5 U.S. Tech Stocks With Big Boosts In Profit Margins

Wall Street is known for rewarding revenue growth among tech stocks. Companies such as Twitter TWTR, which is not making a profit, have seen high valuations from investors in the hopes of greater monetization of its massive user base sometime in the future. Twitter is, however, doing something right, which is increasing its profit margin over time. The companies on our list have seen a significant rise in its profit margin during the past year, yet this doesn't always equate to superior stock-price performances.

VeriFone Systems Inc. PAY - $35.86

IT Services & Consulting VeriFone Systems, Inc. (VeriFone), formerly VeriFone Holdings, Inc. is a holding company of VeriFone, Inc. The Company is engaged in the secure electronic payment solutions. Its system solutions consist of point of sale (POS) electronic payment devices that run its and third-party operating systems, security and encryption software, and certified payment software, as well as other third-party value-added applications. Its system solutions process a range of payment types. It provides solutions, and services for the financial services, retail, petroleum, restaurant, hospitality, taxi, transportation, and healthcare markets.

• Market Cap: $4,103,103,514
• Revenues (LTM): $1,942,761,000
• Stock Price Change (1 year): -3.0%
• Profit Margin Absolute Change (1 year): 18.3%

Twitter Inc. TWTR - $35.17

Internet Services Twitter, Inc. (Twitter) is a global platform for public self-expression and conversation in real time. The Company offers products and services for users, advertisers, developers and platform and data partners. Products and services for users enables a way for people to create, distribute and discover content, which enables a user on Twitter to create a tweet and a user to follow other users. Products and services for advertisers consist of promoted products, which enable its advertisers to promote their brands, products and services, and extend the conversation around their advertising message. Products for platform partners and developers provide a set of tools, public application program interface (APIs) and embeddable widgets that developers use to contribute their content to its platform, syndicate and distribute that content across their properties. Products for data partners offer subscription access to its public data feed.

• Market Cap: $23,159,361,579
• Revenues (LTM): $1,588,449,000
• Stock Price Change (1 year): -10.5%
• Profit Margin Absolute Change (1 year): 55.4%

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