Companies · Puzzle #2 · Thursday, October 1
Companies: the board
Eight items, eight categories, one place each. Here is the board with every figure and where it comes from, and the best way to place them. Play today's Companies.
The categories
- Dividends: 1 pt per doubling over $5M, last year
- Profit: 1.5 pts per doubling over $150M, last year
- California HQ: 10 pts if based in California
- Profit margin: 1 pt per 3% margin, last year
- Cash on hand: 1.5 pts per doubling over $200M, at year end
- Growth: 1 pt per 2.5% sales growth, last year
- Off-calendar year: 10 pts if its year ends off December
- Assets: 1.5 pts per doubling over $3B, at year end
The best board
- Roku in California HQ: headquartered in San Jose, CA (10.0)
- Ralph Lauren in Off-calendar year: its fiscal year ends in March (10.0)
- Berkshire Hathaway in Profit: $67.0B profit in the year to December 2025 (10.0)
- Wells Fargo in Dividends: $5.4B paid in dividends in the year to December 2025 (10.0)
- Thermo Fisher in Cash on hand: $9.9B in cash at the end of December 2025 (8.4)
- Vertex in Profit margin: a 32.9% profit margin in the year to December 2025 (10.0)
- Micron in Growth: sales up 48.9% in the year to August 2025 (10.0)
- Intel in Assets: $211.4B in assets at the end of December 2025 (9.2)
The most this board could score: 77.6 of 80.
The lineup, figure by figure
Roku
TV streaming players and a streaming platform
- Dividends
- no dividends in the year to December 2025 (0.0) Source: ROKU, INC 10-K, filed 2026-02-13
- Profit
- $88M profit in the year to December 2025 (0.0) Source: ROKU, INC 10-K, filed 2026-02-13
- California HQ
- headquartered in San Jose, CA (10.0) Source: ROKU, INC 10-K, filed 2026-02-13
- Profit margin
- a 1.9% profit margin in the year to December 2025 (0.6) Source: ROKU, INC 10-K, filed 2026-02-13
- Cash on hand
- $1.6B in cash at the end of December 2025 (4.5) Source: ROKU, INC 10-K, filed 2026-02-13
- Growth
- sales up 15.2% in the year to December 2025 (6.1) Source: ROKU, INC 10-K, filed 2026-02-13
- Off-calendar year
- its fiscal year ends in December (0.0) Source: ROKU, INC 10-K, filed 2026-02-13
- Assets
- $4.4B in assets at the end of December 2025 (0.8) Source: ROKU, INC 10-K, filed 2026-02-13
Ralph Lauren
Polo shirts and designer clothing
- Dividends
- $217M paid in dividends in the year to March 2026 (5.4) Source: RALPH LAUREN CORP 10-K, filed 2026-05-21
- Profit
- $941M profit in the year to March 2026 (4.0) Source: RALPH LAUREN CORP 10-K, filed 2026-05-21
- California HQ
- headquartered in New York, NY (0.0) Source: RALPH LAUREN CORP 10-K, filed 2026-05-21
- Profit margin
- a 11.6% profit margin in the year to March 2026 (3.9) Source: RALPH LAUREN CORP 10-K, filed 2026-05-21
- Cash on hand
- $2.0B in cash at the end of March 2026 (5.0) Source: RALPH LAUREN CORP 10-K, filed 2026-05-21
- Growth
- sales up 14.6% in the year to March 2026 (5.9) Source: RALPH LAUREN CORP 10-K, filed 2026-05-21
- Off-calendar year
- its fiscal year ends in March (10.0) Source: RALPH LAUREN CORP 10-K, filed 2026-05-21
- Assets
- $7.7B in assets at the end of March 2026 (2.1) Source: RALPH LAUREN CORP 10-K, filed 2026-05-21
Berkshire Hathaway
Warren Buffett's conglomerate: GEICO, BNSF and more
- Dividends
- no dividends in the year to December 2025 (0.0) Source: BERKSHIRE HATHAWAY INC 10-K, filed 2026-03-02
- Profit
- $67.0B profit in the year to December 2025 (10.0) Source: BERKSHIRE HATHAWAY INC 10-K, filed 2026-03-02
- California HQ
- headquartered in Omaha, NE (0.0) Source: BERKSHIRE HATHAWAY INC 10-K, filed 2026-03-02
- Profit margin
- a 18.0% profit margin in the year to December 2025 (6.0) Source: BERKSHIRE HATHAWAY INC 10-K, filed 2026-03-02
- Cash on hand
- $52.6B in cash at the end of December 2025 (10.0) Source: BERKSHIRE HATHAWAY INC 10-K, filed 2026-03-02
- Growth
- sales up 0.0% in the year to December 2025 (0.0) Source: BERKSHIRE HATHAWAY INC 10-K, filed 2026-03-02
- Off-calendar year
- its fiscal year ends in December (0.0) Source: BERKSHIRE HATHAWAY INC 10-K, filed 2026-03-02
- Assets
- $1.2T in assets at the end of December 2025 (10.0) Source: BERKSHIRE HATHAWAY INC 10-K, filed 2026-03-02
Wells Fargo
Bank with the stagecoach logo
- Dividends
- $5.4B paid in dividends in the year to December 2025 (10.0) Source: WELLS FARGO & COMPANY/MN 10-K, filed 2026-02-24
- Profit
- $21.3B profit in the year to December 2025 (10.0) Source: WELLS FARGO & COMPANY/MN 10-K, filed 2026-02-24
- California HQ
- headquartered in San Francisco, CA (10.0) Source: WELLS FARGO & COMPANY/MN 10-K, filed 2026-02-24
- Profit margin
- a 25.5% profit margin in the year to December 2025 (8.5) Source: WELLS FARGO & COMPANY/MN 10-K, filed 2026-02-24
- Cash on hand
- $172.6B in cash at the end of December 2025 (10.0) Source: WELLS FARGO & COMPANY/MN 10-K, filed 2026-02-24
- Growth
- sales up 1.7% in the year to December 2025 (0.7) Source: WELLS FARGO & COMPANY/MN 10-K, filed 2026-02-24
- Off-calendar year
- its fiscal year ends in December (0.0) Source: WELLS FARGO & COMPANY/MN 10-K, filed 2026-02-24
- Assets
- $2.1T in assets at the end of December 2025 (10.0) Source: WELLS FARGO & COMPANY/MN 10-K, filed 2026-02-24
Thermo Fisher
Lab instruments and supplies for science
- Dividends
- $636M paid in dividends in the year to December 2025 (7.0) Source: THERMO FISHER SCIENTIFIC INC. 10-K, filed 2026-02-26
- Profit
- $6.7B profit in the year to December 2025 (8.2) Source: THERMO FISHER SCIENTIFIC INC. 10-K, filed 2026-02-26
- California HQ
- headquartered in Waltham, MA (0.0) Source: THERMO FISHER SCIENTIFIC INC. 10-K, filed 2026-02-26
- Profit margin
- a 15.0% profit margin in the year to December 2025 (5.0) Source: THERMO FISHER SCIENTIFIC INC. 10-K, filed 2026-02-26
- Cash on hand
- $9.9B in cash at the end of December 2025 (8.4) Source: THERMO FISHER SCIENTIFIC INC. 10-K, filed 2026-02-26
- Growth
- sales up 3.9% in the year to December 2025 (1.6) Source: THERMO FISHER SCIENTIFIC INC. 10-K, filed 2026-02-26
- Off-calendar year
- its fiscal year ends in December (0.0) Source: THERMO FISHER SCIENTIFIC INC. 10-K, filed 2026-02-26
- Assets
- $110.3B in assets at the end of December 2025 (7.8) Source: THERMO FISHER SCIENTIFIC INC. 10-K, filed 2026-02-26
Vertex
Biotech drugmaker of cystic fibrosis medicines
- Dividends
- no dividends in the year to December 2025 (0.0) Source: VERTEX PHARMACEUTICALS INC / MA 10-K, filed 2026-02-13
- Profit
- $4.0B profit in the year to December 2025 (7.1) Source: VERTEX PHARMACEUTICALS INC / MA 10-K, filed 2026-02-13
- California HQ
- headquartered in Boston, MA (0.0) Source: VERTEX PHARMACEUTICALS INC / MA 10-K, filed 2026-02-13
- Profit margin
- a 32.9% profit margin in the year to December 2025 (10.0) Source: VERTEX PHARMACEUTICALS INC / MA 10-K, filed 2026-02-13
- Cash on hand
- $5.1B in cash at the end of December 2025 (7.0) Source: VERTEX PHARMACEUTICALS INC / MA 10-K, filed 2026-02-13
- Growth
- sales up 8.9% in the year to December 2025 (3.6) Source: VERTEX PHARMACEUTICALS INC / MA 10-K, filed 2026-02-13
- Off-calendar year
- its fiscal year ends in December (0.0) Source: VERTEX PHARMACEUTICALS INC / MA 10-K, filed 2026-02-13
- Assets
- $25.6B in assets at the end of December 2025 (4.6) Source: VERTEX PHARMACEUTICALS INC / MA 10-K, filed 2026-02-13
Micron
Memory chips and storage drives
- Dividends
- $522M paid in dividends in the year to August 2025 (6.7) Source: MICRON TECHNOLOGY INC 10-K, filed 2025-10-03
- Profit
- $8.5B profit in the year to August 2025 (8.7) Source: MICRON TECHNOLOGY INC 10-K, filed 2025-10-03
- California HQ
- headquartered in Boise, ID (0.0) Source: MICRON TECHNOLOGY INC 10-K, filed 2025-10-03
- Profit margin
- a 22.8% profit margin in the year to August 2025 (7.6) Source: MICRON TECHNOLOGY INC 10-K, filed 2025-10-03
- Cash on hand
- $9.6B in cash at the end of August 2025 (8.4) Source: MICRON TECHNOLOGY INC 10-K, filed 2025-10-03
- Growth
- sales up 48.9% in the year to August 2025 (10.0) Source: MICRON TECHNOLOGY INC 10-K, filed 2025-10-03
- Off-calendar year
- its fiscal year ends in August (10.0) Source: MICRON TECHNOLOGY INC 10-K, filed 2025-10-03
- Assets
- $82.8B in assets at the end of August 2025 (7.2) Source: MICRON TECHNOLOGY INC 10-K, filed 2025-10-03
Intel
Processors for PCs and servers
- Dividends
- no dividends in the year to December 2025 (0.0) Source: INTEL CORP 10-K, filed 2026-01-23
- Profit
- a $267M loss in the year to December 2025 (0.0) Source: INTEL CORP 10-K, filed 2026-01-23
- California HQ
- headquartered in Santa Clara, CA (10.0) Source: INTEL CORP 10-K, filed 2026-01-23
- Profit margin
- a loss of 0.5% of sales in the year to December 2025 (0.0) Source: INTEL CORP 10-K, filed 2026-01-23
- Cash on hand
- $14.3B in cash at the end of December 2025 (9.2) Source: INTEL CORP 10-K, filed 2026-01-23
- Growth
- sales down 0.5% in the year to December 2025 (0.0) Source: INTEL CORP 10-K, filed 2026-01-23
- Off-calendar year
- its fiscal year ends in December (0.0) Source: INTEL CORP 10-K, filed 2026-01-23
- Assets
- $211.4B in assets at the end of December 2025 (9.2) Source: INTEL CORP 10-K, filed 2026-01-23