They are “low” but it’s on purpose. When you make 19.5 billion in profit that’s the number that needs to be spread around. 3% sounds like Walmart might go under with one bad move. 19.5 billion in profit after they paid taxes in 2025 is a powerful company with plenty of profit.
People don’t really understand how these companies profit from their scale. They expect the regular person to be empathetic over 3% profit while hiding 20 billion dollars year over year.
They are “low” but it’s on purpose. When you make 19.5 billion in profit that’s the number that needs to be spread around. 3% sounds like Walmart might go under with one bad move. 19.5 billion in profit after they paid taxes in 2025 is a powerful company with plenty of profit.
People don’t really understand how these companies profit from their scale. They expect the regular person to be empathetic over 3% profit while hiding 20 billion dollars year over year.