I love it when the talk of the value of a company turns to what Wall Street analysts believe the stock is going to do, which isn’t based on profitability of the company. Apple is crazy profitable compared to most businesses, and it’s delivering far better than most other companies. I wish I had seen this handy graphic when I wrote an opinion piece on analysts’ iPhone hysteria, because if I had, I would have noted how more specifically how Apple’s 13.1 billion in profit blew past the likes of Exxon Mobil, Chevron, Microsoft, Pfizer, IBM, JPMorgan Chase, Wells Fargo, Procter & Gamble, and General Electric.
