This page lists the largest annual and quarterly earnings and losses in corporate history.
This list has all global annual earnings of all time, limited to earnings of more than $40 billion in "real" (i.e. CPI adjusted) value.
Note that some record earning may be caused by nonrecurring revenue, like Vodafone in 2014 (disposal of its interest in Verizon Wireless)[1] or Fannie Mae in 2013 (benefit for federal income taxes).
[2] This list has all global annual losses of all time, limited to losses of more than $20 billion in real value (July 2022).
This list has all global quarterly losses of all time, limited to losses of more than $10 billion in real value (January 2025).