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The most profitable companies.

The most profitable U.S. company is Medline Inc., with $1.16 trillion in net profit, followed by Google ($132 billion) and Nvidia ($120 billion). Measured by what it keeps of every $100 in sales, Nvidia leads the big companies at $55.60.

Net income for each company's fiscal year closest to 2025, from SEC filings. Page updated November 8, 2026.

Medline Inc.$1.16T
Google$132B
Nvidia$120B
Apple$112B
Microsoft$102B
Amazon$77.7B
Berkshire Hathaway$67.0B
Meta$60.5B
JPMorgan Chase$57.0B
Bank of America$30.5B

Who keeps the most of every $100? Companies with $10 billion+ in revenue.

Nvidia$55.60
Visa$51.20
Mastercard$45.65
Microsoft$40.31
Broadcom$36.20
Google$32.81
McDonald's$31.85
Qualcomm$31.60
JPMorgan Chase$31.27
Meta$30.08
Adobe$30.00
Goldman Sachs$29.47

And who keeps the least.

Live Nation$1.97
Chewy$1.77
Southwest$1.57
GM$1.46
Kroger$0.69
CVS$0.44
Intel-$0.51
Ford-$4.36

Net income ÷ revenue × 100, latest annual report. Low isn't always bad: grocers and warehouse clubs run on thin margins and huge volume.

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Top 50 by net profit.

#CompanyNet profitRevenueKept per $100
1Medline Inc.$1.16T$28.4B$4069.36
2Google$132B$403B$32.81
3Nvidia$120B$216B$55.60
4Apple$112B$416B$26.92
5Microsoft$102B$282B$36.15
6Amazon$77.7B$717B$10.83
7Berkshire Hathaway$67.0B$371B$18.03
8Meta$60.5B$201B$30.08
9JPMorgan Chase$57.0B$182B$31.24
10Bank of America$30.5B$113B$26.98
11ExxonMobil$28.8B$332B$8.68
12Johnson & Johnson$26.8B$94.2B$28.46
13AT&T$22.0B$126B$17.47
14Walmart$21.9B$713B$3.07
15Wells Fargo$21.3B$83.7B$25.49
16ELI LILLY & Co$20.6B$65.2B$31.67
17Visa$20.1B$40.0B$50.14
18Comcast$20.0B$124B$16.17
19Merck & Co., Inc.$18.3B$65.0B$28.08
20Verizon$17.6B$138B$12.74
21Goldman Sachs$17.2B$58.3B$29.47
22Oracle$17.0B$67.4B$25.21
23Morgan Stanley$16.9B$70.6B$23.87
24Procter & Gamble$16.0B$84.3B$18.95
25Mastercard$15.0B$32.8B$45.65
26Federal National Mortgage Association Fannie Mae$14.4B$29.0B$49.59
27Citigroup Inc$14.3B$85.2B$16.79
28Home Depot$14.2B$165B$8.60
29Coca-Cola$13.1B$47.9B$27.34
30Disney$12.4B$94.4B$13.14
31Chevron$12.3B$189B$6.51
32UnitedHealth$12.1B$448B$2.69
33Philip Morris International Inc.$11.3B$40.6B$27.92
34Progressive Corp$11.3B$87.7B$12.90
35T-Mobile$11.0B$88.3B$12.45
36Netflix$11.0B$45.2B$24.30
37American Express$10.8B$72.2B$15.00
38Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corp$10.7B$23.3B$46.11
39IBM$10.6B$67.5B$15.69
40Cisco$10.2B$56.7B$17.97
41Allstate Corp$10.2B$67.7B$15.02
42Uber$10.1B$52.0B$19.33
43Caterpillar Inc$8.9B$67.6B$13.14
44General Electric Co$8.7B$45.9B$18.98
45McDonald's$8.6B$26.9B$31.85
46Micron Technology Inc$8.5B$37.4B$22.84
47Gilead Sciences, Inc.$8.5B$29.4B$28.90
48PepsiCo$8.2B$93.9B$8.77
49Costco$8.1B$275B$2.94
50Conocophillips$8.0B$58.9B$13.55

Method: U.S. public companies in the SEC's XBRL data, fiscal year closest to calendar 2025. One-time gains and losses are included, because net income includes them.