List of largest corporate profits and losses

This page lists the largest annual and quarterly earnings and losses in corporate history.

Largest corporate annual earnings of all time

This list has all global annual earnings of all time, limited to earnings of more than $40 billion in "real" (i.e. CPI adjusted) value. Note that some record earning may be caused by nonrecurring revenue, like Vodafone in 2014 (disposal of its interest in Verizon Wireless)^[1] or Fannie Mae in 2013 (benefit for federal income taxes).^[2]

#	Company	Industry	Country	Year	Report date	Earnings (billion)	Earnings converted to USD and inflation adjusted (billion)
1	Saudi Aramco	Oil and gas	Saudi Arabia	2018	31 December 2018	SAR 416.52[3]	$139.08
2	Saudi Aramco	Oil and gas	Saudi Arabia	2021	31 December 2021	SAR 412.4[4]	$133.62
3	Vodafone	Telecommunications	United Kingdom	2014	31 March 2014	£59.42[1]	$131.3
4	Fannie Mae	Financial services	United States	2013	31 December 2013	$83.98[2]	$113.36
5	Apple	Consumer electronics	United States	2022	29 September 2022	$99.803	$115.81
5	Apple	Consumer electronics	United States	2021	29 September 2021	$94.68[5]	$109.87
6	Saudi Aramco	Oil and gas	Saudi Arabia	2019	31 December 2019	SAR 330.7[6]	$108.46
7	Berkshire Hathaway	Conglomerate	United States	2021	31 December 2021	$89.8[7]	$104.2
8	Berkshire Hathaway	Conglomerate	United States	2019	31 December 2019	$81.4[8]	$100.13
9	Saudi Aramco	Oil and gas	Saudi Arabia	2017	31 December 2017	SAR 284.62[3]	$97.29
10	Alphabet	Information technology	United States	2021	31 December 2021	$76.0[9]	$88.23
11	Apple	Consumer electronics	United States	2018	30 September 2018	$59.53[10]	$74.54
12	Microsoft	Information technology	United States	2021	30 June 2021	$61.27[11]	$71.1
13	Apple	Consumer electronics	United States	2015	26 September 2015	$53.4[12][13]	$70.84
14	Apple	Consumer electronics	United States	2020	26 September 2020	$57.4[14]	$69.74
15	Apple	Consumer electronics	United States	2019	30 September 2019	$55.26[15]	$67.96
16	ExxonMobil	Oil and gas	United States	2008	31 December 2008	$45.22[16]	$66.04
17	Industrial & Commercial Bank of China	Banking	China	2021	31 December 2021	RMB 350.216[17]	$62.7
18	Industrial & Commercial Bank of China	Banking	China	2020	31 December 2020	RMB 317.685[18]	$62.43
19	Apple	Consumer electronics	United States	2017	30 September 2017	$48.35[19]	$62.02
20	ExxonMobil	Oil and gas	United States	2006	31 December 2006	$39.5[16]	$61.61
21	ExxonMobil	Oil and gas	United States	2007	31 December 2007	$40.61[16]	$61.58
22	ExxonMobil	Oil and gas	United States	2012	31 December 2012	$44.88[20]	$61.47
23	Apple	Consumer electronics	United States	2016	24 September 2016	$45.7[21]	$59.88
24	Saudi Aramco	Oil and gas	Saudi Arabia	2020	31 December 2020	SAR 183.8[6]	$59.54
25	Industrial & Commercial Bank of China	Banking	China	2014	31 December 2014	RMB 276.286[22]	$59.64
26	ExxonMobil	Oil and gas	United States	2005	31 December 2005	$36.13[23]	$58.17
27	Industrial & Commercial Bank of China	Banking	China	2013	31 December 2013	RMB 262.7	$58
28	Berkshire Hathaway	Conglomerate	United States	2017	31 December 2017	$44.9[8]	$57.65
29	ExxonMobil	Oil and gas	United States	2011	31 December 2011	$41.06[24]	$57.39
30	Apple	Consumer electronics	United States	2012	29 September 2012	$41.73[25]	$57.15
31	Industrial & Commercial Bank of China	Banking	China	2015	31 December 2015	RMB 277.720[22]	$56.76
32	Industrial & Commercial Bank of China	Banking	China	2017	31 December 2017	RMB 287.451[26]	$56.62
33	JPMorgan Chase	Banking	United States	2021	31 December 2021	$48.33[27]	$56.09
34	Industrial & Commercial Bank of China	Banking	China	2019	31 December 2019	RMB 313.361[18]	$55.15
35	Gazprom	Oil and gas	Russia	2012	31 December 2012	RUB 1,224.5	$55.02
36	Nestlé	Food processing	Switzerland	2010	31 December 2010	$37.88[28]	$54.62
37	China Construction Bank	Banking	China	2021	31 December 2021	RMB 303.928[29]	$54.41
38	Industrial & Commercial Bank of China	Banking	China	2018	31 December 2018	RMB 298.723[26]	$54.35
39	Microsoft	Information technology	United States	2020	30 June 2020	$44.28[30]	$53.8
40	Industrial & Commercial Bank of China	Banking	China	2016	31 December 2016	RMB 279.106[26]	$52.62
41	Apple	Consumer electronics	United States	2014	27 September 2014	$39.51[31]	$52.48
42	Berkshire Hathaway	Conglomerate	United States	2020	31 December 2020	$42.5[8]	$51.66
43	Industrial & Commercial Bank of China	Banking	China	2012	31 December 2012	RMB 238.7[32]	$51.76
44	Apple	Consumer electronics	United States	2013	29 September 2013	$37.04	$50
45	China Construction Bank	Banking	China	2014	31 December 2014	RMB 228.247[33]	$49.27
46	Alphabet	Information technology	United States	2020	31 December 2020	$40.7[9]	$48.93
47	China Construction Bank	Banking	China	2020	31 December 2020	RMB 273.579[29]	$47.75
48	China Construction Bank	Banking	China	2019	31 December 2019	RMB 255.63[29]	$47.84
49	Microsoft	Information technology	United States	2019	30 June 2019	$39.24[30]	$48.26
50	China Construction Bank	Banking	China	2017	31 December 2017	RMB 243.615[34]	$47.99
51	Royal Dutch Shell	Oil and gas	Netherlands UK	2007	31 December 2007	$31.33[35]	$47.51
52	China Construction Bank	Banking	China	2013	31 December 2013	RMB 214.65	$47.39
53	Gazprom	Oil and gas	Russia	2013	31 December 2013	RUB 1,139.2	$46.88
54	China Construction Bank	Banking	China	2015	31 December 2015	RMB 228.886[33]	$46.78
55	China Construction Bank	Banking	China	2018	31 December 2018	RMB 255.626[34]	$46.53

Largest corporate annual losses of all time

This list has all global annual losses of all time, limited to losses of more than $20 billion in real value (July 2022).

#	Company	Industry	Country	Year	Report date	Nominal loss (billion)	USD FX rate at period end[36]	USD equivalent loss (billion)	USD inflation to December 2021[37]	USD real loss (billion)
1	AOL Time Warner	Media conglomerate	United States	2002	31 December 2002	$98.7[38]	1	$98.7	44.94%	$143.06
2	American International Group (AIG)	Insurance Financial services	United States	2008	31 December 2008	$99.3[39]	1	$99.3	28.47%	$127.6
3	JDS Uniphase	Optical products and broadband communications	United States	2001	31 December 2001	$56.1[40]	1	$56.1	48.30%	$104.4
4	Fannie Mae	Government-sponsored enterprise Public company	United States	2009	31 December 2009	$74.4	1	$74.4	25.91%	$93.68
5	Fannie Mae	Government-sponsored enterprise Public company	United States	2008	31 December 2008	$59.8[41]	1	$59.8	7.37%	$64.21
6	Freddie Mac	Credit services	United States	2008	31 December 2008	$50.8	1	$50.8	7.37%	$54.54
7	Qwest Communications	Telecommunications	United States	2002	31 December 2002	$35.9[42]	1	$35.9	24.78%	$44.8
8	General Motors	Automotive	United States	2007	31 December 2007	$38.7[43]	1	$38.7	7.47%	$41.59
9	Royal Bank of Scotland (RBS)	Finance and insurance	United Kingdom	2008	31 December 2008	£24.1[44]	1.4479	$34.9	7.37%	$37.47
10	General Motors	Automotive	United States	1992	31 December 1992	$23.50[45]	1	$23.50	59.07%	$37.38
11	General Motors	Automotive	United States	2008	31 December 2008	$30.9[43]	1	$30.9	7.37%	$33.18
12	Citigroup	Banking Financial services	United States	2008	31 December 2008	$27.68[46]	1	$27.68	7.37%	$29.72
13	Vodafone Group	Telecommunications	United Kingdom	2006	31 March 2006	£14.853[47]	1.7398	$25.84	12.97%	$29.19
14	Freddie Mac	Credit services	United States	2009	31 December 2009	$25.7[48]	1	$25.7	4.53%	$26.86
15	Vodafone Group	Telecommunications	United Kingdom	2002	31 March 2002	£13.539[49]	1.4262	$19.309	26.24%	$24.38
16	United Airlines	Airline	United States	2005	31 December 2005	$21.18[50]	1	$21.18	14.7%	$24.29
17	Nakheel	Real estate developer	United Arab Emirates	2009	31 December 2009	$20.85[51]	1	$20.85	4.53%	$21.79
18	UBS	Banking Financial services	Switzerland	2008	31 December 2008	CHF19.7[52]	0.9473	$18.7	7.37%	$20.08

Largest corporate quarterly earnings of all time

This list has all global quarterly earnings of all time, limited to earnings of more than $10 billion in real value (June 2011).

#	Company	Industry	Country	Year	Fiscal quarter	Report date	Earnings (billion)	USD inflation to June 2011	USD real earnings (billion)
1	Fannie Mae	Government-sponsored enterprise Public company	United States	2013	1Q	9 May 2013	$58.7[53]	0%	$58.7
2	Berkshire Hathaway	Conglomerate	United States	2020	2Q	8 Aug 2020	$35.7[54]	0%	$35.7
3	Apple	Consumer electronics	United States	2020	1Q	28 Jan 2020	$22.2[55]	0%	$22.2
4	Berkshire Hathaway	Conglomerate	United States	2019	1Q	4 May 2019	$21.7[56]	0%	$21.7
4	Apple Inc	Consumer electronics	United States	2018	1Q	1 February 2018	$20.0[57]	0%	$20.0
5	Apple	Consumer electronics	United States	2019	1Q	30 Jan 2019	$20.0	0%	$20.0
6	Apple Inc	Consumer electronics	United States	2016	1Q	26 January 2016	$18.4[58]	0%	$18.4
7	Apple Inc	Consumer electronics	United States	2015	1Q	27 January 2015	$18.04[59]	0%	$18.04
8	Apple Inc	Consumer electronics	United States	2017	1Q	31 January 2017	$17.89[60]	0%	$17.89
9	Gazprom	Oil and gas	Russia	2011	1Q	30 August 2011	$16.24		$16.24
10	Royal Dutch Shell	Oil and gas	Netherlands UK	2008	2Q	30 June 2008	$15.68	3.16%	$16.18
11	ExxonMobil	Oil and gas	United States	2008	3Q	30 September 2008	$14.8	3.17%	$15.27
12	Apple Inc	Consumer electronics	United States	2018	2Q	1 May 2018	$13.82[61]	0%	$13.82
13	Apple Inc	Consumer electronics	United States	2015	2Q	27 April 2015	$13.6[62]	0%	$13.60
14	Apple Inc	Consumer electronics	United States	2014	1Q	27 January 2014	$13.10[63]	0%	$13.10
15	Apple Inc	Consumer electronics	United States	2013	1Q	23 January 2013	$13.08[64]	0%	$13.08
16	Apple Inc	Consumer electronics	United States	2012	1Q	24 January 2012	$13.06	0%	$13.06
17	ExxonMobil	Oil and gas	United States	2007	4Q	31 December 2007	$11.66	7.47%	$12.53
18	Apple Inc	Consumer electronics	United States	2012	2Q	24 April 2012	$11.6	0%	$11.6
19	ExxonMobil	Oil and gas	United States	2005	4Q	31 December 2005	$10.71	14.7%	$12.28
20	ExxonMobil	Oil and gas	United States	2008	2Q	30 June 2008	$11.68	3.16%	$12.05
21	ExxonMobil	Oil and gas	United States	2006	3Q	30 September 2006	$10.49	11.25%	$11.67
22	ExxonMobil	Oil and gas	United States	2006	2Q	30 June 2006	$10.36	11.25%	$11.53
23	ExxonMobil	Oil and gas	United States	2008	1Q	31 March 2008	$10.89	5.71%	$11.51
24	ExxonMobil	Oil and gas	United States	2006	4Q	31 December 2006	$10.25	11.85%	$11.46
25	ExxonMobil	Oil and gas	United States	2005	3Q	30 September 2005	$9.92	13.54%	$11.26
26	Royal Dutch Shell	Oil and gas	Netherlands UK	2008	3Q	30 September 2008	$10.90	3.17%	$11.25
27	ExxonMobil	Oil and gas	United States	2007	2Q	30 June 2007	$10.26	8.34%	$11.12
28	ExxonMobil	Oil and gas	United States	2011	1Q	31 March 2011	$10.69	1.01%	$10.8
29	Apple Inc	Consumer electronics	United States	2017	4Q	30 September 2017	$10.7[19]	0%	$10.7
30	ExxonMobil	Oil and gas	United States	2011	2Q	30 June 2011	$10.68	0%	$10.68
31	ExxonMobil	Oil and gas	United States	2011	3Q	30 September 2011	$10.33	0%	$10.33
32	BP	Oil and gas Alternative fuels	United Kingdom	2008	3Q	30 September 2008	$10.0	3.17%	$10.32
33	Apple Inc	Consumer electronics	United States	2014	2Q	23 April 2014	$10.2[65]	0%	$10.2
34	Apple Inc	Consumer electronics	United States	2016	2Q	26 April 2016	$10.5	0%	$10.5

Largest corporate quarterly losses of all time

This list has all global quarterly losses of all time, limited to losses of more than $10 billion in real value (January 2025).

#	Company	Industry	Country	Year	Fiscal quarter	Report date	Nominal loss (billion)	USD FX rate at period end[36]	USD equivalent loss (billion)	USD inflation to June 2011[37]	USD real loss (billion)
1	American International Group (AIG)	Insurance Financial services	United States	2008	4Q	31 December 2008	$61.66[66]	1	$61.66	7.37%	$66.2
2	Fannie Mae	Government-sponsored enterprise Public company	United States	2009	1Q	31 March 2009	$58.7[41]	1	$58.7	6.12%	$62.29
3	AOL Time Warner	Media conglomerate	United States	2002	4Q	31 December 2002	$44.9[38]	1	$44.9	24.78%	$56.03
4	Freddie Mac	Credit services	United States	2009	1Q	31 March 2009	$50.8[48]	1	$50.8	6.12%	$53.91
5	General Motors	Automotive	United States	2007	3Q	30 September 2007	$42.5[67]	1	$42.5	8.27%	$46.01
6	Fannie Mae	Government-sponsored enterprise, public company	United States	2009	2Q	30 June 2009	$38.4[41]	1	$38.4	4.65%	$40.19
7	Petróleos Mexicanos	State-owned	Mexico	2020	1Q	31 March 2020	MXN 562.2[68]	0.042535[68]	$23.91	-12.55%[69]	$20.91
8	Fannie Mae	Government-sponsored enterprise, public company	United States	2009	3Q	30 September 2009	$19.8[41]	1	$19.8	4.52%	$20.69
9	BP	Oil and gas Alternative fuels	United Kingdom	2010	2Q	30 June 2010	$17.2[70]	1	$17.2	3.56%	$17.81
10	Intel	Semi-conductor	United States	2024	4Q	31 October 2024	$16.60 [71]	1	$16.6	-28.5%[72]	$11.87
11	Time Warner	Media conglomerate	United States	2008	4Q	31 December 2008	$16.03[73]	1	$16.03	7.37%	$17.21
12	Fannie Mae	Government-sponsored enterprise, public company	United States	2009	4Q	31 December 2009	$16.3[41]	1	$16.3	4.53%	$17.04
13	Fannie Mae	Government-sponsored enterprise, public company	United States	2010	1Q	31 March 2010	$13.1[41]	1	$13.1	3.72%	$13.59
14	UBS	Banking Financial services	Switzerland	2007	4Q	31 December 2007	CHF12.5[74]	0.8884	$11.105	7.47%	$11.93

See also

• Forbes Global 2000
• List of largest companies by revenue
• List of largest employers
• List of largest losses of wealth
• List of public corporations by market capitalization
• List of wealthiest religious organizations
• List of most indebted companies