From: "Robert Comer" 

Where would on find enough data like that? I can find individual company
data, but is there a common place to get multiple companies...

- Bob Comer


"Mike '/m'"  wrote in message
news:veimvugh1uc8r3dmbtq20dqqk1lnpab263{at}4ax.com...
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> I keep on asking if anyone has sorted the companies of the S&P 500
> according to their profit margins.   So far, no one seems to want to
> do the task.
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>   /m
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> On Thu, 12 Dec 2002 10:52:20 -0600, "Joe Barr"
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>http://computerworld.com/softwaretopics/os/windows/story/0,10801,76454,00.h
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> >No one questions Microsoft's right to make a profit, but when you're
> >talking about profit margins of 85% and 79%, respectively, we have a
right
> >to question the validity of the business advice from someone who clearly
> >doesn't operate a "normal" business.
> >
> >Of course, part of Microsoft's world has competition, but it consistently
> >loses money there: MSN lost $97 million on revenue of $531 million for
the
> >same period that ended in September. The CE/Mobility unit had red ink of
> >$33 million on just $17 million in sales, while Xbox lost $177 million on
> >sales of $505 million. The Great Plains unit had losses of $86 million on
> >revenue of $107 million.
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