From: Mike '/m' 


I'm not sure where to get the data (I'd do it myself if I did ;-) ).

I did see the sorted (or sordid?) list in a papyrus-based financial
magazine a few months ago.  Guess which company had the highest profit
margin?

 /m

On Sat, 14 Dec 2002 10:36:29 -0500, "Robert Comer"
 wrote:

>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...
>>
>>
>> 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.
>>
>>   /m
>>
>>
>> On Thu, 12 Dec 2002 10:52:20 -0600, "Joe Barr"
>>  wrote:
>>
>> >
>>
>>http://computerworld.com/softwaretopics/os/windows/story/0,10801,76454,00.h
>tml
>> >
>> >
>> >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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