Article: What does it take to be a 'world class' player?(computer software industry)(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)

Sales growth

'World class' companies are growing at 64% per year. Remarkably 173 Computer Software companies are currently beating this average. This came as quite a surprise as the industry average for sales growth is 16.4%.

Pre-tax profit growth

'World class' pre-tax margin growth is 253% on average. This looks spectacular compared to the Computer Software average increase in profits of 10.6%. However, 131 companies in the industry have beaten this fantastic average.

Pre-tax return on ...

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