Apple Just Had The Most Profitable Quarter Of Any Company Ever

TechCrunch ^ | January 27, 2015 | by Greg Kumparak

[Swordmaker]

Apple had a pretty good quarter.

And by “pretty good,” I mean it was the biggest quarter in history. And not just for Apple. For any company. Ever.

This page charts the past record holders. Until today, Russia’s Gazprom (the largest natural gas extractor in the world) held the record at $16.2 billion in a quarter.

Apple now holds the record: $18.04 billion in profit, fiscal Q1 of 2015.

Absolutely. Insane.

For reference, that means Apple makes around $8.3 million dollars per hour in profit (24 hours a day).

Of the current Top 20 record holding earners, 15 are Oil/Gas producers — primarily ExxonMobil and Shell. The other five are all Apple, over various quarters.

[wardaddy]

Not we

Some

I’m ambivalent about Apple

[wardaddy]

My main question is how do people date anymore

Women are addicted to social media etc

Guys to games

Man

I’m glad I missed all that

I see young couples both staring at phones instead of talking while out at dinner

Totally oblivious

I have to bitch at my rib to put her’s down when I get home

She lives in Facebook...drudge...Instagram...breibart.....FR.......INSTAGRAM.....PINTREST.....NET A PORTER......PAGE six

And so forth

i post here in the tub or in bed late or when waiting on someone in my truck

My phone is for communication for work and family

[wardaddy]

Amen

[Captain Peter Blood]

Anyway to go back further than that say 100 years ago?

[Pearls Before Swine]

Remember when Jimmy Carter railed against “obscene profits” from the oil companies? You won’t hear that about Apple (nor should you), because a) they are cool, and b)Tim Cook is in a protected class.

[Swordmaker]

Anyway to go back further than that say 100 years ago?

Not that I know of. . . but there were no no global companies of comparable size then. Perhaps the British might have had something in their Tea trading company but I doubt it.

[Swordmaker]

Look at the profit margin. For Exxon and Walmart, it’s like 8% and 2.5% respectively; for Apple (AAPL), it is like 58%.

Make up stuff much? Apple's 10-Q for the quarter being reported puts it's aggregate profit margin before taxes at 39.1% and their tax rate is 26.3% on that. Microsoft used to report an approximate 60% margin. . . but then they only sold software then.

[CincyRichieRich]

Look at the profit margin. For Exxon and Walmart, it’s like 8% and 2.5% respectively; for Apple (AAPL), it is like 58%.

Make up stuff much? Apple’s 10-Q for the quarter being reported puts it’s aggregate profit margin before taxes at 39.1% and their tax rate is 26.3% on that. Microsoft used to report an approximate 60% margin. . . but then they only sold software then.

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My mistake, bro, but, I’d hope we’re on the same side here...my POINT is that the LIBERALS, hopefully you are NOT one always complain about company profit margins, but you won’t hear them complain about their baby, AAPL. Stop accusing, sometimes mistakes are INNOCENT.

[Swordmaker]

My mistake, bro, but, I’d hope we’re on the same side here...my POINT is that the LIBERALS, hopefully you are NOT one always complain about company profit margins, but you won’t hear them complain about their baby, AAPL. Stop accusing, sometimes mistakes are INNOCENT.

Sorry. I think we may be. I just don't want the anti-Apple people to latch onto it because of erroneous facts. My abject apologies. Mea Culpa for not realizing you were a fellow traveler.

[TXnMA]

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They have made noises about re-starting Mac support -- but, I haven't seen any running evidence, yet...

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