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The chart above displays the quarterly gross profit of Tesla Motors from 2020 to 2023. In the first quarter of 2023, the total gross profit of the company declined compared to the same quarter of the prior year. Its gross profit declined by almost a billion in the first quarter of 2023 against the same […]

The chart above displays the quarterly net revenue of Tesla Motors from 2020 to 2023. In the last three years, the company has experienced significant growth and started generating positive net income in 2020 after having run in losses for past several years. In fiscal 2022, the net revenue of Tesla reached $81.5 billion. The

Tesla has experienced a sharp increase in its net sales globally. Its two largest markets are the United States and China. In fiscal 2022, the company experienced significant increase in its net revenue from both the countries as well as other regions. Its revenue from China increased to $18.15 billion in 2022 compared to $13.84

The chart above displays the net revenue of Tesla Motors from its largest market, which is also its domestic market – the United States. Over the previous three years, the company has experienced revenue growth at a significant pace. In 2022, the company generated total $81.5 billion, of which $40.5 billion came from the United

After having run into net losses for several years, Tesla started generating positive net income over the past three years. Its net revenue and net income have surged faster in the last three years. Tesla generated a positive net income of $862 million for the first time in 2020. In fiscal 2022, the net income

The chart above displays the net sales of Tesla from each of its product segments from 2015 to 2022 in millions. The largest segment of Tesla based on net revenue is automotives, which includes the revenue generated from automotive sales and leasing as well as the revenue from regulatory credits. In fiscal 2022, the automotive

Google paid the European Commission $9.5 billion in fines from 2017 to 2019. Over the last three years, Google has paid the European Commission slightly above $9.5 billion in fines. The latest fine (March, 2019) slapped by the Commission was related to Google’s advertising practices. According to Commissioner Margrethe Vestager, incharge of EU’s competition policy,

The chart above displays the quarterly general and administrative expenses of Alphabet Inc from 2020 to 2023. In the first quarter of 2023, the company’s G&A expenses were $3.76 billion compared to $3.374 billion in the same quarter of the prior year. General and Administrative expenses of Alphabet (Quarterly) 2014 – 2023  Amounts in millions.

The chart above displays the quarterly sales and marketing expenses of Alphabet Inc (parent company of Google) from 2020 to 2023. Alphabet has continued to increase its spending on sales and marketing each year. In fiscal 2022, the company spent total $26.6 billion on sales and marketing. The company spent $6.533 billion on sales and

Alphabet R&D expenses (quarterly) 2014-2023 Amounts in Millions. FY 2023 R&D Expenses ($mn) Q1 $11,468 In the recent years, Alphabet has increased its investment in research and development at a significant pace. The company spent $11.47 billion in the first quarter of 2023 which was $2.35 billion higher than the same quarter in the prior

The chart above displays the net revenue of Alphabet Inc (parent company of Google) by geography from 2019 to 2022. The largest geographic market of Alphabet is the United States, which alone accounted for $134.8 billion or around 48% of the company’s total net revenue for 2022. EMEA generated $82.06 billion in 2022 and APAC

The chart above displays the net revenue of Alphabet Inc from its various business segments from 2019-2022 in billions. In 2022, the company generated $253.53 billion from Google services and $26.3 billion from Google Cloud. Google is the main source of revenue for Alphabet. The company also generated $1.07 billion from other bets and $2

The chart above displays the quarterly cost of revenues of Alphabet Inc (the parent company of Google) from 2020 to 2023. In the first quarter of 2023, the cost of revenues of Alphabet grew by $1 billion compared to the same quarter of the prior year. Its cost of revenues in the first quarter of

The chart above displays the quarterly net income of Alphabet Inc (the parent company of Google) from 2020 to 2023 in billions. In the first quarter of 2023, the net income of Alphabet Inc declined compared to the same quarter of the prior year. The company generated $15.05 billion in net income in the first

Which are the countries with the highest number of Subway restaurants? Subway was founded in 1965 and has grown into the world’s largest fast food brand (largest submarine sandwich chain) based upon the number of restaurants operational worldwide. The highest number of Subway restaurants are operational in the United States. More than a half of

The chart above displays the net revenue of Coca Cola company from the United States from 2010 to 2022. In 2022, the company generated $2.4 billion higher net revenue from the US market compared to the prior year. Coca Cola generated $15.4 billion in net revenue from the United States in 2022 compared to $13

Alphabet Quarterly Revenues 2014-2023 Amounts in millions. FY2023 Net revenue Q1 $69,787 The net revenue of Alphabet, the parent company of Google increased by close to $1.8 billion in the first quarter of 2023 compared to the same quarter of the last year. FY 2022 Net Revenue Q1 $68,011 Q2 $69,685 Q3 $69,092 Q4 $76,048

The chart above displays the general and administrative expenses of Alphabet, the parent company of Google from 2014 to 2022. In 2022, its general and administrative expenses were 6% of its total net revenue or $15.724 billion compared to $13.51 billion in 2021. General and Administrative (G&A) expenses of Alphabet 2014-2022 Amounts are in millions.

The chart above displays the annual net revenue of Google’s parent company Alphabet from the United States market. The United States is the single largest market for Google’s products and services. In 2022, Alphabet generated 48% of its total net revenues from the United States. Its US revenues in 2022 remained $134.814 billion or around

The chart above displays Alphabet’s expenses of advertising and promotions from 2014 to 2022 in billions. In 2022, the company spent $9.2 billion on advertising and promotions compared to $7.9 in the previous year. Its total sales and marketing expenses were $26.6 billion in 2022. The company has experienced impressive revenue growth during the last

The chart above displays the total revenue generated by Google (Alphabet’s Google segment) from advertising and non-advertising sources (including cloud) from 2015 to 2022. In 2022, Alphabet’s Google segment generated total $279.808 billion in net revenue which included $224.473 billion from advertising and $55.335 billion from the non-advertising sources. The non advertising revenue of Google

The chart above displays the cloud revenues of google and Amazon from 2017 to 2022. Amazon (AWS) is the cloud leader engaged in a tough combat with another cloud leader Microsoft. Google is currently behind the other two leading players in the cloud industry, with an annual revenue from cloud services which is only a

The chart above presents a comparison of the advertising revenues of Meta (previously known as Facebook) and Google from 2015 to 2022. Based on the revenue figures of 2022, it appears that Google has established a significant advantage over Meta. In 2022, Google’s advertising revenue amounted to $224.5 billion, which was nearly twice the amount

The chart above compares the research and development expenses of two leading tech players – Amazon and Google. Amazon is known to be the largest R&D spender in the entire industry. Google’s R&D costs have also grown significantly in recent years. However, gap between the R&D spending of Amazon and that of the other leading

The chart above compares the research and development expenses of Meta (formerly Facebook) and Google from 2015 to 2022. Both the companies have sharply increased their R&D spending in 2022. Google increased its R&D spending by 25% in 2022 compared to the prior year, while Meta spent 43% higher on R&D during the same period.

The chart above displays the revenue Google generated from its cloud services. Google experienced around 37% growth in its revenue from cloud services in 2022 compared to the prior year. The search giant generated $26.3 billion from cloud services in 2022 compared to $19.2 billion in the prior year. Net Revenue of Google From Cloud

The chart above displays the revenue Google generated from advertising on its video sharing platform, YouTube. Google’s YouTube revenue has climbed faster in recent years. In 2021, it grew by $9 billion compared to 2020. In 2022, the search giant generated $29.24 billion from YouTube advertising. *************************************************************************  Google (NASDAQ: GOOGL) delivered strong revenue growth in

Google Advertising versus Non-advertising revenue 2016-2022. The chart above compares the advertising and non-advertising revenue of Google from 2016 to 2022. While Google’s revenue from advertising has continued to grow at an impressive rate, it has also experienced significant growth in its revenue from non-advertising sources. In 2022, Google experienced slightly more than 17% growth

The chart above displays the traffic acquisition costs of Google from 2012 to 2022 in billions. Google has continued to increase its investment in acquiring traffic each year at a significant rate. In 2022, its TAC increased by around $3.4 billion compared to the prior year. The search giant spent $48.95 billion on traffic acquisition

The chart above displays the net revenue of Netflix Inc from each major geographical region from 2018 to 2022. In 2022, the company experienced significant revenue growth in the United States and Canada region despite the slight decline in its subscriber base there. In the UCAN region, its revenue increased by $1.1 billion in 2022

The chart above displays the number of subscribers at the end of each quarter from 2021 to 2023. At the end of fiscal 2022, Netflix had more than 230 million subscribers. In the first quarter of 2023, the company has experienced an increase of 1.75 million in its subscriber base compared to the previous quarter.

The chart above displays the number of Netflix subscribers by geographic region from 2018 to 2022. Based on the number of subscribers, UCAN had remained the largest geographic region until 2021. However, the number of Netflix subscribers in 2022 in EMEA exceeded that in UCAN. The total number of Netflix subscribers at the end of

The chart above displays the net revenue of Netflix from online streaming from 2018 to 2022. Most of the revenue that the company generates (more than 99% in 2022), comes from online streaming and a very small portion from DVD segment. Netflix generated $31.47 billion from online streaming in 2022 when its total net revenue

The chart above displays the number of Netflix paid subscribers globally from 2014 to 2022. Netflix has experienced growth in its subscriber base in 2022 compared to the prior year. At the end of fiscal 2022, the company had 230.75 million paid subscribers compared to 221.8 million at the end of the prior fiscal. Number

The chart above shows the quarterly net revenue of Netflix from 2020 to 2023. The company generated $8,161.5 million in the first quarter of 2023 compared to $7,868 million in the same quarter of the prior year. Due to the increased cost of revenues and higher marketing and technology related expenses, the company experienced a

The chart above displays the net revenue of Netflix from the UCAN region (United States and Canada) from 2020 to 2022. In 2022, the company generated $14.084 billion from the UCAN region, which is its largest market based on revenue. The company has experienced growth in its subscriber base and revenue in 2022 compared to

The chart above shows the operating income of Best Buy from 2011 to 2023 in billions. Best Buy generated $1.8 billion in operating income in fiscal 2023 compared t0 $3.04 billion in the previous year. In fiscal 2023, BestBuy’s revenue declined by more than 10% compared to the prior year. The operating income of the

The chart above shows the gross profit of Best Buy from 2013 to 2023 in billions. In fiscal 2023, the company generated $9.9 billion in gross profit compared to $11.64 billion in the prior year. Compared to 2022, the company experienced a decline in its net revenue and gross profit. Gross Profit of Best Buy

The chart above shows the revenue of Best Buy, A US based retail brand by product category from 2017 to 2023. Computing and cellphones is the largest product category of BestBuy based on net sales, followed by consumer electronics. The total domestic sales of Best Buy remained $42.8 billion in 2022 and international sales $3.5

International revenue of Best Buy 2011-2023 Amounts are in $millions. Year International Revenue ($mn)  2023 $3,504 2022 $3,931 2021 $3,969 2020 $3,524 2019 $ 3,575  2018 $ 3,489 2017 $ 3,155  2016 $ 3,163  2015 $ 4,284  2014 $ 4,780  2013 $ 5,030  2012 $ 7,861   2011 $ 12,677  Best Buy’s business is divided into

Best Buy’s revenue from its domestic market declined by $5 billion in fiscal 2023 compared to the previous fiscal. Its net sales in the US in fiscal 2023 (ended March 2023) remained $42.8 billion compared to $47.8 billion in the previous fiscal. Best Buy Net revenues from United States 2011-2023 Amounts are in $millions. Year

The chart below shows the ecommerce revenue of Best Buy from 2017 to 2023 in billions of US dollars. Its ecommerce revenue has declined over the previous two fiscals after having risen to above $18 billion in 2021. In 2022, the company generated $14.2 billion in ecommerce revenue compared to $16.43 billion in the prior

The chart above compares the marketing expenses of Coca Cola and Pepsi from 2016 to 2022. Both the beverage giants invest large sums in marketing and promotions each year. While the two had generally spent comparable sums on marketing each year until 2019, from 2020 onwards Pepsi’s marketing expenses have grown faster. In 2022, Pepsi

The chart above shows the selling, general and administrative expenses of Target Corporation from 2013 to 2022 in billions. In 2022, the SG&A expenses of Target Corporation grew to $20.658 billion compared to $19.752 billion in 2021. SG&A expenses of Target Corporation 2013-2022 Amounts are in $millions. Year SG&A expenses ($m) 2022 $20,658 2021 $19,752

The chart above shows the net revenue of Target Corporation from each product category in billions for 2022. In 2022, Target experienced a decline in net sales of Apparel and accessories, hardlines and home furnishing products, but the sales of food and beverage products as well as beauty and household essentials increased compared to the

The above chart compared the cloud revenues of two leading cloud technology giants, Amazon and Microsoft. The cloud business of Amazon is known as Amazon Web Services (AWS). Microsoft’s intelligent cloud business mainly includes Azure. In 2022, AWS generated $80.1 billion, while Microsoft’s intelligent cloud segment generated $75.25 billion. Microsoft’s total cloud revenue (commercial cloud

The chart above compares the research and development expenses of two tech giants – Microsoft and Google. Both are leaders in terms of research and development spending. However, Google’s investment into research and innovation grew at a faster rate since 2015 compared to Microsoft. In 2022, Alphabet, the parent company of Google, spent $39.5 billion

The chart above compares the research & development expenses of Amazon and Microsoft from 2015 to 2022. Both Amazon and Microsoft are among leading spenders on research and development in the entire industry. However, Amazon is ahead of all others in this area. In 2022, the e-commerce leader spent around thrice what Microsoft did on

The chart above shows the quarterly net revenue of Microsoft for 2022 and 2023. Microsoft experienced growth in its quarterly net revenue during all the three quarters of 2023 compared to the same quarters of the previous year. The company generated the highest revenue in the third quarter of 2023. Quarterly Net Revenue of Microsoft

The chart above shows Spotify’s average revenue per user from premium users from 2016 to 2022. In 2022, Spotify experienced an increase in its ARPU compared to the prior year. The ARPU for 2022 remained €4.52 compared to €4.29 in 2021. In 2022, the company also experienced growth in its net revenue and gross profit