Thanks for posting that!!!! Kind of eye-opening, isn’t it... who would have thunk it...???
Thought this was interesting...
Microsoft’s most recent reported quarterly profit was $6.7 billion on revenues of $19.02 billion.
Apple’s most recent reported quarterly profit was $3.38 billion on revenues of $15.68 billion.
Considering that Microsoft is almost exclusively a software provider, is thought of as this great computer colossus, and should have great margins, and Apple is portrayed as a niche provider and is primarily a hardware company, and hardware traditionally has horrible margins, those numbers are very telling.
Microsoft, which should have HUGE net profits, is at 35% net. Apple, if it were like Dell or HP, should have very small net profits, is at 21.5%.
Things that make you go hmmmmmmmm...