Apple Passes Microsoft as No. 1 in Tech

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Revenue:
Microsoft $58.4 Billion
Apple $42.9 Billion
IBM $23.3 Billion.

Profit:
Microsoft $14.6 billion
IBM $10.6 billion
Apple $5.7 billion

The market cap is the perceived future value by investors.

Not sure where those revenue numbers are because they don't match up with the published info from any of the three companies.

Market cap is used by investors to determine the future value but just because investors think it is a good deal doesn't mean it is. Right now investors see Apple growing more rapidly but if their crystal ball was anything but murky no one would ever lose money

Most recent quarterly revenue:
http://www-03.ibm.com/press/us/en/pr...ease/29942.wss
$22.9 billion

http://www.microsoft.com/msft/earnin...rel_q3_10.mspx
14.50 billion

http://images.apple.com/euro/cemea_e.../20results.pdf
13.50 billion

Most recent annual revenue:
http://www.ibm.com/annualreport/2009/highlights.shtml
$95.758 billion

http://www.microsoft.com/msft/report...0k_fh_fin.html
$58.437 billion

Apple FY 2009 (Couldn't find an annual report but added up 2009 quarterly)
$36.54 billion

4th quarter
http://www.apple.com/pr/library/2009/10/19results.html
$9.87

3rd quarter
http://www.apple.com/pr/library/2009/07/21results.html
$8.34

2nd quarter
http://www.apple.com/pr/library/2009/04/22results.html
$8.16

1st quarter
http://www.apple.com/pr/library/2009/01/21results.html
$10.17

So Apple has a fair ways to go to pass MS and a huge jump to even tie IBM for the #1 spot in tech.