Company Profit Per Second [Infographic]

Posted on February 17, 2021February 11, 2021

Abi Bennetts https://tipalti.com 1m 269 #profit

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In the 5 seconds since you’ve opened this email Apple has made $8,800 profit, Microsoft $6,200 profit, and Google $5,400.

New research conducted by Tipalti reveals just how much the world’s biggest companies are earning per SECOND, with the most profitable company Apple making $1,752 a second.

The top ten companies earning the most profit per second

Rank	Company	Annual Profit	Profit per Second	Profit per Minute	Profit per Hour	Profit per Day
1	Apple	$55,256,000,000	$1,752	$105,116	$6,306,963	$151,386,301
2	Microsoft	$39,240,000,000	$1,244	$74,648	$4,478,884	$107,506,849
3	Alphabet (Google)	$34,343,000,000	$1,089	$65,332	$3,919,937	$94,090,411
4	Bank of America	$27,430,000,000	$870	$52,181	$3,130,881	$75,150,685
5	Wells Fargo	$19,549,000,000	$620	$37,189	$2,231,338	$53,558,904
6	Facebook	$18,485,000,000	$586	$35,165	$2,109,892	$50,643,836
7	Walmart	$14,881,000,000	$472	$28,309	$1,698,529	$40,769,863
8	AT&T	$13,903,000,000	$441	$26,448	$1,586,899	$38,090,411
9	Comcast	$13,057,000,000	$414	$24,839	$1,490,336	$35,772,603
10	Amazon.com	$11,588,000,000	$367	$22,044	$1,322,663	$31,747,945

Apple is one of the world’s most profitable businesses, generating over $151 billion a day, which equates to $1,752 every single second.

To put that into context, the average weekly wage in the US currently stands at $1,237, meaning that the average American doesn’t even earn the same amount that Apple earns in a second, after a full week at work.

Fellow tech giants Microsoft and Alphabet (the parent company of Google) also draw in more than a thousand dollars each second, which works out at around $100 million a day.

The top five industries earning the most per second

Rank	Sector	Average Annual Profit	Average Profit per Second	Average Profit per Minute	Average Profit per Hour
1	Food & Beverages	$7,314,000,000	$232	$13,914	$834,826
2	Technology	$5,746,272,727	$182	$10,931	$655,884
3	Telecommunications	$4,781,500,000	$152	$9,096	$545,764
4	Financials	$4,158,736,264	$132	$7,911	$474,681
5	Health Care	$3,629,200,000	$115	$6,904	$414,240

The research also looked at how the average profit per second breaks down for different sectors across the whole Fortune 500 list, with those in food and drink making the most, averaging $232 a second, over $13,000 a minute and over $20 million each day.

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You can find the full research here: https://tipalti.com/profit-per-second/

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