A number of household name companies have reported their recent earnings during the pandemic, and they paint an incredible picture of who’s prospering during these bizarre times.

Amazon leads the list, as they reported their first $100 billion quarter, going over that incredible amount during Q4 of 2020.  The announcement was big news, but it was buried because Amazon chose the same day to announce that Jeff Bezos would be stepping down as CEO later this year.

Alphabet, the parent company of Google thrived during the pandemic in 2020 also, earning a record $56.9 billion in revenue last quarter. Most of that came from ad sales.  Google didn’t fare great in every area, as they reported a loss in 2020 of $5.6 billion in their cloud business.

UPS had to deliver many of those Amazon packages you ordered, and their bottom line was helped to the tune of $24.9 in revenue during Q4, which coincided with the holiday shopping bonanza.  Speaking of Amazon, their UPS bill in 2020 was $11.3 billion, which is over 13% of the total revenue for UPS.

Another company that pounced on the opportunities created by the pandemic was drug maker Pfizer.  The pharma company behemoth has forecast revenue of $15 billion in 2021, with at least 25% of that coming from its COVID-19 vaccine it brought to market.

One company not doing well in 2020 was ExxonMobil.  For thee first time since 1999 when the two companies merged, the company lost money. They were negative $5.6 billion last year.

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