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The margins these companies create compared to other industries is horrible. It's unbelievable that the airline industry that created a high single net margin is considered good. Everybody looks at the absolute dollar amount because its big but when look at through a efficiency point of view(margins)its horrible. Airlines business is bad but a necessary business in the economy.
Yup. Uber alone is worth more than the entire US airline industry combined.
Others include John Deere, Lowe's and TJMax.
In terms of most valuable US companies, you don't see a single airline until #225. Yikes