最会赚钱的美国公司排行榜：苹果第三 谷歌仅17

3. 苹果公司

Apple

财富美国五百强排名：17

2011年盈利：259亿美元

    在盈利方面，苹果公司依然完胜其他高科技企业。苹果公司2011年的利润将近260亿美元，比去年猛增85%。IPad平板电脑及其相关产品的销售额在2011年达到204亿美元，比上年暴增311%。然而，相比iPad销售的好年景而言，其他产品的销售业务却遇到了一些挫折。2011年，iPod的净销售额比去年下降了8.21亿美元，即10%。

4. 微软公司

Fortune 500 rank: 17

2011 profit: $25.9 billion

    When it comes to profits, Apple continues to blow all other tech companies out of the water. The company raked in just under $26 billion in profits in 2011, an 85% jump from the previous year.

    IPad and related product sales reached $20.4 billion in 2011, a staggering 311% increase from the previous year's results.

    There were, however, a few sales setbacks to what was otherwise a great year for the company. IPod net sales decreased by $821 million, or 10%, during 2011 compared to the previous year.

Microsoft

财富美国五百强排名：37

2011年盈利：232亿美元

    2011年对于这家位于华盛顿州雷德蒙德市的软件巨头企业来说意味着变革。尽管微软公司的操作系统业务仍然实力强大，但在2011年总收益中所占比重有所下降。公司2011年总利润为230亿美元，比2010年增长23%。目前微软正在紧锣密鼓地准备发布Window 8操作系统，与此同时其服务器和在线广告业务也在不断增长。

5. 福特汽车公司

财富美国五百强排名：9

2011年盈利：202亿美元

    福特汽车公司的净收益比上年翻了两番还要多，2011年是福特公司过去十年收益最好的一年。尽管很成功，福特公司也未能免除遭遇欧债危机的影响。该公司在欧洲的业务仅在2011年第四季度就损失了1.9亿美元。公司在2011年泰国洪灾期间也遭受了一定损失。但目前来看，福特公司发展势头很足。

Fortune 500 rank: 37

2011 profit: $23.2 billion

    It's all about change for the Redmond, Wash.-based software giant. While Microsoft's operating system business is still strong, it made up a smaller portion of the company's $23 billion in profits in 2011 (a 23% jump from 2010). The company's server and online advertising units are on the growth path, however, while the company is gearing up for the launch of its Windows 8 operating system.

Ford Motor

Fortune 500 rank: 9

2011 profit: $20.2 billion

    With a more than 200% increase in net income compared to the previous year, 2011 was the strongest year in a decade for Ford. Despite its success, the company was certainly not immune to the European fiscal crisis; its operations in Europe lost $190 million in the fourth quarter alone. The company also absorbed losses due to floods in Thailand in 2011, but Ford seems to be moving ahead in sixth gear.