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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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How steadily reported net income follows its long-term path.
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 Consistency, 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 85% (#208 of 244) | Top 2.9% (#7 of 244) | Top 11% (#27 of 244) | Top 73% (#179 of 244) |
| 1997 | Top 90% (#265 of 295) | Top 3.4% (#10 of 295) | Top 5.4% (#16 of 295) | Top 85% (#251 of 295) |
| 1998 | Top 85% (#335 of 395) | Top 2.3% (#9 of 395) | Top 5.1% (#20 of 395) | Top 90% (#355 of 395) |
| 1999 | Top 89% (#372 of 417) | Top 1.2% (#5 of 417) | Top 5.8% (#24 of 417) | Top 68% (#282 of 417) |
| 2000 | Top 94% (#526 of 562) | Top 2.0% (#11 of 562) | Top 10% (#58 of 562) | Top 64% (#359 of 562) |
| 2001 | Top 75% (#445 of 592) | Top 1.7% (#10 of 592) | Top 10% (#61 of 592) | Top 31% (#183 of 592) |
| 2002 | Top 74% (#526 of 709) | Top 5.6% (#40 of 709) | Top 63% (#449 of 709) | Top 23% (#164 of 709) |
| 2003 | Top 89% (#699 of 789) | Top 9.4% (#74 of 789) | Top 84% (#666 of 789) | Top 60% (#470 of 789) |
| 2004 | Top 60% (#532 of 882) | Top 18% (#161 of 882) | Top 90% (#797 of 882) | Top 56% (#496 of 882) |
| 2005 | Top 59% (#559 of 950) | Top 25% (#236 of 950) | Top 91% (#862 of 950) | Top 66% (#631 of 950) |
| 2006 | Top 89% (#962 of 1078) | Top 26% (#282 of 1078) | Top 90% (#975 of 1078) | Top 75% (#805 of 1078) |
| 2007 | Top 70% (#828 of 1177) | Top 26% (#307 of 1177) | Top 87% (#1027 of 1177) | Top 71% (#831 of 1177) |
| 2008 | Top 61% (#782 of 1285) | Top 27% (#350 of 1285) | Top 84% (#1083 of 1285) | Top 67% (#861 of 1285) |
| 2009 | Top 45% (#606 of 1360) | Top 22% (#294 of 1360) | Top 82% (#1114 of 1360) | Top 52% (#711 of 1360) |
| 2010 | Top 20% (#287 of 1453) | Top 14% (#198 of 1453) | Top 74% (#1076 of 1453) | Top 28% (#400 of 1453) |
| 2011 | Top 4.3% (#66 of 1528) | Top 4.9% (#75 of 1528) | Top 34% (#521 of 1528) | Top 14% (#213 of 1528) |
| 2012 | Top 2.2% (#34 of 1578) | Top 4.1% (#65 of 1578) | Top 38% (#596 of 1578) | Top 4.8% (#76 of 1578) |
| 2013 | Top 2.5% (#40 of 1615) | Top 11% (#175 of 1615) | Top 42% (#680 of 1615) | Top 0.37% (#6 of 1615) |
| 2014 | Top 1.9% (#32 of 1672) | Top 11% (#189 of 1672) | Top 42% (#708 of 1672) | Top 1.8% (#30 of 1672) |
| 2015 | Top 1.7% (#29 of 1751) | Top 11% (#199 of 1751) | Top 32% (#554 of 1751) | Top 18% (#315 of 1751) |
| 2016 | Top 2.9% (#53 of 1824) | Top 53% (#972 of 1824) | Top 20% (#363 of 1824) | Top 33% (#595 of 1824) |
| 2017 | Top 5.7% (#109 of 1914) | Top 64% (#1222 of 1914) | Top 31% (#585 of 1914) | Top 71% (#1368 of 1914) |
| 2018 | Top 12% (#239 of 2005) | Top 62% (#1253 of 2005) | Top 41% (#827 of 2005) | Top 41% (#830 of 2005) |
| 2019 | Top 16% (#332 of 2032) | Top 76% (#1537 of 2032) | Top 41% (#830 of 2032) | Top 30% (#609 of 2032) |
| 2020 | Top 20% (#416 of 2103) | Top 59% (#1232 of 2103) | Top 44% (#918 of 2103) | Top 24% (#505 of 2103) |
| 2021 | Top 14% (#309 of 2178) | Top 40% (#861 of 2178) | Top 30% (#643 of 2178) | Top 15% (#322 of 2178) |
Net Income Consistency, ten years of fundamentals
AAPL
Apple Inc
Top 14% in 2021
#309 of 2,178 ranked companies at that anchor
MSFT
Microsoft Corporation
Top 40% in 2021
#861 of 2,178 ranked companies at that anchor
INTC
Intel Corporation
Top 30% in 2021
#643 of 2,178 ranked companies at that anchor
IBM
International Business Machines
Top 15% in 2021
#322 of 2,178 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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