Companies · Puzzle #34 · Monday, November 2
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
- Assets: 1.5 pts per doubling over $3B, at year end
- Workforce: 1.5 pts per doubling over 2,500 staff, at year end
- Buybacks: 1 pt per doubling over $10M, last year
- Profit margin: 1 pt per 3% margin, last year
- California HQ: 10 pts if based in California
- Dividends: 1 pt per doubling over $5M, last year
- Growth: 1 pt per 2.5% sales growth, last year
- Off-calendar year: 10 pts if its year ends off December
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
Albertsons
Supermarkets, including Safeway and Vons
Its figures are hidden while it's still in play: it's on a board again within 14 days.
CME Group
Futures and options exchanges
Its figures are hidden while it's still in play: it's on a board again within 14 days.
Deckers (UGG, Hoka)
UGG boots and Hoka running shoes
Deckers (UGG, Hoka)'s best fit on this board was California HQ, worth 10.0: headquartered in Goleta, CA. Its weakest was Dividends, worth 0.0: no dividends in the year to March 2026.
- Assets
- $3.7B in assets at the end of March 2026 (0.4) Source: DECKERS OUTDOOR CORP 10-K, filed 2026-05-22
- Workforce
- 6,000 employees at the end of March 2026 (1.9) Source: DECKERS OUTDOOR CORP 10-K, filed 2026-05-22
- Buybacks
- $1.1B of its own stock bought back in the year to March 2026 (6.7) Source: DECKERS OUTDOOR CORP 10-K, filed 2026-05-22
- Profit margin
- a 18.7% profit margin in the year to March 2026 (6.2) Source: DECKERS OUTDOOR CORP 10-K, filed 2026-05-22
- California HQ
- headquartered in Goleta, CA (10.0) Source: DECKERS OUTDOOR CORP 10-K, filed 2026-05-22
- Dividends
- no dividends in the year to March 2026 (0.0) Source: DECKERS OUTDOOR CORP 10-K, filed 2026-05-22
- Growth
- sales up 9.8% in the year to March 2026 (3.9) Source: DECKERS OUTDOOR CORP 10-K, filed 2026-05-22
- Off-calendar year
- its fiscal year ends in March (10.0) Source: DECKERS OUTDOOR CORP 10-K, filed 2026-05-22
Citigroup
Citi bank and credit cards
Its figures are hidden while it's still in play: it's on a board again within 14 days.
Macy's
Department stores, plus Bloomingdale's
Macy's's best fit on this board was Off-calendar year, worth 10.0: its fiscal year ends in January. Its weakest was California HQ, worth 0.0: headquartered in New York, NY.
- Assets
- $16.2B in assets at the end of January 2026 (3.7) Source: Macy's, Inc. 10-K, filed 2026-03-27
- Workforce
- 90,134 employees at the end of January 2026 (7.8) Source: Macy's, Inc. 10-K, filed 2026-03-27
- Buybacks
- $250M of its own stock bought back in the year to January 2026 (4.6) Source: Macy's, Inc. 10-K, filed 2026-03-27
- Profit margin
- a 2.8% profit margin in the year to January 2026 (0.9) Source: Macy's, Inc. 10-K, filed 2026-03-27
- California HQ
- headquartered in New York, NY (0.0) Source: Macy's, Inc. 10-K, filed 2026-03-27
- Dividends
- $197M paid in dividends in the year to January 2026 (5.3) Source: Macy's, Inc. 10-K, filed 2026-03-27
- Growth
- sales down 1.7% in the year to January 2026 (0.0) Source: Macy's, Inc. 10-K, filed 2026-03-27
- Off-calendar year
- its fiscal year ends in January (10.0) Source: Macy's, Inc. 10-K, filed 2026-03-27
AMD
Ryzen and Radeon processors
Its figures are hidden while it's still in play: it's on a board again within 14 days.
Regeneron
Biotech drugmaker behind Eylea and Dupixent
On this board Regeneron scored best in Profit margin (10.0): a 31.4% profit margin in the year to December 2025. California HQ was its weakest fit (0.0): headquartered in Tarrytown, NY.
- Assets
- $40.6B in assets at the end of December 2025 (5.6) Source: REGENERON PHARMACEUTICALS, INC. 10-K, filed 2026-02-04
- Workforce
- 15,410 employees at the end of December 2025 (3.9) Source: REGENERON PHARMACEUTICALS, INC. 10-K, filed 2026-02-04
- Buybacks
- $3.4B of its own stock bought back in the year to December 2025 (8.4) Source: REGENERON PHARMACEUTICALS, INC. 10-K, filed 2026-02-04
- Profit margin
- a 31.4% profit margin in the year to December 2025 (10.0) Source: REGENERON PHARMACEUTICALS, INC. 10-K, filed 2026-02-04
- California HQ
- headquartered in Tarrytown, NY (0.0) Source: REGENERON PHARMACEUTICALS, INC. 10-K, filed 2026-02-04
- Dividends
- $370M paid in dividends in the year to December 2025 (6.2) Source: REGENERON PHARMACEUTICALS, INC. 10-K, filed 2026-02-04
- Growth
- sales up 1.0% in the year to December 2025 (0.4) Source: REGENERON PHARMACEUTICALS, INC. 10-K, filed 2026-02-04
- Off-calendar year
- its fiscal year ends in December (0.0) Source: REGENERON PHARMACEUTICALS, INC. 10-K, filed 2026-02-04
Elevance Health
Health insurance, including Anthem Blue Cross
Its figures are hidden while it's still in play: it's on a board again within 14 days.