房地美

Freddie Mac

????2012年《財富》500強(qiáng)排名：第31位

????2012年利潤（單位：百萬美元）：10,982

????要說住房市場現(xiàn)在離全面健康地回到正軌還早，但是房地美，這家政府持有的抵押貸款公司在2012年的確創(chuàng)下了盈利新記錄，它高達(dá)109.8億美元的利潤令人驚訝。我們無從去贊美房地美在榜單上的排名有多大幅度的上升或是下降，因為2011年它根本榜上無名。事實上，房地美在2011年虧損逾50億美元，從2006年起就不再盈利。有意思的是，房地美在2012年的收入低于2011年，但由于成本大幅降低，利潤出現(xiàn)激增（隨著經(jīng)濟(jì)的好轉(zhuǎn)，遲還或拖欠貸款的人數(shù)減少，這是個好消息）。——D.R.

????Fortune 500 rank: 31

????2012 profit (millions): 10,982

????Don't start heralding the full and healthy return of the housing market, necessarily, but government-owned mortgage lender Freddie Mac did report astounding, record profits of $10.98 billion for 2012. We can't tout how many slots the company climbed or fell on our Most Profitable list because last year, it wasn't included—in fact in 2011 it lost more than $5 billion. And it hasn't been profitable since 2006. Interestingly, Freddie's 2012 revenue was lower than in 2011, but profits surged because costs went way down (with an improving economy, fewer people were late or delinquent on their payments; that's good news). --D.R.