Companies · Puzzle #26 · Sunday, October 25
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
- Sales: 1.5 pts per doubling over $1.5B, last year
- Sales per employee: 2 pts per doubling over $60K a head, last year
- Dividends: 1 pt per doubling over $5M, last year
- Profit margin: 1 pt per 3% margin, last year
- Assets: 1.5 pts per doubling over $3B, at year end
- Inventory: 1.5 pts per doubling over $100M, at year end
- Buybacks: 1 pt per doubling over $10M, last year
- Cash on hand: 1.5 pts per doubling over $200M, at year end
The best board
The best board is hidden while some of these items are still in play: they're on a board again within 14 days.
The lineup, figure by figure
PepsiCo
Pepsi, Gatorade, Lay's and Doritos
Its figures are hidden while it's still in play: it's on a board again within 14 days.
e.l.f. Beauty
Low-price makeup and skincare
Its figures are hidden while it's still in play: it's on a board again within 14 days.
Broadcom
Networking chips and VMware software
Its figures are hidden while it's still in play: it's on a board again within 14 days.
Dell
PCs, laptops and data-center servers
Its figures are hidden while it's still in play: it's on a board again within 14 days.
Netflix
Streaming service for films and series
Its figures are hidden while it's still in play: it's on a board again within 14 days.
Chevron
Oil and gas, plus Chevron and Texaco stations
Its figures are hidden while it's still in play: it's on a board again within 14 days.
McDonald's
Burger chain known for the Big Mac
Its figures are hidden while it's still in play: it's on a board again within 14 days.
Kroger
Supermarkets, including Ralphs and Fred Meyer
Its figures are hidden while it's still in play: it's on a board again within 14 days.