Companies · Puzzle #28 · Tuesday, October 27
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
- Sales per employee: 2 pts per doubling over $60K a head, last year
- Profit: 1.5 pts per doubling over $150M, last year
- Inventory: 1.5 pts per doubling over $100M, at year end
- Growth: 1 pt per 2.5% sales growth, last year
- Sales: 1.5 pts per doubling over $1.5B, last year
- Cash on hand: 1.5 pts per doubling over $200M, at year end
- Workforce: 1.5 pts per doubling over 2,500 staff, 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
Bristol Myers Squibb
Drugmaker behind Eliquis and Opdivo
Its figures are hidden while it's still in play: it's on a board again within 14 days.
General Dynamics
Gulfstream jets, submarines and tanks
Its figures are hidden while it's still in play: it's on a board again within 14 days.
Alphabet (Google)
Google Search, YouTube and Android
Its figures are hidden while it's still in play: it's on a board again within 14 days.
Ford
Cars and pickup trucks, including the F-Series
Its figures are hidden while it's still in play: it's on a board again within 14 days.
Bumble
Dating app where women message first
Its figures are hidden while it's still in play: it's on a board again within 14 days.
UPS
Package delivery, in the brown trucks
Its figures are hidden while it's still in play: it's on a board again within 14 days.
Roblox
Online game platform where players build games
Roblox's best fit on this board was Growth, worth 10.0: sales up 35.8% in the year to December 2025. Its weakest was Dividends, worth 0.0: no dividends in the year to December 2025.
- Dividends
- no dividends in the year to December 2025 (0.0) Source: Roblox Corp 10-K, filed 2026-02-11
- Sales per employee
- $1.60M in sales per employee in the year to December 2025 (9.5) Source: Roblox Corp 10-K, filed 2026-02-11
- Profit
- a $1.1B loss in the year to December 2025 (0.0) Source: Roblox Corp 10-K, filed 2026-02-11
- Inventory
- no inventory at the end of December 2025 (0.0) Source: Roblox Corp 10-K, filed 2026-02-11
- Growth
- sales up 35.8% in the year to December 2025 (10.0) Source: Roblox Corp 10-K, filed 2026-02-11
- Sales
- $4.9B in sales in the year to December 2025 (2.6) Source: Roblox Corp 10-K, filed 2026-02-11
- Cash on hand
- $1.2B in cash at the end of December 2025 (3.9) Source: Roblox Corp 10-K, filed 2026-02-11
- Workforce
- 3,065 employees at the end of December 2025 (0.4) Source: Roblox Corp 10-K, filed 2026-02-11
NextEra Energy
Electric utility and wind and solar power
Its figures are hidden while it's still in play: it's on a board again within 14 days.