Identify and list us stocks with profit margin more than 40%
9/18/2025 01:31am
**Bottom line — 440 U.S-listed tickers currently report a trailing-12-month net profit-margin above 40 %.**
Below are the 20 largest by market-cap; each comfortably exceeds the 40 % threshold:
| Rank | Ticker | Company / Fund Name | Net Profit Margin (TTM) | Market Cap (USD) |
|------|--------|---------------------|-------------------------|------------------|
| 1 | MSTR | MicroStrategy | 2 572.99 % | $93.98 B |
| 2 | NBIS | Nebius Group | 301.86 % | $22.75 B |
| 3 | DNP | DNP Select Income Fund | 346.38 % | $3.70 B |
| 4 | ADX | Adams Diversified Equity | 1 155.50 % | $2.60 B |
| 5 | GDV | Gabelli Dividend & Income | 687.61 % | $2.41 B |
| 6 | UTF | Cohen & Steers Infrastructure | 322.78 % | $2.39 B |
| 7 | CLM | Cornerstone Strategic | 728.56 % | $2.30 B |
| 8 | RVT | Royce Small-Cap Trust | 320.08 % | $1.93 B |
| 9 | USA | Liberty All-Star Equity | 675.75 % | $1.92 B |
|10 | GAB | Gabelli Equity Trust | 857.05 % | $1.86 B |
|11 | ECAT | BlackRock ESG Capital | 357.55 % | $1.61 B |
|12 | BDJ | BlackRock Enhanced Equity | 571.14 % | $1.59 B |
|13 | BSTZ | BlackRock Science & Tech Trust II | 1 715.75 % | $1.54 B |
|14 | BCAT | BlackRock Capital Allocation | 301.54 % | $1.54 B |
|15 | FBYD | Falcon’s Beyond Global | 399.81 % | $1.51 B |
|16 | CET | Central Securities | 611.10 % | $1.47 B |
|17 | BXMX | Nuveen S&P 500 Buy-Write | 361.30 % | $1.47 B |
|18 | GAM | General American Investors | 1 197.42 % | $1.43 B |
|19 | BST | BlackRock Science & Tech Trust I | 3 245.73 % | $1.40 B |
|20 | EOS | Eaton Vance Enhanced Equity Income II | 1 960.40 % | $1.28 B |
Data source: Ainvest FinScreener, trailing-12-month Net Profit Margin > 40 %, snapshot as of 17 Sep 2025 .
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### How to interpret these eye-popping margins 🤔
1. **Closed-end funds & trusts dominate** – Many names above are investment funds, not operating companies. Their “net profit” largely reflects unrealised portfolio gains, so margins can soar into triple-digits and even thousands of percent. Treat them differently from traditional corporates.
2. **Accounting quirks** – Extraordinary items (e.g., MicroStrategy’s Bitcoin-related gains) can inflate margins. Always look at *core* operating margin for a cleaner picture.
3. **Stability matters** – If you seek durable profitability, focus on firms with multi-year history of >40 % *operating* margin, solid free-cash-flow and revenue growth. Screening purely by headline net margin is only a first pass.
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### Next step
Would you like me to narrow this list to large-cap *operating* companies with sustainable >40 % margins (e.g., semiconductor IP, software, luxury goods) and strip out the investment funds? 😊