Re: Re: Re: Brands, their material base? was Re: My Take on Competition

[Doug Henwood]

Brad De Long wrote:

>>And Nike doesn't earn an extraordinary profit.
>>Doug
>
>It doesn't?

NKE:
Income Statements
Sales (ttm)     $8.90B
EBITDA (ttm)    $1.13B
Income available to common (ttm)        $547.5M
Profitability
Profit Margin (ttm)     6.1%
Operating Margin (ttm)  9.9%

MSFT:
Income Statements
Sales (ttm)     $22.9B
EBITDA (ttm)    $12.9B
Income available to common (ttm)        $9.19B
Profitability
Profit Margin (ttm)     40.2%
Operating Margin (ttm)  49.4%

GE:
Income Statements
Sales (ttm)     $117.5B
EBITDA (ttm)    $33.7B
Income available to common (ttm)        $11.2B
Profitability
Profit Margin (ttm)     9.5%
Operating Margin (ttm)  13.9%

IBM:
Income Statements
Sales (ttm)     $86.6B
EBITDA (ttm)    $18.3B
Income available to common (ttm)        $7.74B
Profitability
Profit Margin (ttm)     9.0%
Operating Margin (ttm)  13.8%