SequelSEC

Large companies with operating margins above 25%

89 companies · latest reported annual period for each

Operating income against revenue for companies with more than $5bn of revenue, both as the filer reported them and neither adjusted.

CompanyRevenueNet incomeGross marginFree cash flow
AAPLApple Inc.$416.16B$112.01B46.9%$98.77B
GOOGLAlphabet Inc.$402.84B$132.17B59.7%$73.27B
MSFTMICROSOFT CORP$331.84B$133.75B67.9%$66.99B
NVDANVIDIA CORP$215.94B$120.07B71.1%Unavailable
METAMeta Platforms, Inc.$200.97B$60.46B82.0%$46.11B
MUMICRON TECHNOLOGY INC$133.19B$84.97B80.7%$58.96B
ORCLORACLE CORP$67.36B$17.09BUnavailable-$23.69B
AVGOBroadcom Inc.$63.89BUnavailable67.8%$26.91B
KOCOCA COLA CO$47.94B$13.11B61.6%$5.30B
NFLXNETFLIX INC$45.18B$10.98B48.5%$9.46B
QCOMQUALCOMM INC/DE$44.28B$5.54B55.4%Unavailable
PMPhilip Morris International Inc.$40.65B$11.35B67.1%$10.66B
VVISA INC.$40.00B$20.06BUnavailableUnavailable
LINLINDE PLC$33.99B$6.90BUnavailable$5.09B
MAMastercard Inc$32.79BUnavailableUnavailable$17.16B
DUKDuke Energy CORP$31.74B$4.97BUnavailable-$1.69B
GILDGILEAD SCIENCES, INC.$29.44B$8.51B78.8%$9.46B
AMATAPPLIED MATERIALS INC /DE$28.37B$7.00B48.7%$5.70B
BKNGBooking Holdings Inc.$26.92BUnavailableUnavailable$9.09B
MCDMCDONALDS CORP$26.88B$8.56BUnavailable$7.19B
FCXFREEPORT-MCMORAN INC$25.92BUnavailable28.2%Unavailable
NEENEXTERA ENERGY INC$25.80B$6.84BUnavailableUnavailable
UNPUNION PACIFIC CORP$24.51B$7.14BUnavailable$5.50B
BLK Broker-dealerBlackRock, Inc.$24.22B$5.55BUnavailable$3.55B
ADBEADOBE INC.$23.77B$7.13B89.3%$9.85B
MOALTRIA GROUP, INC.$23.28B$6.95B62.5%$9.07B
LRCXLAM RESEARCH CORP$23.23B$7.27B50.5%Unavailable
APHAMPHENOL CORP /DE/$23.09B$4.27B36.9%$4.38B
EOGEOG RESOURCES INC$22.63B$4.98BUnavailableUnavailable
INTUINTUIT INC.$21.45B$4.57BUnavailable$8.66B
FISVFISERV INC$21.19B$3.48BUnavailable$4.30B
SNDKSandisk Corp$20.25B$11.43B71.5%$11.49B
LNGCheniere Energy, Inc.$19.98B$5.33BUnavailable$2.46B
EIXEDISON INTERNATIONAL$19.32B$4.46BUnavailable-$715.00M
RCLROYAL CARIBBEAN CRUISES LTD$17.94B$4.27B49.4%$1.24B
TXNTEXAS INSTRUMENTS INC$17.68B$5.00B57.0%$2.60B
AON InsurerAon plc$17.18B$3.70BUnavailable$3.22B
KMIKINDER MORGAN, INC.$16.94B$3.06BUnavailable$2.89B
DDOMINION ENERGY, INC$16.51B$3.00BUnavailableUnavailable
ITWILLINOIS TOOL WORKS INC$16.04BUnavailable52.9%$2.71B
SPGIS&P Global Inc.$15.34B$4.47B70.2%Unavailable
CPCANADIAN PACIFIC KANSAS CITY LTD/CN$15.08B$4.14BUnavailable$2.21B
CSXCSX CORP$14.09B$2.89BUnavailable$1.71B
VGVenture Global, Inc.$13.77BUnavailableUnavailable-$6.80B
SCCOSOUTHERN COPPER CORP/$13.42BUnavailable60.1%$3.43B
MPLXMPLX LP$13.00BUnavailableUnavailable$4.10B
WDCWESTERN DIGITAL CORP$12.92B$9.42B48.9%$3.51B
ICE Broker-dealerIntercontinental Exchange, Inc.$12.64B$3.32BUnavailable$4.29B
STXSeagate Technology Holdings plc$12.20B$3.18B45.6%$3.10B
NSCNORFOLK SOUTHERN CORP$12.18B$2.87BUnavailable$2.16B
VRTXVERTEX PHARMACEUTICALS INC / MA$12.00B$3.95B86.2%$3.19B
WMBWILLIAMS COMPANIES, INC.$11.95B$2.62BUnavailable$1.00B
MSIMotorola Solutions, Inc.$11.68B$2.15B51.7%Unavailable
ADIANALOG DEVICES INC$11.02B$2.27B61.5%$4.28B
CQPCheniere Energy Partners, L.P.$10.76B$2.99BUnavailable$2.57B
AMTAMERICAN TOWER CORP /MA/$10.64BUnavailableUnavailable$3.78B
ISRGINTUITIVE SURGICAL INC$10.06B$2.86B66.0%Unavailable
STZCONSTELLATION BRANDS, INC.$9.14B$1.69B51.6%$1.79B
ANETArista Networks, Inc.$9.01B$3.51B64.1%Unavailable
TDGTransDigm Group INC$8.83B$2.07B60.1%$1.82B

How common this has been

1.6% of companies met this in 2016 and 1.7% in 2025; the share has roughly held.

YearShareCompanies
20161.6%38 of 2,421
20171.5%44 of 3,029
20181.8%58 of 3,238
20191.4%51 of 3,534
20201.2%46 of 3,849
20211.6%64 of 4,065
20221.8%77 of 4,332
20231.6%73 of 4,573
20241.7%82 of 4,764
20251.7%84 of 4,909

Each year is the screen re-run against the figures each company had reported by that December, so it is what the answer would have been at the time rather than today’s companies with old numbers. The denominator is companies with usable figures that year, which grows as coverage does.

Fiscal year ends differ between companies; each row shows that company’s own latest annual period. Figures are the filers’ own, normalized from their SEC filings.

This screen runs as operating_margin > 25% AND revenue > 5b. Open it in the screener to change the conditions, or read the methodology for how each figure is chosen.