“I love the creative works but logic, math, and organization is as much a passion. That led me to view a graph recently published online which compares Apple’s overall numbers with Google (Alphabet), Microsoft, Facebook, and for some reason, Amazon instead of Samsung. Whatever,” Tera Thomas O’Brien writes for Tera Talks. “The point was to show that all these companies are kinda sorta mostly one-trick ponies. That is, they derive most of their revenue and profits from a single source.”
“All five companies combine for over $500-billion in revenue and $94-billion in profits,” O’Brien writes. “You have to dig to see that Apple accounts for about half of both, which means the other four– Alphabet, Microsoft, Amazon, and Facebook– account for the other half.”
“It’s sad for Apple because the comparisons are not valid in almost any respect other than numbers are involved,” O’Brien writes. “It’s sad that Apple even gets compared with Alphabet, Microsoft, Amazon, or Facebook.”
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MacDailyNews Take: Revenue vs. profits.
As long as a company makes shareholders happy does it matter how the company makes money, enlarges the bottom line, or generates profit?
Yes it does.
Nope
Yes it does.
If all you care about is just the $$, you can go sit outside. $$ is the disease. What you do with it is humanity.
Revenue AND profits.
Revenue + Profits + Reinvestment
Often ancillary aspects or businesses of a company are there to support the main profit mission and purpose of said company. Nothing wrong with that.
Revenue (gross) precede profit (net).
Not at Amazon.
Wrong agAin amazon has made money for 2 years. Called AWS. Absolutely no different than Apple Apple only has one product that really makes all the money
Apple inc. is a “one trick horse”, with each hoof stamping on each of the other four in terms of revenue, profit and shareholder return, bar none!
Don’t underestimate Amazon. Would you rather have over 50% of all retail or 85% of just computing electronics and services?
If I were going to bed on Amazon versus Apple and who would last longer Id have to pick Bezos and Amazon. Amazon has Beezus Apple has Timmy Cook, oh brother.