A list of more than 30 corporations complete with their profit margins. Green technology, insurance, big oil, and big pharma are included.


When it comes to profit margins,  those dirty rotten oil companies come in at 8 percent profit (on average) against 30 percent for Green Tech companies and 16 to 20 percent averages for Big Pharma.  Google ran 21% profit; Apple 21%;  and the hated insurance industry came in dead last with around a 4 percent average profit margin.

Let's recap:  the insurance demons - 4%; Obama's Big Pharma buds at 30%;
the much hated Big Oil - 8% ;  Obama's Green tech industry - 30%.
Bank of America showed a minus profit;  Freddie Mac posted a 14.1% profit.


  • Amgen (biotechnology): Profit margin, 30.6 percent
  • Google: 20.6 profit margin (24 percent - CNN Money)
  • Apple: 21.5 percent
  • Microsoft: 24.9 percent (CNN reports 30.0 percent margin)
  • Bank of America: minus 1.7%
  • Fannie Mae: 9.1 percent
  • Freddie Mac: minus 14.1 percent (biggest loser)
  • Exxon Mobil:  8.6 percent
  • Chevron: 9.7 percent
  • ConocoPhillips (oil/gas): 6;1 percent
  • GE: 7.7 percent profit to revenues
  • The beverage industry:  25.9 percent. 
  • News Corp (Rupert Murdock):  7.7 percent
  • GM: 4.6 percent
  • Chrysler: minus 1.6 percent (sold to Fiat at a 1.5b loss to taxpayers)
  • Ford: 5.1 percent (142 % from 2009 - CNN Money)
  • Gilead Sciences (biotechnology): 37.6 percent
  • Celgene Corp. (biotechnology): 11.9 percent
  • Johnson & Johnson (drug manufacturer): 20.8 percent (21.1 CNN)
  • Pfizer (drug manufacturer): 16.3 percent
  • Bristol-Myers Squibb:  15.9
  • Eli Lilly (drug manufacturing) : 22.0
  • Proter & Gamble:  16.0 percent 
  • Pfizer (drug manufacturer):  12.2
  • WalMart: 3.9 percent
  • Home Depot: 4.9 percent
  • GlaxoSmithKline (drug manufacturer): 17.4 percent
  • Unitedhealth Group (healthcare plans): 4.1 percent
  • WellPoint (healthcare plans): 4 percent
  • Aetna (healthcare plans): 3.9 percent
  • MedcoHealth Solutions (healthcare services): 2.1 percent
  • Express Scripts (healthcare services): 3.7 percent
  • Quest Diagnostics (healthcare services): 8.7 percent
  • Medtronic (medical equipment): 14.9 percent
  • Baxter International (medical equipment): 17.5 percent
  • Covidien (medical equipment): 12.3 percent

End notes: list compiled by J Smithson using the following sources.  I spent most of my time at the CNN/Fortune 500 site, however.