房地美

Freddie Mac

    2012年《财富》500强排名：第31位

    2012年利润（单位：百万美元）：10,982

    要说住房市场现在离全面健康地回到正轨还早，但是房地美，这家政府持有的抵押贷款公司在2012年的确创下了盈利新记录，它高达109.8亿美元的利润令人惊讶。我们无从去赞美房地美在榜单上的排名有多大幅度的上升或是下降，因为2011年它根本榜上无名。事实上，房地美在2011年亏损逾50亿美元，从2006年起就不再盈利。有意思的是，房地美在2012年的收入低于2011年，但由于成本大幅降低，利润出现激增（随着经济的好转，迟还或拖欠贷款的人数减少，这是个好消息）。——D.R.

    Fortune 500 rank: 31

    2012 profit (millions): 10,982

    Don't start heralding the full and healthy return of the housing market, necessarily, but government-owned mortgage lender Freddie Mac did report astounding, record profits of $10.98 billion for 2012. We can't tout how many slots the company climbed or fell on our Most Profitable list because last year, it wasn't included—in fact in 2011 it lost more than $5 billion. And it hasn't been profitable since 2006. Interestingly, Freddie's 2012 revenue was lower than in 2011, but profits surged because costs went way down (with an improving economy, fewer people were late or delinquent on their payments; that's good news). --D.R.