Where Apple’s Money Comes From January 14, 2015 9:00am by Barry Ritholtz Source: Business Insider Spread the wealth. twitter facebook linkedin What's been said: Discussions found on the web: NoKidding commented on Jan 14 About to pass XOM? A commented on Jan 14 Phenominal performance for a toy manufacturer. winstongator commented on Jan 14 Need to post profits as well. Can’t compare WMT vs. AAPL as one has an operating margin of 6%, while the other’s operating margin is ~30%. Apple’s operating profit is nearly 2X Wal-Mart’s even though its sales are about 1/3rd of Wal-Mart’s. winstongator commented on Jan 14 From http://247wallst.com/special-report/2014/10/21/the-20-most-profitable-companies-in-the-world/ 1. ICBC – China Banking 2. Apple 3. Gazprom… 4. China Construction Bank – more China banking 5. ExxonMobil… 6. Samsung 7. Ag Bank of China 8. Bank of China 9. BP 10. Microsoft Any guesses as to who will rise/fall in 2015? Read this next.April 25, 2011 Mac vs PC PeopleSeptember 11, 2014 1958: Public Investing in the Stock Market as Never BeforeJune 11, 2018 Hierarchy of Portfolio Success Posted Under Consumer Spending Digital Media Technology Previous Post 10 Wednesday AM Reads Next Post NFIB points to upward pressure on wages
winstongator commented on Jan 14 Need to post profits as well. Can’t compare WMT vs. AAPL as one has an operating margin of 6%, while the other’s operating margin is ~30%. Apple’s operating profit is nearly 2X Wal-Mart’s even though its sales are about 1/3rd of Wal-Mart’s.
winstongator commented on Jan 14 From http://247wallst.com/special-report/2014/10/21/the-20-most-profitable-companies-in-the-world/ 1. ICBC – China Banking 2. Apple 3. Gazprom… 4. China Construction Bank – more China banking 5. ExxonMobil… 6. Samsung 7. Ag Bank of China 8. Bank of China 9. BP 10. Microsoft Any guesses as to who will rise/fall in 2015?
About to pass XOM?
Phenominal performance for a toy manufacturer.
Need to post profits as well. Can’t compare WMT vs. AAPL as one has an operating margin of 6%, while the other’s operating margin is ~30%. Apple’s operating profit is nearly 2X Wal-Mart’s even though its sales are about 1/3rd of Wal-Mart’s.
From
http://247wallst.com/special-report/2014/10/21/the-20-most-profitable-companies-in-the-world/
1. ICBC – China Banking
2. Apple
3. Gazprom…
4. China Construction Bank – more China banking
5. ExxonMobil…
6. Samsung
7. Ag Bank of China
8. Bank of China
9. BP
10. Microsoft
Any guesses as to who will rise/fall in 2015?