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This graph paints a different picture, though: https://www.statista.com/statistics/234529/comparison-of-apple-and-google-revenues/ https://www.statista.com/stat

• Tarq0n 9y ago
  The growth rates of these are fascinating. I'm amazed Google still has that much of an exponential curve.
• nabla9 9y ago
  revenues are not profits. Alphabet profits have increased but profit margins are down. Amazon revenue is rocketing in the expense of not making profits.
  • adventured 9y ago
    Alphabet's margins in fact are not down in any meaningful sense. They're basically unchanged for years. 2016 net income margin: 21.5% 2015 net income margin: 21.7% 2014 net income margin: 21.3% 2013 net income margin: 20.4% 2012 net income margin: 21.6%
    • nabla9 9y ago
      Alphabets profit margin dropping is recent phenomenon. 2017q2 profit margin is just 13.55%. Advertisers paid 23% less per click.
  • crispytx 9y ago
    Amazon hides a lot of its profits as R&D expenses. I'm not an accountant, but I think it's sort of a tax dodging scheme. Refrain from paying dividends, pump all of your would-be-profits into R&D, and essentially 'break even' on paper every quarter.
    • adventured 9y ago
      > Amazon hides a lot of its profits as R&D expenses. I'm not an accountant, but I think it's sort of a tax dodging scheme. That you're not an accountant must be the reason you don't understand spending on R&D isn't hiding profit. If you spend the money, it's not available as profit. Now, you use the term "hide" in relation to profit - which blatantly implies illegal activity. If that's the case, please provide the financial statements that you used to derive that immense legal claim. Amazon is a half a trillion dollar corporation with a vast number of very wealthy shareholders that would love to see all of this stolen profit that is being kept from them.