Sony is bigger than Microsoft.......???????......???????

Originally posted by Shawnimal
So if Sony has a bad year and reports losses for the year, and my neighborhood bakery makes $1,000.

Then my local bakery is a larger company than Sony???

Profit losses and total assets and company revenues are completely different things

SOny reports losses of 250 million but they still own the 2 5 billion dollar silicon manufacturing plants they built.


SOny has billions of dollars invested into themselves,

http://screen.morningstar.com/StockSearch/allcurmktcap.html?stockSector=all&screen=curmktcap&Select.x=52&Select.y=11

[Edited by Shawnimal on 12-17-2000 at 12:09 AM]

If you won a contest and had your choice, you could take either of the follwing (and I assume you\'d want the "bigger" prize):

20% of Sony OR
10% of Microsoft

Which is the "bigger" prize?

You should take Microsoft because that prize would be worth more, it\'s bigger!!!!

I\'m not saying that the "global 500" is lying or wrong.
Does SONY have greater revenues: YES
Is SONY more profitable than MS: YES
Should SONY be ranked higher than MS in the Global 500: YES
Is SONY BIGGER than MS: NO

Here is a list of the BIGGEST companys:
1. GENERAL ELECTRIC
2. CISCO
3. EXXON-MOBIL
4. PFIZER
5. MICROSOFT

Check this Morningstar list:
http://screen.morningstar.com/StockSearch/allcurmktcap.html?stockSector=all&screen=curmktcap&Select.x=52&Select.y=11

WTF? Apparently you do not know anything about stock and business. Market Cap has nothing to do with the Size of a company. Market cap is found by taking the number of stock a company has and multiplying it by the stock price. If you read ddaryl earlier post, he said:

In fact Sony has about 30 billion more in assets and has less company stock out so its a stronger company.

So say I start IcebergSlimCo. If our IPO is $1.00 and (for the sake of argument)We have 265,000,000,000 shares out we will have a higher market cap than Microsoft.

I hope this has taught you something, if nothing else DON\'T EVER DISAGREE WITH DDARYL. I did and now I must live with one arm and half a leg. He does not play.

I know I just posted but I didn\'t feel like editing.

Originally posted by Shawnimal
If you won a contest and had your choice, you could take either of the follwing (and I assume you\'d want the "bigger" prize):

20% of Sony OR
10% of Microsoft

Which is the "bigger" prize?

You should take Microsoft because that prize would be worth more, it\'s bigger!!!!

Like I said before Sony has less stock so their stock is a lot more valuable. I would come up with an analogy to compare it to but Team Fortress is calling......

Fine, Sony\'s bigger... I concede.  I feel like Al Gore... enough recounts.

[Edited by Shawnimal on 12-17-2000 at 01:09 AM]

Originally posted by Shawnimal
Stock IS one part of a companies assets... so are name recognition, warehouses, elmployees, etc...

If you could get people to buy 265,000,000,000 shares of your company at $1.00 a share you\'d be HUGE... that would go down in Financial History... Gates would kiss your ass, People would say Bill Gates was small potatoes... IcebergSlim was a freakin genius.

But no one would buy that many shares of a small company, only a large company (actually, people wouldn\'t buy that many shares of GOD if he went public... and he\'s really big)


Please, define: "BIG"

A company sells stock to generate revenue to invest in themselves, BUT all major company\'s will buy back there stock when they can to make there COmpany stronger. Outstanding shares can also weaken a company


This is getting a little rediculous Shawnimal Sony is bigger and the Fortune 500 tells all. Its obvious you don\'t want to believe the truth so its a wasate of our time

I thought General Motors was first.

Eric Jacob

Fine, Sony\'s bigger... I concede. I feel like Al Gore... enough recounts.

Originally posted by AlteredBeast
I thought General Motors was first.

Eric Jacob

They are

http://www.fortune.com/fortune/global500/

Some people just cannot handle the truth.

Think about it, what does microsoft make? (software, OS)
What does sony make? (practically every consumer electronic known to man!)

i wanted so much to post here with figures but everyone said all that needed to be said. as stated,stocks don\'t make a company,yearly revenue does...some people do not understand this for whatever reasons

you guys know why Wal-mart is so profitable? because they sell everything, and they open up shop in small towns, villages if you will. Small towns revolve around their walmarts! But seriously, stepping into walmart is like setting foot in west virginia or something.

Originally posted by Animal Mother
you guys know why Wal-mart is so profitable? because they sell everything, and they open up shop in small towns, villages if you will. Small towns revolve around their walmarts! But seriously, stepping into walmart is like setting foot in west virginia or something.

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