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The question was 'when will Amazon be making 5X what they make now?', and the answer (at current growth rates and current margins) is 48 months. Which is not a
by vannevar 15y ago
The question was 'when will Amazon be making 5X what they make now?', and the answer (at current growth rates and current margins) is 48 months. Which is not a long time, thereby explaining the high P/E. If you think the growth will slow substantially or the margins will shrink substantially (or both) in the next 48 months, then the PE is too high. Otherwise, perhaps it's not so crazy after all.