How much money does Apple make in a year?

Last quarter, which ended on 26 September 2015, Apple posted a quarterly revenue of $51.5 billion and a quarterly net profit of $11.1 billion, which is $1.96 per diluted share. In the quarter just gone, gross margin was 40.1 percent compared to 39.9 percent in the year-ago quarter. read more

When you land on the page, a clock starts ticking, showing how the profits at Apple, Google, Samsung and others grows comparatively. Apple brings in about $70,000 in profit every 60 seconds, Samsung follows at about $55,000, with Microsoft at $42,000, Google at 24,000 and Amazon at just $1,400. Twitter, in contrast, is still losing money. read more