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McDonalds has an operating margin over 40%. And for Altria is above 50%. And for Visa or CME Group above 60%.

How are any of those things relevant for the comparability of the businesses of Apple and Microsoft anyway?




The holding company that does no selling to customers and only manages land and franchises has a margin over 40%. Nobody is surprised there.


Nobody was trying to surprise anyone here. The point was precisely that the margin depends among other things on what the company does and the things that Apple and Microsoft do are not really comparable.




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