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10 businesses, each from its latest filing
Annual reports and quarterly reports are shown as what they are: a year is not a quarter. More companies follow their filing calendar.
- COST
Costco
FY2026 · annual reportCostco's $5.9B in membership fees equal half its operating income; the merchandise itself runs close to cost
- Revenue
- $303.2B
- Growth
- +10.1%
- Op. margin
- 3.9%
- AMZN
Amazon
Q3 FY2026 · quarterly reportAWS sales grew 39.3%, and this quarter the build-out behind them cost more than Amazon's operations brought in
- Revenue
- $201.9B
- Growth
- +12.1%
- Op. margin
- 13.9%
- AAPL
Apple
Q3 FY2026 · quarterly reportApple's gross margin widened 3.6 points as product costs grew far slower than product sales
- Revenue
- $109.4B
- Growth
- +16.4%
- Op. margin
- 32.6%
- NVDA
NVIDIA
Q2 FY2027 · quarterly reportSupply commitments more than doubled to $279B in one quarter as NVIDIA locks in capacity for years of demand
- Revenue
- $96.2B
- Growth
- +105.9%
- Op. margin
- 66.2%
- V
Visa
Q3 FY2026 · quarterly reportPersonnel costs rose 40.5%, led by severance, so Visa's operating income grew slower than its revenue
- Revenue
- $11.6B
- Growth
- +14.4%
- Op. margin
- 59.1%
- MCD
McDonald's
Q2 FY2026 · quarterly reportRent and royalties from franchisees are 61.9% of McDonald's revenue and the bulk of its restaurant profit
- Revenue
- $7.1B
- Growth
- +3.7%
- Op. margin
- 47.0%
- ADBE
Adobe
Q3 FY2026 · quarterly reportRevenue grew at a double-digit pace but net income rose 3.1%, as hosting, R&D and taxes grew faster than sales
- Revenue
- $6.8B
- Growth
- +12.9%
- Op. margin
- 34.8%
- ABNB
Airbnb
Q2 FY2026 · quarterly reportSales and marketing grew 26.6%, faster than revenue, and Airbnb still widened its operating margin because other costs grew more slowly
- Revenue
- $3.6B
- Growth
- +58.8%
- Op. margin
- 21.0%
- CMG
Chipotle
Q3 FY2026 · quarterly reportNew restaurants drove the growth, but costs rose faster than sales and the operating margin fell to 13.72%
- Revenue
- $3.3B
- Growth
- +14.5%
- Op. margin
- 13.7%
- FIG
Figma
Q2 FY2026 · quarterly reportAI now has a cost line at Figma: gross margin fell 5.2 points from a year earlier as revenue kept growing
- Revenue
- $370.1M
- Growth
- +48.2%
- Op. margin
- -31.7%
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