For a brand that’s supposedly past its glory days, and seemingly can’t do anything right, (at least in business analyst’s eyes), Apple does amazingly well when it comes to sales. Businessweek shares an interesting little chart with us that shows that sales of Apple’s popular iPhone alone outpace those of many well-known and profitable international companies.
The iPhone 5s and 5c sold a record 9 million unitsduring the first weekend after its launch. Consider this: The brand’s sales haul over the last four reported quarters eclipses that of such companies as Home Depot (HD), Microsoft (MSFT), Target (TGT), Goldman Sachs (GS), Amazon (AMZN), PepsiCo (PEP), Comcast (CMCSA), Dell (DELL), Google (GOOG), Pfizer (PFE), and UPS (UPS).
If the iPhone were considered as its own company, it’s sales would outrank 474 of the companies listed in the Standard & Poor’s 500-stock index. The “iPhone company” would top 21 of the 30 component companies in the Dow Jones industrial average.
Another item to file away for a lull in conversation: Apple’s iPhone sales ($88.4 billion) are greater than the total sales of Apple’s remaining products – which include the iPad, Mac computers, and iTunes – combined ($81 billion).
