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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 revenue 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
Revenue 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 30% (#74 of 243) | Top 7.0% (#17 of 243) | Top 8.2% (#20 of 243) | Top 77% (#186 of 243) |
| 1997 | Top 36% (#106 of 295) | Top 4.1% (#12 of 295) | Top 6.8% (#20 of 295) | Top 78% (#229 of 295) |
| 1998 | Top 70% (#278 of 395) | Top 2.8% (#11 of 395) | Top 5.3% (#21 of 395) | Top 77% (#306 of 395) |
| 1999 | Top 91% (#381 of 417) | Top 2.6% (#11 of 417) | Top 6.7% (#28 of 417) | Top 76% (#317 of 417) |
| 2000 | Top 99% (#554 of 562) | Top 2.3% (#13 of 562) | Top 17% (#95 of 562) | Top 72% (#405 of 562) |
| 2001 | Top 98% (#581 of 591) | Top 2.5% (#15 of 591) | Top 27% (#158 of 591) | Top 46% (#273 of 591) |
| 2002 | Top 90% (#634 of 708) | Top 5.6% (#40 of 708) | Top 51% (#363 of 708) | Top 48% (#340 of 708) |
| 2003 | Top 76% (#595 of 787) | Top 11% (#88 of 787) | Top 61% (#481 of 787) | Top 60% (#471 of 787) |
| 2004 | Top 70% (#614 of 880) | Top 16% (#144 of 880) | Top 67% (#586 of 880) | Top 62% (#543 of 880) |
| 2005 | Top 84% (#801 of 948) | Top 19% (#184 of 948) | Top 65% (#614 of 948) | Top 57% (#537 of 948) |
| 2006 | Top 94% (#1012 of 1076) | Top 15% (#161 of 1076) | Top 64% (#688 of 1076) | Top 64% (#685 of 1076) |
| 2007 | Top 75% (#883 of 1176) | Top 9.7% (#114 of 1176) | Top 69% (#812 of 1176) | Top 71% (#833 of 1176) |
| 2008 | Top 64% (#819 of 1285) | Top 4.0% (#51 of 1285) | Top 72% (#925 of 1285) | Top 73% (#938 of 1285) |
| 2009 | Top 52% (#701 of 1359) | Top 0.37% (#5 of 1359) | Top 74% (#1005 of 1359) | Top 70% (#954 of 1359) |
| 2010 | Top 32% (#468 of 1452) | Top 1.5% (#22 of 1452) | Top 72% (#1047 of 1452) | Top 61% (#888 of 1452) |
| 2011 | Top 3.9% (#59 of 1526) | Top 4.2% (#64 of 1526) | Top 47% (#713 of 1526) | Top 51% (#776 of 1526) |
| 2012 | Top 1.7% (#27 of 1574) | Top 5.5% (#86 of 1574) | Top 48% (#748 of 1574) | Top 50% (#782 of 1574) |
| 2013 | Top 0.81% (#13 of 1610) | Top 6.5% (#104 of 1610) | Top 45% (#719 of 1610) | Top 52% (#841 of 1610) |
| 2014 | Top 1.3% (#21 of 1667) | Top 7.4% (#124 of 1667) | Top 43% (#714 of 1667) | Top 68% (#1132 of 1667) |
| 2015 | Top 4.0% (#70 of 1745) | Top 7.5% (#131 of 1745) | Top 39% (#678 of 1745) | Top 85% (#1488 of 1745) |
| 2016 | Top 6.2% (#113 of 1822) | Top 6.3% (#115 of 1822) | Top 30% (#553 of 1822) | Top 84% (#1528 of 1822) |
| 2017 | Top 14% (#268 of 1910) | Top 6.9% (#132 of 1910) | Top 32% (#619 of 1910) | Top 59% (#1119 of 1910) |
| 2018 | Top 25% (#498 of 2001) | Top 8.8% (#177 of 2001) | Top 34% (#690 of 2001) | Top 46% (#924 of 2001) |
| 2019 | Top 36% (#736 of 2030) | Top 7.8% (#159 of 2030) | Top 39% (#792 of 2030) | Top 47% (#952 of 2030) |
| 2020 | Top 39% (#828 of 2103) | Top 11% (#222 of 2103) | Top 30% (#632 of 2103) | Top 38% (#807 of 2103) |
| 2021 | Top 29% (#640 of 2178) | Top 12% (#256 of 2178) | Top 25% (#544 of 2178) | Top 37% (#801 of 2178) |
Revenue Consistency, ten years of fundamentals
AAPL
Apple Inc
Top 29% in 2021
#640 of 2,178 ranked companies at that anchor
MSFT
Microsoft Corporation
Top 12% in 2021
#256 of 2,178 ranked companies at that anchor
INTC
Intel Corporation
Top 25% in 2021
#544 of 2,178 ranked companies at that anchor
IBM
International Business Machines
Top 37% in 2021
#801 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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