Update date
31 Mar 2026
Shareable Research Card
Top Companies by Net Income
This page ranks companies by latest available net income facts reported in SEC company filings.
Use it to find leading reporters for this metric, then open a company facts page to inspect the underlying history. Reporting periods may differ by company.
- Context
- Current top row: BERKSHIRE HATHAWAY INC
- Latest reported value
- $66,968,000,000
Based on latest available SEC company facts. Reporting periods may differ by company; open company facts to verify the reported history.
Return Loop
Why revisit this ranking page
Rankings update as companies report new SEC facts, so the leaders, ordering, and best company pages to verify can change after each filing cycle.
- Latest source-backed update
- BERKSHIRE HATHAWAY INC leads the current sample
- Why come back
- Revisit after new filings to see whether the ordering changed and which company facts page is worth reopening.
- Current top company: BERKSHIRE HATHAWAY INC.
- Latest comparable end date in this sample: 31 Mar 2026.
- Save the companies you care about from this list, then return after the next quarterly filing to see what changed.
Insight freshness depends on the latest comparable SEC company facts available for this metric. Reporting periods may differ by company.
Latest update
What changed recently in Net Income rankings
BERKSHIRE HATHAWAY INC currently leads this ranking. Revisit after new filings to see whether the ordering changed.
Page type
Insight ranking
Latest period
31 Mar 2026
Rankings use the latest available comparable SEC company facts for this metric. Reporting periods may differ by company.
Benchmark Context
How to read this net income ranking
BERKSHIRE HATHAWAY INC currently leads the visible sample for net income. That is about 8.1x the current visible midpoint.
Compared with
Compared with other companies reporting the same metric in compatible units. Latest periods may differ by company, so use the company facts page to verify the underlying period.
Why this is notable
The current leader reports about 1.1x the value of the next company in the visible ranking. Use the metric history pages to see whether companies near the top are separated by a wide gap or a narrow cluster.
- Visible sample size: 60 companies.
- Visible rows currently span reported period ends from 31 Mar 2011 to 31 Mar 2026.
- Current top band: BERKSHIRE HATHAWAY INC, Meta Platforms, Inc., and NVIDIA CORP.
- Middle of the visible sample: BOEING CO and CONOCOPHILLIPS.
This ranking keeps the latest valid row per company and excludes incompatible units. Open company facts or metric history pages to inspect the exact reported values.
Plain-English Guide
What Net Income means in this ranking
Net income is profit after operating costs, interest, taxes, and other non-operating items.
Why people care
It is the bottom-line profit figure many users recognize first, especially when they want to compare earnings with sales or cash flow.
How to read it
Use the same quarter or fiscal year comparison first, then check operating income or cash flow if the bottom line moved sharply.
Compare next
Compare it with operating income, EPS, and operating cash flow to see whether earnings are broad-based or driven by one-off items.
Net income can swing because of tax, financing, or accounting adjustments, so it is often less comparable than core operating metrics.
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Financial Insight Ranking
Which companies report the highest net income?
Rank issuers by latest reported net income from SEC facts.
Net income helps compare bottom-line outcomes after operating and financing effects.
How to verify it
Based on company facts extracted from SEC 10-Q/10-K XBRL filings where available. Reporting periods may differ by company.
Top Companies by Net Income
Rankings use latest available reported company facts. Reporting periods may differ by company; open company facts to inspect the underlying history.