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Pick two to four companies and follow where each one ranked on ten years of fundamentals, at every archive anchor, as a share of every company we could rank at the time. Higher is better. The share matters rather than the place because the number of ranked companies grows over time, so the same place means something different at either end.
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The share of observed periods in which net income increased.
This is not a date range. It selects the ranking built on five, ten, or twenty years of published fundamentals.
Market position over time
Net Income Trend, ranked on ten years of fundamentals at each anchor. A gap is a year the company was not ranked, not a zero.
- AAPL
- MSFT
- INTC
- IBM
| Year | Apple Inc (AAPL) | Microsoft Corporation (MSFT) | Intel Corporation (INTC) | International Business Machines (IBM) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1996 | Top 20% (#41 of 206) | not ranked | Top 30% (#61 of 206) | Top 82% (#169 of 206) |
| 1997 | Top 53% (#141 of 264) | Top 4.2% (#11 of 264) | Top 30% (#78 of 264) | Top 71% (#188 of 264) |
| 1998 | Top 63% (#224 of 356) | Top 1.1% (#4 of 356) | Top 19% (#67 of 356) | Top 65% (#232 of 356) |
| 1999 | Top 66% (#263 of 400) | Top 2.5% (#10 of 400) | Top 35% (#141 of 400) | Top 57% (#230 of 400) |
| 2000 | Top 61% (#266 of 433) | Top 1.6% (#7 of 433) | Top 14% (#59 of 433) | Top 46% (#200 of 433) |
| 2001 | Top 65% (#373 of 571) | Top 1.9% (#11 of 571) | Top 23% (#134 of 571) | Top 49% (#277 of 571) |
| 2002 | Top 58% (#357 of 620) | Top 8.1% (#50 of 620) | Top 39% (#239 of 620) | Top 46% (#286 of 620) |
| 2003 | Top 68% (#500 of 732) | Top 13% (#95 of 732) | Top 36% (#263 of 732) | Top 42% (#304 of 732) |
| 2004 | Top 48% (#395 of 829) | Top 16% (#131 of 829) | Top 35% (#289 of 829) | Top 15% (#128 of 829) |
| 2005 | Top 48% (#435 of 912) | Top 24% (#218 of 912) | Top 20% (#186 of 912) | Top 13% (#122 of 912) |
| 2006 | Top 48% (#481 of 1006) | Top 17% (#175 of 1006) | Top 13% (#128 of 1006) | Top 21% (#213 of 1006) |
| 2007 | Top 12% (#135 of 1119) | Top 16% (#180 of 1119) | Top 40% (#451 of 1119) | Top 16% (#179 of 1119) |
| 2008 | Top 3.0% (#36 of 1209) | Top 12% (#147 of 1209) | Top 34% (#410 of 1209) | Top 17% (#206 of 1209) |
| 2009 | Top 3.8% (#50 of 1301) | Top 10% (#131 of 1301) | Top 25% (#323 of 1301) | Top 12% (#161 of 1301) |
| 2010 | Top 3.0% (#42 of 1406) | Top 22% (#312 of 1406) | Top 43% (#608 of 1406) | Top 6.4% (#90 of 1406) |
| 2011 | Top 3.5% (#52 of 1489) | Top 22% (#323 of 1489) | Top 51% (#754 of 1489) | Top 13% (#196 of 1489) |
| 2012 | Top 0.58% (#9 of 1549) | Top 12% (#181 of 1549) | Top 32% (#494 of 1549) | Top 3.2% (#50 of 1549) |
| 2013 | Top 0.50% (#8 of 1598) | Top 23% (#368 of 1598) | Top 48% (#772 of 1598) | Top 0.38% (#6 of 1598) |
| 2014 | Top 4.0% (#66 of 1645) | Top 18% (#301 of 1645) | Top 78% (#1285 of 1645) | Top 1.9% (#31 of 1645) |
| 2015 | Top 5.7% (#97 of 1710) | Top 17% (#286 of 1710) | Top 79% (#1355 of 1710) | Top 12% (#200 of 1710) |
| 2016 | Top 1.8% (#33 of 1786) | Top 23% (#410 of 1786) | Top 90% (#1608 of 1786) | Top 8.2% (#146 of 1786) |
| 2017 | Top 8.9% (#165 of 1863) | Top 24% (#456 of 1863) | Top 92% (#1721 of 1863) | Top 20% (#368 of 1863) |
| 2018 | Top 9.1% (#177 of 1953) | Top 20% (#398 of 1953) | Top 98% (#1922 of 1953) | Top 47% (#909 of 1953) |
| 2019 | Top 13% (#260 of 2016) | Top 57% (#1140 of 2016) | Top 84% (#1695 of 2016) | Top 54% (#1083 of 2016) |
| 2020 | Top 33% (#686 of 2058) | Top 29% (#598 of 2058) | Top 91% (#1866 of 2058) | Top 56% (#1143 of 2058) |
| 2021 | Top 15% (#321 of 2133) | Top 26% (#548 of 2133) | Top 94% (#1995 of 2133) | Top 72% (#1538 of 2133) |
Net Income Trend, ten years of fundamentals
AAPL
Apple Inc
Top 15% in 2021
#321 of 2,133 ranked companies at that anchor
MSFT
Microsoft Corporation
Top 26% in 2021
#548 of 2,133 ranked companies at that anchor
INTC
Intel Corporation
Top 94% in 2021
#1995 of 2,133 ranked companies at that anchor
IBM
International Business Machines
Top 72% in 2021
#1538 of 2,133 ranked companies at that anchor
Every measure, read at 2021
One anchor for the whole grid, so the columns are comparable. Pick a measure to follow it year by year.
| Measure | AAPL | MSFT | INTC | IBM |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| HDB Score | Best rank among compared companies: Top 8.9% | Top 22% | Top 37% | Top 40% |
| Net Income Growth | Best rank among compared companies: Top 18% | Top 34% | Top 45% | Top 70% |
| Net Income Consistency | Best rank among compared companies: Top 14% | Top 40% | Top 30% | Top 15% |
| Net Income Trend | Best rank among compared companies: Top 15% | Top 26% | Top 94% | Top 72% |
| Net Income Sum | Best rank among compared companies: Top 0.05% | Top 0.23% | Top 0.50% | Top 0.83% |
| Revenue Growth | Best rank among compared companies: Top 12% | Top 28% | Top 40% | Top 85% |
| Revenue Consistency | Top 29% | Best rank among compared companies: Top 12% | Top 25% | Top 37% |
| Revenue Trend | Top 36% | Best rank among compared companies: Top 9.7% | Top 50% | Top 95% |
| Revenue Sum | Best rank among compared companies: Top 0.37% | Top 1.3% | Top 2.4% | Top 1.6% |
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This comparison is public through 2021. The rankings continue.
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