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How BOSTON SCIENTIFIC CORP makes its money

Start with a dollar of revenue and follow what the filing says remains.

revenueBranching filed flows with values and percentages directly labeled. Missing filing concepts are omitted rather than estimated.Revenue$20.1B · 100%Cost of revenue$6.2B · 31%Gross profit$13.9B · 69%Operating income$3.6B · 18%Income before tax$3.4B · 17%Income tax$493M · 2%Net income$2.9B · 14%As of 2025-12-31 · 1 SEC filing sourceBuy Like Buffett · buylikebuffett.com

Honest partial: the filing did not provide a normalized tag for Research and development, Selling, general and administrative; those components are omitted, not plugged.

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Filed lineValue% of revenueSource
$20.1B100%
Cost of revenue$6.2B31%
$13.9B69%
$3.6B18%
Income before tax$3.4B17%
Income tax$493M2%
$2.9B14%
Source: · event Dec 31, 2025 · retrieved Jul 26, 2026 · annual-row source set
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