From: Mike '/m' 


Yup.

/m



On Sat, 14 Dec 2002 13:02:15 -0500, "Robert Comer"
 wrote:

>Microsoft I'd bet.
>
>- Bob Comer
>
>
>"Mike '/m'"  wrote in message
>news:aipmvucjk5fi9e4g61eojf8pirimeasm4e{at}4ax.com...
>>
>> 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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