth: -8.60%.
Difference from the average for the Data Storage Devices group: -6.50 pct. pts. - EMC Corp one-year income growth: -30.60%.
| Sales & Income Growth (past 12 months) | Company | Industry |
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| Sales Growth | -8.60% | -2.10% | | Income Growth | -30.60% | 11.70% |
How profitable is the company?
Investors prefer companies that increase profit margins -- the percentage of sales that they keep -- every year. This is accomplished either by lowering expenses or raising prices. Look for companies that consistently find ways to squeeze more profits out of sales than their peers.
- EMC Corp one-year net profit margin: 7.5%
Difference from the company's 5-year average net profit margin: -3.5 pct. pts.
Difference from the average for the Data Storage Devices group: 6.4 pct. pts.
| Net profit margins (%) |
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| Company | 7.5% | | Company 5-Yr Avg. | 11.0% | | Industry | 1.1% |
How is the company's financial health?
The debt/equity ratio shows how much a firm has borrowed as a percentage of its stock equity. The lower, the better.
- EMC Corp debt/equity ratio: 0.21.
Difference from the average for the Data Storage Devices group: -46.15%.
| | Company | Industry |
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| Debt/equity ratio | 0.21 | 0.39 |
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